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Education

Stanford University - Stanford, CA
MBA in Business Administration and MS in Environment and Resources
September 2025 - December 2027 (projected)

  • Stanford Climate Ventures (Winter 2026) – developed integrated geothermal/carbon capture; one of 6 ideas selected
  • Student Researcher, World Bank – developing cash flow models to better reflect true costs of carbon removal projects

Purdue University - West Lafayette, IN
B.S. in Chemical Engineering with Honors, GPA: 3.79
Graduated May 2020
Leadership and Awards: Purdue AIChE Vice President, Various University and National Scholarships

Relevant Work Experience

Summer Associate at Piva Capital | San Francisco, CA | June 2026 - August 2026
  • Sourced and evaluated 30+ startups by analyzing market size, financial returns, competitive landscape, and portfolio fit
  • Refined Piva's thesis on Physical AI/Robotics and Power-to-X (e-fuels, chemicals, marine fuels) technologies
  • Updated strategic and financial modeling for portfolio companies (PtX, Robotics) in both of Piva's $250M funds
CCUS Business Development Advisor at ION Clean Energy | Boulder, CO / Houston, TX / Remote | June 2025 - December 2025
  • Guided startup's strategy for new ICE Blocks product via project economic modeling and technology benchmarking
  • Advised executive team on BD/sales strategy using quantitative power, commodity, and CDR market analysis
  • Audited and built customer- and investor-facing documentation in anticipation of upcoming capital raises
Lead Analyst - CCUS/CDR/Utilization Technology, US CCUS Markets and Economics at Wood Mackenzie | Houston, TX | August 2023 - June 2025
  • Designed and executed quantitative engineering & economic profiles for 30+ CCUS technology platforms
  • Advised executives (IOCs, banks/PE, industrial emitters, etc.) on CCUS technology/policy/economics to aid decision-making
  • Built cash flow models for 50+ CCUS projects; applied results to produce a generalizable CCUS cost model
  • Partnered with the World Economic Forum to review and select innovative CO2 utilization startup proposals for funding
Lead Optimization Engineer (Ethylene Cracker), Production Engineer (Polyethylene Reactors) at Chevron Phillips Chemical Company - Cedar Bayou Plant | Houston, TX | June 2020 - July 2023
  • Achieved all-time production records through daily optimization recommendations based on linear/nonlinear modeling
  • Developed CPChem's first ML model (using scikit-learn) to accurately predict furnace coking over time
  • Commissioned new LP Optimization Model for ethylene unit feedslate and production optimization
  • Implemented new, digital project management and operations optimization workflows across the company's plants

Selected Publications

  • CO2 utilization primer published in the World Economic Forum's Agenda (Sept 2024, quoted in several publications)
  • Horizons: The 'net' in net zero (Wood Mackenzie Flagship Thought Leadership Series, Sept 2024)
  • To use or not to use? CO2 utilization as a carbon capture enabler (Industry-leading research for clients only, Aug 2024)
  • Horizons: Adding fire to e-fuels (Wood Mackenzie Flagship Thought Leadership Series, June 2024)
  • The Edge: Can direct air capture rise to the challenge? (Chief Analyst's Thought Leadership Spotlight, Jan 2024)

Other Involvement

  • Harvest Intern, Château Giscours (3rd Growth Winery in Margaux, Médoc, Bordeaux), August 2026 – September 2026
  • Co-President, Stanford GSB Wine Circle, June 2026 – Present
  • Student Leader, Stanford Corporations and Society Initiative, June 2026 – Present
  • Alumni Mentor, Purdue Chemical Engineering, Aug 2020 – Present
  • Product Developer, DR Delicacy (Truffle and Fine Foods Importer in Houston, TX), Sep 2021 – June 2022

Fluent in Python, Power BI, C, Marathi, French, Hindi, Claude Code

Earlier Experience & Activities

Additional roles, coursework, and recognitions from earlier in my career.

Relevant Coursework Beyond the Requirements of the BSChE
"Design, Control, and Optimization of Production Manufacturing Systems" (IE 579, Fall 2019)
"Manufacturing Process Engineering" (IE 570, Fall 2019)
"Economic Decision Making in Engineering" (IE 546, Spring 2020)

Process Engineering Intern at Chevron Phillips Chemical Company | Sweeny, TX | May - Aug 2019
As an intern at CPChem, I researched, developed, and designed an installation plan to install a compressor water injection, modeled water adsorption profiles to improve desiccant bed performance, and modeled cooling tower performance to draw conclusions about the relative effectiveness of differentequipment installations.
Process Engineering Co-op at LyondellBasell | La Porte, TX | Aug - Dec 2019
At LYB, I developed and initiated 8 safety, optimization, and efficiency-related projects and collaborated with vendors and unit engineers to design a new loading mechanism and increase the efficiency of polyethylene product loading and transportation. I also worked on a safety driven capital project worth >$150k.
R&D Chemical Engineering Intern at Honeywell UOP | McCook, IL | May - Aug 2019
At UOP, I learned and operated 6 different catalyst manufacturing unit operations and contributed to the development of 5 new, viable catalyst recipes

Leadership Experience

American Institute of Chemical Engineers - Purdue Student Chapter | Aug 2016 - May 2020
In college, I was extremely involved with Purdue's AIChE student chapter from the moment I set foot on campus; this pushed me to learn things I never would have otherwise. I have served as Undergraduate Research Committee Member, Freshman Representative, Treasurer, Conference Technical Coordinator, and External Vice President, expanding each position's role as I fulfilled it. I spearheaded a donation campaign to raise >$20k as External VP (Purdue AIChE record), gave a talk at the Annual Student conference in 2019, managed >$30k in funds as treasurer, completely upgraded our bookkeeping, planned our chapter's trip to the 2017 Annual Student Conference, and implented incentives to boost attendance by ~30%. Check out some of my work below!

Designed our 2018 AIChE regional student conference logo from scratch and learned HTML and Android/iOS app development to design applications for use during the regional student conference

Honors, Awards, and Skills

Top Senior Design Project (Spring 2020, Purdue Chemical Engineering)
AIChE Donald F. Othmer Academic Excellence Award (Fall 2018, American Institute of Chemical Engineers)
Purdue Industrial Roundtable Scholarship Awardee (Fall 2019, Purdue University)
Earl and Jean Schrader Scholarship Awardee (Fall 2018 Purdue Chemical Engineering)
James H. Rust Scholarship Awardee (Fall 2017, Purdue Chemical Engineering)
National Merit Scholarship Finalist and Awardee (Fall 2016, National Merit Scholarship Association)
3 Certifications in Hazard Recognition and Mitigation and Safe Design totaling 10 hours of professional development from AIChE: Safety and ChE Education