My Journey
2022
2022
Oakwood Friends School
StudentSep 2022 – Jun 2026New York, NY
- Rank 1 / 35
- GPA 4.03
- SAT 1580
- Advanced Placement: Calculus BC (5), Macroeconomics (5), English Literature (5), Biology (5), Environmental Science (4).
- Took Fractal Finance: Chaos Theory and Fintech, plus dual-enrollment Statistics & Calculus 1 (A+).
What I took away
Fractal Finance was the first time I saw markets as systems you can model, not numbers you memorize. That idea runs through almost everything I've built since.
Late 2024
Late 2024
Flowglad (YC W20)
Strategic Partner & Community ArchitectOct 2024 – Nov 2025New York, NY
- 900+ founders
- 3× event attendance
- 60+ member partnerships
- Partnered with Flowglad's co-founder to scale an update channel into a fintech mentorship network for 900+ founders.
- Designed and ran AMAs, guest panels and 1-on-1 office hours, tripling event attendance.
- Secured an official partnership with Supabase, launching two 2025 tech showcases that drove long-term partnerships for 60+ members.
What I took away
A community is a product: ship an event, watch who comes back, fix what didn't work. It's also where I learned to say plainly when something isn't working, even to a founder.
2025
2025
Central Hudson Gas & Electric
Researcher & Innovation PresenterOct 2024 – Nov 2025New York, NY
- Future Innovator Award
- $20B+ crisis analyzed
- Analyzed a $20B+ national utility-arrears crisis, forecasting Central Hudson's 2025–2030 consumer-debt exposure.
- Built an AI-powered forecasting model and developed three fintech solutions to make utility payments more affordable and reliable.
- Presented financial frameworks and product recommendations directly to the Board of Directors.
What I took away
A forecast only matters if the people in the room can act on it. Presenting to a board taught me to lead with the decision, then show the math.
Early 2026
Early 2026
The Regret Calculator
Founder & BuilderFeb 2026 – Present
- 10K+ users
- 42 countries
- 4 months
- Built and launched RegretCalculator.net, a web tool that turns everyday spending into personalized long-term opportunity-cost projections.
- Reached 10K+ users across 42 countries within four months of launch, using Next.js and Chart.js for interactive financial visualizations.
What I took away
The first thing I built entirely for strangers. Real usage taught me more than any plan: the moment two lines split apart on a chart is what makes the idea land.
Spring 2026
Spring 2026
Exo Imaging
AI Strategy & Analytics InternMar 2026 – May 2026Alberta, Canada
- 15% projected cost reduction
- 15+ teammates onboarded
- Co-developed a predictive Python model with PhD mentors to evaluate commercial expansion paths for the Exo Iris.
- Identified a projected 15% reduction in Exo Iris deployment costs by analyzing historical launch data.
- Led an Exo Works platform rollout, training 15+ team members and driving adoption across the organization.
What I took away
Working next to PhDs raised my bar for rigor: every assumption in a model has to survive someone asking "why?". It also taught me to listen first and iterate without ego.
2026
2026
Beyond the screen
Honors & awards2025 – 2026
- USAPhO Qualifier: top 440 nationwide finalists from the F=ma physics screening exam.
- BOSMUN XXV Outstanding Delegate: out-negotiated a 180+ person DISEC assembly as a solo delegate, and was primary sponsor of a multinational anti-terror resolution with P5 backing.
- ALC International Beatbox Championship finalist: top 8 (1.5%) of 500+ vocal percussionists; competing in the 2027 world bracket.
- AI Scouts Global Ambassador Award (1 of 10 selected from 1,500+) and the Central Hudson Future Innovator Award (2025).
What I took away
Different arenas, same habit: prepare harder than the room expects, then improvise when it counts.
Summer 2026
Summer 2026
NYU Stern & OpenReplay
Breakthrough Scholar · BuilderJun 2026 – PresentNew York, NY
- 1 of 25 full-ride scholars
- Finance & AI, Computing and Data Science
- B.S. in Business at NYU Stern (expected May 2030), in the Breakthrough Scholars Leadership Program; Principles of Financial Accounting (Summer 2026) and NYU Project Outreach community service.
- Building OpenReplay (listed as OpenRewind on my resume): an open-source platform for replaying historical markets and testing strategies without paid subscriptions.
- C++20 backend and React interface for market replay, trade execution and performance analysis, with controls designed for Orion, an AI agent that analyzes backtests from plain-English prompts.
What I took away
Everything so far in one place: the modeling from finance, the product instincts from the Regret Calculator and the rigor from Exo, now pointed at a tool I wish I'd had.
Toolkit
Technical
- C++20
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- HTML/CSS
- Python
- SQL
- Git
- CMake
- Excel financial modeling
Languages
- Farsi (fluent)
- English (fluent)
- French (conversational)
Certifications
- Introduction to Financial Technology (NYU SPS)
- Business & Management (Marist University)
Interests
- Competitive beatboxing
- Building tools
- Persian cooking
- Black & white photography
- Intramural basketball
- Philosophical conversations