Career summary
Working in mergers & acquisitions, combining technology and business acumen to advise clients across the deal lifecycle
Post-university experience


Technology M&A advisory, value creation
2024 - now
First full time job out of college... worked out in Grand Rapids and Chicago for two year-long engagements. Loved the team leads I worked with and hands on technical experiences
Wrote .NET applications and used a TON of SQL for data debugging and processing
Created Python scripts to automate a deployment of infrastructure resources
Transformed a waterfall development team to agile through scrum principles and Atlassian tools
Led two offshore teams of six developers and experienced the pros and cons for myself
Skills: .NET (C#, Visual Basic), SQL, Python, Agile Development, Postman, development management
Senior Software Engineer


2018 - 2020
Led technology due diligences, covering strategy, architecture, data, infrastructure, SDLC, R&D spend & team
10-person team, small but mighty. Worked with some fantastic, intelligent, driven individuals - operated as a start-up and consistently innovated
Valuation projects for a cryptocurrency business
Helped an organization evaluate migration of customers from a legacy to a next-generation platform through feasibility and timeline construction
Long term post-close projects involved running a separation/integration management office to doing the actual separation work
Skills: M&A technology due diligence (buy-side, sell-side), post-close work (valuations, roadmap planning, integration/separation management), investment banking certifications (Series 79, 63, SIE)
2022 - 2024
Intersection of technology across the Mergers & Acquisitions lifecycle
Helping clients evaluate risk, value creation across 120+ deals
Technology M&A advisory, value creation


2020 - 2021
Pre-graduation experience
Software developer intern | State Farm
Exploration of open source scanning tooling and creation of a data repository for internal documentation
Design & finance assistant | Yong's Embroidery
Dad's business: utilized design (Tajima Pulse Software) and embroidery skillsets to assist customers
Host/waiter/busser | KoFusion
Respect to all service workers, especially restaurants - this experience taught me to tip at least 20% lol
Wedding/special event coordinator | Elite Entertainment
Physical labor and organization of all things related to special events... also drove a large truck for the first time this summer
Law office intern | Alfred Ivy Law Office
Family law practice intern. Fun times sitting in court rooms and observing some interesting family dynamics, to say the least