Building apps for the things you're into.

Columbia Business School

New York, NY

MBA, May 2027

Member: Venture Capital Club, Columbia Entrepreneurs Organization, Health and Wellness Club, Innovation and Design, Consortium, Tennis Club, Wine Society, Gourmet Club.

Arya Business Investments

Houston, TX · Family real estate investments business

Chief Operating Officer 2024 – Present

Run operations for a ~$20M portfolio with pricing, vendor and technology systems.

Highlights

• Develop a dynamic pricing model incorporating local market comps, boosting rental income margins by ~12% YoY.
• Negotiate contracts with service providers, reducing maintenance costs by 15% while reducing turnaround time on repairs.
• Oversee portfolio of ~$20M in assets, implementing technology-driven management systems to streamline operations.

ByteDance, TikTok

New York, NY · Tech company known for innovative, AI-driven content platforms like TikTok/Douyin

Global Marketing Team Front End Lead 2022 – 2023

Founded the North America Marketing Ads Ecosystem front-end team and launched merchant onboarding that drove $13M+ in incremental revenue.

Senior Front End Engineer 2021 – 2022

Built e-commerce advertising tools and developer platforms for creators and merchants.

Highlights

• Founded and scaled North America Marketing Ads Ecosystem front-end team from 0 to 10 engineers, delivering scalable tools enhancing partner and advertiser experience globally.
• Spearheaded launch of new merchant onboarding features, driving adoption by 30k+ merchants and generating $13M+ incremental revenue with top partners including Salesforce, Square, PrestaShop, and BigCommerce.
• Designed and built e-commerce advertising tools (TikTok Shop, Business Plugin), enabling thousands of content creators to monetize more efficiently through one-click workflows.
• Increased ad revenue by creating developer-facing platforms (Developer Portal, Partner Portal, Ads Manager), directly boosting advertiser self-serve adoption with over 14 merchant platforms.

BlackRock

New York, NY · Global investment management firm, specializing in asset management and fintech

User Experience Engineer 2020 – 2021

Built the Aladdin Design System, which sped up developer efficiency by 30% across BlackRock's $9T platform.

Analyst 2018 – 2020

Designed and launched the first mobile app for Aladdin, rolled out firm-wide within 6 months.

Highlights

• Built Aladdin Design System, standardizing design language across BlackRock's $9T platform; accelerated developer efficiency by 30% (streamlining front end development pipeline) and unified client experience.
• Directed cross-functional team of engineers, PMs, and designers to launch Aladdin Design System Demo Site, driving rapid adoption across internal teams.
• Designed and launched first mobile app for Aladdin software, delivering portfolio analytics to institutional clients on-the-go; app rolled out firm-wide within 6 months.
• Championed mobile initiative leading development of five mobile apps to extend existing web applications to mobile.

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

BS, Computer Science. Minor: Business and Game Design.

Honors: Cornell Dean's List.

Leadership: Intel Cornell Cup Project Team Technical Lead; Member, Association of Computer Science Undergraduates.