Economic & Infrastructure Finance Analyst - New York State Department of State, Office of Planning, Development & Community Infrastructure - Albany, NY
(2025-10 - 2026-06)
- Built benefit-cost analysis frameworks and capital planning tools to evaluate project economics, avoided losses, lifecycle costs, and investment priorities for infrastructure and resilience initiatives.
- Initiated a benefit-cost study of undersea transmission cable burial, comparing lifecycle costs, avoided disruption losses, and resilience benefits to support infrastructure investment analysis.
- Developed quantitative risk and prioritization models incorporating hazard exposure, infrastructure criticality, avoided-loss assumptions, and lifecycle costs to compare capital needs.
- Analyzed FEMA, Census/ACS, BEA, BLS, and state datasets to support project evaluation, funding analysis, socioeconomic research, and evidence-based decision-making.
- Built a Python and Streamlit dashboard integrating demographic, hazard, infrastructure, and economic data to streamline risk screening and project prioritization across jurisdictions.
- Prepared technical guidance and decision-support materials for local applicants and state reviewers applying FEMA's Benefit-Cost Analysis Toolkit and lifecycle-cost assumptions.
Transportation Analyst & Community Outreach Coordinator - Kamel Ride Inc. - Remote
(2025-08 - 2025-10)
- Supported early-stage market analysis using origin-destination, commuter-corridor, GIS, and travel-survey data to inform growth planning for a regional mobility platform.
Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant - Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art & Planning - Ithaca, NY
(2023-08 - 2025-05)
- Evaluated 50+ graduate applications against policy, planning, academic, and professional criteria; presented program information to 300+ prospective students across two events.
Urban Planning & Policy Intern - Slum Dwellers International Kenya - Nairobi, Kenya
(2024-05 - 2024-08)
- Developed financial models for a $30M infrastructure upgrading proposal, testing capital costs, land-use assumptions, implementation scenarios, and funding requirements.
- Integrated input from 60+ community stakeholders and 20 NGOs into evidence-based redevelopment recommendations and financing considerations aligned with community and funder priorities.
- Led site and infrastructure analysis integrating housing, public space, and flood resilience for an initiative serving 500,000 residents; produced 6+ GIS briefs and maps.
- Trained 10+ staff in Excel modeling, ArcGIS, and Python data visualization to strengthen planning, reporting, and grant-management workflows.
Architect - SS DesignEx - Delhi, India
(2021-08 - 2023-08)
- Directed planning, budgeting, and delivery for seven projects in coordination with clients, engineers, contractors, city officials, and permitting bodies.
- Produced 75+ construction and approval documents using AutoCAD, Revit, and Adobe tools, translating project requirements into coordinated execution materials.
