Work Experience
Renewable Energy Development Associate @ Vineyard Power
October 2021-
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Coordinated, analyzed, and reported energy efficiency program data.
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Participated in development activities for offshore wind and solar projects.
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Conducted interviews and outreach to the community.
Business Development Intern @ Vineyard Power
June 2021 - September 2021
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Coordinated, analyzed, and reported energy efficiency program data.
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Participated in development activities for offshore wind and solar projects.
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Conducted interviews and outreach to the community.
Founder @ Swell Affair
May 2021-
Built a surf-lifestyle brand in collaboration with artist, Gabrielle Stratmann. Sold at weekly pop-up events and festivals on Martha's Vineyard. Managed a wholesale account with a local business.
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Designed, sourced, and produced a full Summer collection.
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Developed a full brand ethos and visual identity.
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Designed brand collateral.
Engineering Psychologist Intern @ U.S. DOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
February 2020 - May 2021
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Conducted a literature review of safety leadership training
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Conducted a technical review of automotive head-up displays (HUDs)
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Worked on a project team conducting an analysis of runway incursion data at all national airports for the FAA
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Coordinated data entry, document control, data coding, and cross tabulation analyses.
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Assisted with the logistics and running subjects in an automotive simulator.
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The studies investigated the impact of automated vehicle features on human perception and attention.
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Tasks included: Setting up eye-tracking devices, managing and calibrating the simulator, troubleshooting, and handling test subjects.
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Assisted with the qualitative data scoring of eye tracker data for automated driving studies.
Marketing Consultant @ Barbour Stockwell
January 2020 - May 2020
Startup Analyst @ Masschallenge Boston
October 2019 - January 2020
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Created a strategic marketing plan with actionable items to increase sales.
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Collected a compendium of EV Motor manufacturers and identified strategic contacts.
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Distilled best practices for customer discovery and acquisition.
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Planned and created a Startup Life Cycle Guide, a roadmap for startups with relevant services and checkpoints that entrepreneurs can reference as they develop as a company. This was accomplished by leveraging MassChallenge, alumni, startup services, and data to devise a toolkit for founders starting new ventures or growing existing ones.
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Organized a demo day with several startups for a multi-billion-dollar hardware company, providing both sides opportunities for strategic partnerships and new sources of revenue.
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Research and Development of pipelines for Advanced Materials, Robotics, Greentech, Bluetech, Cybersecurity, and Artificial Intelligence startups.
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Developed a strong industry knowledge of MassChallenge current & alumni startups to determine their applicability to partner interest areas/industries.
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Event support and stakeholder relations.
Engineering Psychologist Intern @ U.S. DOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
May 2019 - September 2019
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Assisted with a country-wide baseline study of transit safety policy, with on-site visits to multiple states. Responsibilities included:
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Assisting with project planning.
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Co-facilitation, note-taking, and planning of focus groups/interviews.
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Creating a coding scheme and plan for a large set of transcripts.
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Analyzing qualitative interview data (thematic coding) in MaxQDA.
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Sourcing transcription services.
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Assisted with locomotive simulator data collection, including organizing and updating lab materials; setting up equipment; running subjects; managing experiment paperwork; assisting with program visibility; preparing data for analysis; troubleshooting, and other program support tasks as needed.
Branding Strategist, Board Member @ UNIFY
January 2018 - January 2019
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UNIfy is the first student-run organization focused on bridging different entrepreneurship programs from colleges and universities in the Boston area and is centered around three pillars: connect, educate, and ignite. Through targeted and diverse programming, UNIfy seeks to bring together and serve a wide variety of entrepreneurial-minded students across the city.
Partnerships/Startup Analyst @ Masschallenge Boston
January 2018 - September 2018
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Sourced and vetted 136 different early-stage startups according to 12 fortune-500 sponsors. Assisted startups through the application process. 5 of my sourced startups entered our 128-startup cohort.
• Researched and generated leads across all industries for potential partner/sponsor acquisition.
• Refined and developed MassChallenge’s sourcing and data synthesis processes; Taught new interns data synthesis/research methods.
• Researched and drove channels in venture capital firms, top universities, and accelerators to source applicants.
• Developed a strong industry knowledge of MassChallenge current & alumni startups to determine their applicability to partner interest areas/industries.
• Assisted the Events Manager with on-site support.
Freelance Graphic Designer
2015 - Present
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Designed and consulted on graphic branding a variety of products including children's toys, custom furniture, apparel, and websites.