About
Professional identity
My professional value sits at the intersection of capital, technology, data, and global systems. I study how financial markets allocate resources, how risk is priced, how institutions make decisions, how data becomes useful intelligence, and how emerging technologies change the structure of business.
Operating Thesis
Why this work
In a world where capital moves faster, technology scales faster, and institutions face more complex risks, my aim is to develop the judgment required to make decisions clearly. I am interested in the systems through which value is created, measured, protected, and scaled.
Background
The pattern behind the resume
A long-standing pattern: disciplined work, ownership thinking, service, institution-building, and systems-level learning.
Age 9
Started a neighborhood lawn care business in Golden, Colorado — the first exposure to sales, pricing, bookkeeping, and reputation, and the source of capital for what came next.
Age 12–13
Opened a minor brokerage account and began investing earned money — early positions in Netflix and Nvidia made compounding a lived experience rather than a concept.
Undergraduate
BA Business Administration at Western Colorado University, cum laude, with emphases in Business Analytics and Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
Institution building
Founded and led WCU's first Men's Club Basketball program — recruitment, budgeting, operations, and a succession structure that kept it running after graduation.
Hospitality leadership
Banquet Captain at Rolling Hills Country Club — running high-end private events taught service, discretion, and the standards of sophisticated clientele.
Camino de Santiago
Thirty days on foot across Spain at the end of a two-month solo journey through Europe — endurance, self-reliance, and cross-cultural fluency, trained directly.
Now
Dual master's study in Applied Quantitative Finance and Global Economic Affairs at the University of Denver, while leading data governance work at the Daniels College of Business.