Started an edtech product that turns uploaded class materials into short, personalized lessons.

• Built the early RAG pipeline with pgvector, LangChain, and Canvas LMS integration.
• Managed the MVP, beta testing with 84 users, and outreach to university contacts.
• Interviewed users and used the feedback to shape the product roadmap.

Leading a university-wide AI competition with the Provost's Office and Student Government.

• Organized 100+ students across engineering, design, business, and other majors.
• Coordinated outreach, event logistics, and committee work with student government teams.
• Helped teams move from campus problem ideas to working prototypes and demo day presentations.

Podcast and short-form content about AI, startups, and systems thinking with Elvis Kimara.

• Produce episodes and clips for YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.
• Run Builder's Network, which connects students and early-career builders with startup founders.
• Plan interviews and edit technical conversations so they are easier to follow.

Terminal-first, agent-native video editing harness for inspecting footage, planning edits, and rendering previews.

• Built a Rust CLI/TUI and Tauri desktop app around an agent-ready video editing workflow.
• Integrated Python MCP indexers for transcription, scene detection, audio energy, frame search, shot classification, and color analysis.
• Bundled editorial skills so agents can inspect projects, propose timeline changes, and validate renders.

Git-inspired version control for video timelines that tracks, diffs, branches, and merges OpenTimelineIO edits.

• Built a Rust core with a content-addressed object store and three-way merge engine for timeline versions.
• Exposed Python bindings for AI tools that generate or modify timelines programmatically.
• Designed plain-English timeline diffs so editors and agents can understand exactly what changed.

Led a team of four for the CFA Institute Research Challenge on General Mills (NYSE: GIS).

• Built DCF, DDM, relative valuation, and Monte Carlo models.
• Wrote a 16-page equity research report and built the presentation deck.
• Presented the team's recommendation to CFA charterholders from the CFA Society of Iowa.

Researched early-stage companies and markets during a venture capital externship.

• Looked at market size, competitors, business models, and revenue assumptions.
• Built simple projections and investment theses for startup opportunities.
• Presented investment memos to the externship team.

Led a team through a 24-hour hackathon build.

• Split technical and non-technical tasks so the team could ship within the deadline.
• Worked on a collaborative platform with authentication, real-time features, and backend services.
• Practiced fast product decisions, team coordination, and demo preparation.