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Rye Country Day School

Brown University

National Outdoor Leadership School

Co-founder @ Pangea.app (YC W21) - Happy!

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Turning College Students into Freelancers

Grew to 1,000+ Campuses in 12 months and helped students earn more than $500,000

Backed by Y Combinator, Idea Fund, PJC, Underdog Labs, Brown Angel Group, Unpopular Ventures, 572 Ventures (and many awesome other investors)

Pangea.app

Co-Founder

On the advisory board for a state-backed non-profit organization focused on supporting the RI startup ecosystem where I represent entrepreneurs.

RIHub

Advisory Board Member

Top 2% of applications to Y Combinator, accepted to the Winter '21 Batch.

YC has backed Airbnb, Doordash, Reddit, and some amazing companies you haven't heard about yet :)

Y Combinator

W21 Batch

Supporting the RI entrepreneurial community by providing guidance to aspiring entrepreneurs early in their journey.

MassChallenge

Alumni in Residence

Participated in a 3 month MassChallenge RI accelerator program alongside the other 24 finalists; ultimately selected as one of 6 top teams.

This honor places us the top 2% of initial applicants.

Top Startup

Focusing the next generation on problems worth solving.

Kairos Society

Kairos Fellow

The mission of the Rhode Island Coalition of Entrepreneurs, a coalition of Founders and CEOs of start-ups, is to facilitate collaboration and unification among the entrepreneurial community of Rhode Island while representing a united voice in the spirit of expanding economic opportunity and innovation across the state.

Rhode Island Coalition of Entrepreneurs

Associate Director

Spent summer preparing for Xiidra product launch upon FDA approval.  Coordinated Advisor boards and conference events for several hundred optometrists and ophthalmologists

Medical Exchange International (MEI)

Account Coordinator

Worked on creating a craigslist for college students.

Learned how to iterate, talk with users, and listen to when the market tells you it doesn't need something.

Pangeamart

Took on additional responsibilities and expectations to better utilize my skill-set as a filmmaker in order to capture complex events and assist my peers.

Media Production Supervisor

I volunteered with the Chafee 2016 Campaign to help generate content for distribution on digital channels such as Facebook and Vimeo.  I attended and filmed events on the campaign trail with the Governor.  I conducted video interviews of the governor to post on social media outlets and am currently working on a campaign video.  In addition I helped advise on strategies to utilize the campaigns volunteer network and improve upon public relations.

Chafee 2016 Presidential Campaign

Video Production and Social Media Coordinator

I manage and generate Brown's internal and public video content.  I film various events, concerts, lectures, and conferences, and edit the content to Brown's brand standards before uploading the content to various online internal and public channels.  Additionally, I assist in the digitization of various forms of media to be archived and made available to various members of the Brown community

Media Production Assistant

I was a producer, videographer, and editor for the newly minted video team working with the Blog portion of the Brown Daily Herald.  We produced various documentaries, op-ed's, sketch comedies, and news stories which reflect the culture and discourse within Brown University and the larger Providence area.

Blog Daily Herald

Production Coordinator

I assisted in documenting a 36 hour "hackathon" at Brown University.  The event attracted over 500 participants and volunteers from around the world who worked on various interactive CS applications and programs.   I worked with a team of 5 other videographers to cover the event, and assisted in setting up the live-stream of the event.

Hack@Brown

Videographer

I acted as the Director of Photography for a Hillel Community Outreach music video involving Brown's a capela group, The Jabberwocks. I meticulously planned the shot list and schedule for preproduction, operated one of two cameras on set, and edited the two camera shoot into a 3 minute music video which garnered over 10,000 hits in two weeks.

The Jabberwocks of Brown University Music Video "Chanukah Lights"

Director of Photography and Editor

I served as a Photojournalist for the blog "Jews of Brown," where I interviewed women in their senior year who identify themselves as Jewish. I reached out to and set up interviews with various students throughout the semester where I questioned them about their interests and outlooks on life. I also took pictures of the individuals I interviewed to be posted online alongside compiled quotes from the interview.

Jews of Brown

Photojournalist

I interned for the content division of FilmBuff, which is responsible for the cultivation of independent films for digital distribution. As part of my internship, I was responsible for the intake of new submissions, writing coverage, and making recommendations for the distribution of submissions based on their perceived market.

FilmBuff

Content Intern

I produced, filmed, and edited several online lectures for a MOOC (Massively Open Online Course) offered by Brown's Archeology department for Coursera. Each video lecture, which included multiple pieces of media, was 8 -12 minutes long and presented alongside other professionally produced video lectures for the course in each unit. I worked closely with the Director of the department to produce these videos and was paid by Brown for my work.

Department of Archeology Studies at Brown University

Freelance Videographer

I was the Director of Photography for a student motivated and organized film project with a crew of 20 and script of 10 pages. I worked extensively to create pre-production materials such as shot lists, schedules, camera location layouts, and equipment lists. On the set I organized the shoots with 2 cameras (a C100 and a 5D), coordinated the lighting department, and assisted the director and AD in efficiently directing the Crew. The film is currently in post production.

Director of Photography for "Going Away" (Post-Production)

I worked as the Head Gaffer on a student motivated and organized film project "Sunrise End." My responsibilities on this production were to procure lighting kits, gels, extension cables, c-stands, and other lighting solutions for a weekend-long shoot in Boston, MA. When on set I was directly responsible for correctly lighting the various scenes by ensuring consistency (correct color temperature and minimization of shadows) and cinematographically pleasing exposure to the various subjects and objects in the shot. I had to work with unreliable, and sometime broken, equipment to come up with creative solutions to light both indoor and outdoor scenes.

Head Gaffer - "Sunrise End"

I served as the Assistant Director on a student produced film, 'The Abimor,' during my first semester at Brown University. I assisted in preparing pre-production documents and figuring out our shooting schedule. Once on set I was responsible for directing the crew, with a focus on setting up lighting. I also has in charge of keeping us on schedule and modifying shot list order to adapt to problems. Production took place over approximately 1 month, with a 3-day weekend shoot on the Cape.

Brown University Motion Pictures

Assistant Director - 'The Abimor'

As part of my internship with Titan, I gained an introduction into the world of fund-of-fund's and the investment strategies of many long-short equity hedge fund managers.I attended several meetings with potential fund managers and sat in on numerous phone calls with investors and managers. In addition, I worked on a research project related to the Affordable Healthcare Act and medicare taxation.

Titan Advisors

Summer Financial Analyst

I researched and analyzed numerous E&P companies and gained insight into an industry I had never been exposed to. I worked on a presentation regarding the process of Hydraulic Fracturing and attended several conferences regarding the controversial subject.

ELCO management

Summer Financial Intern

I worked with the School Newspaper, which ran an online website, to produce public service announcements and comedic shorts, leading and motivating a small team to shoot and edit them. In addition to the plethora of shorts and PSA's I produced, I planned, shot, and edited a video to be shown as the Introduction to the School's annual Spring fundraiser to much acclaim. I also created the video montage that was shown at Prom my senior year.

Chief Video Editor for School News Paper, CROP

I founded the first ever club devoted to video production at my high school, RCDS as a second semester freshman.  As president, I worked to promote the club and build it from the ground up to engage my peers in the video making process.  We created short videos for various other clubs within the school and worked to educate ourselves on many aspects of video making.

Adam Alpert

Adam Alpert