Syon Kapoor

Secured 2 endorsements from Chairwoman Joni Ernst for translating digital asset protocols to Senior Counsel on the CLARITY Act Demonstrated 3 blockchain tracing mechanics and Zero-Knowledge Proofs that could have mitigated PPP identity verification fraud Developed a custom Python script on a private Senate dataset that uncovered $4.2M in fraudulent PPP loans across 15+ businesses

Digital Assets Intern at U.S. Senate – Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (2026-06 – 2026-08)

• Secured 2 endorsements from Chairwoman Joni Ernst for translating digital asset protocols to Senior Counsel on the CLARITY Act
• Demonstrated 3 blockchain tracing mechanics and Zero-Knowledge Proofs that could have mitigated PPP identity verification fraud
• Developed a custom Python script on a private Senate dataset that uncovered $4.2M in fraudulent PPP loans across 15+ businesses
• Acknowledged by Senator Joni Ernst on the Senate floor for contribution to S.1047 Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters Act
• Produced 7 research memos for committee staff on how small businesses can implement AI to cut costs and lift daily efficiency

Undergraduate Researcher at McCombs School of Business, Department of Finance (2026-06 – Present)

• Conducted research with Dr. John Griffin on large language models, digital assets, blockchain mechanics, and PPP COVID fraud
• Designed a Python model alongside 3 Ph.D. researchers to clean, merge, and statistically test 2M+ rows of loan-level financial data
• Synthesized 15+ academic papers on lending fraud to standardize weekly empirical validation frameworks for the research team
• Architect a fraud-detection model that links LLM semantic filters to crypto ledgers, improving scam detection by 30% in simulation

Founder & Software Engineer at Synergi Insights (2026-03 – Present)

• Engineered synergi-insights.com, a payroll platform computing biweekly gross pay from scheduling and point-of-sale data via API
• Processed $300K of payroll across 8 pay periods, cutting each period from 3+ hours of manual spreadsheet work to under 5 minutes
• Expanded into a full performance dashboard scoring staff across 80+ metrics including utilization, revenue/hour, and rebooking rate
• Spearheaded the Go-to-Market and pricing strategy, successfully onboarding and subscribing 10+ spa clinics to the SaaS platform

Investment Banking Technology Analyst (TMT Group) at Lombard Global (2026-03 – 2026-05)

• Analyzed 1,000+ M&A transactions using PitchBook and Salesforce to create industry memos for MDs on middle-market deal flow
• Supported a $20M+ EBITDA AI agency sell-side deal, conducting market and comparable transaction analysis for CIM materials
• Pitched 3 industry overviews analyzing 8 tech verticals' market size, growth drivers, and competitive landscapes to the group's MD

Artificial Intelligence Engineer Intern at Channel Fusion (2025-06 – 2025-08)

• Created and trained a Python and TensorFlow model to predict customer acquisition cost for New Balance's marketing campaign
• Integrated 4 automated workflows using early Anthropic models to evaluate 20+ investments and industry trends, sourcing 2 deals
• Improved creative targeting and campaign strategy through regression and classification analysis of campaign performance data

Teaching Assistant - Microeconomics (ECO 304K) at University of Texas at Austin (2026-07 – Present)

• Selected as 1 of 3 undergraduate teaching assistants supporting a 400-student microeconomics course, tutoring 70+ students weekly
• Programmed an R analysis model across 1,200 exam responses, scoring 45 course concepts by mean deficit and response variance
• Identified conceptual questions as the largest deficit; Dr. Dirk Mateer reweighted coverage and subsequent quiz scores rose by 30%

Finance Director at Texas Brain Exercise Initiative (2025-09 – Present)

• Manage a $9,600 operating budget across 4 programs, building monthly cash-flow forecasts and tracking spend against allocations
• Reconcile 40 reimbursements and report line-item budget variance and cash position to an 8-member executive board each cycle
• Facilitate 2 weekly cognitive exercise sessions for groups of 8–10 residents within a program reaching 250 nursing home residents

Vice President of Marketing at UT Club Golf Team (2025-09 – Present)

• Broke the all-time UT Club Golf scoring record with a 69 (-3) at an intercollegiate tournament, securing the team's win over the field
• Scaled the organization's Instagram to 500+ followers and directly recruited 12 new members through a targeted content calendar
• Represented UT Austin at 8 competitive intercollegiate club tournaments across 2 states, placing top 5 in 3 of the competitions

Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems – The University of Texas at Austin (2028-05)