Education

Georgetown School of Foreign Service (US)
International Economics
Graduated 2020

The Harker School (K-12)
Graduated 2016

Employment

Research Sabbatical - Buddhist Philosophy
San Francisco | 2023 - Present

Philosophy of Time
Philosophy of Language

Intl. Political Economy

Philosophy of Science/Mathematics

Equity Research Associate - SaaS
San Francisco | 2021 - 2023

Wrote first public short on BILL in Jan 2023 (Neutral when 20+ analysts were a strong buy. CS initiated in Jul 2022 as a buy).

Led coverage of INTU under ax analyst at Mizuho Securities, Siti Panigrahi.

Built most used tax filing forecast across all street coverage of INTU. Normalized across COVID, extensions, and dynamic/seasonal SKU pricing.

Research Assistant to Dr. Augusto Lopez-Claros (fmr. World Bank Director, Global Indicators Group)
Washington, DC | 2020 - 2021

Designed methodology and data imputation for 60 indicators/187 countries for the Global Catastrophic Risks Index and the Gender Equality Governance Index.

Summer Investment Analyst at Callaway Capital Management
Washington, DC | 2019

Fundamental credit research and recovery estimation on emerging market sovereign/corporate debt at a special situation and distressed credit fund.

Summer Associate at Duco Experts (Geopolitical Consulting)
San Francisco | 2017 + 2018

Drafted region/country risk report on geopolitical risk factors relevant to corporate clients and engaged fmr. US gov officials/intelligence officers.

Writing

(upcoming) Epistemic Fruit - A Buddhist Philosophy of Time, Ontology and Language
Dec 2026

BILL Short (The Platform Demolishes the App: the Demolition of an Indefensible Payments Business)
Jan 2023

Consumer Segment Likely To Exceed Expectations, Despite Trailing 2022 Tax Filing Data
April 2022

It’s Time to Appreciate Intuit’s Payments Business
Jan 2022

Fears of Brain Drain Escalate
Georgetown Caravel
Oct 2017

For Sale: The Ivory Tower
Georgetown Caravel
Oct 2017

Free Trade and Agriculture in Developing Economies
Georgetown Caravel
Oct 2017

Formative Experiences

Solo trip to Singapore, China, and Bangkok
2026

Playing in-person chess at the Mechanic’s Institute (first time since elementary school)
2026 - Present

Encountering David J. Kalupahana’s translation of Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika
2024 - Present

Debating Competitively (top 15 in the US) for 4 yrs in public forum for Harker
2012 - 2016

Formative Reading (WIP)

Reading Now

Discounting the Future: The Ascendancy of a Political Technology by Liliana Doganova

Physics from Symmetry by Jakob Schwichtenberg

Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology by Ta-Pei Cheng

2026

Seeds Of Peace: A Buddhist Vision for Renewing Society by Sulak Sivararaksa

On Living and Dying Well by Cicero

Biology and Knowledge by Jean Piaget

2025

Keats's Odes: A Lover's Discourse by Anahid Nersessian

2024

Mulamadhyamakakarika of Nagarjuna by David J. Kalupahana

Reflections on the Self by Jiddu Krishnamurthi

Before 2024

The Will to Change by bell hooks