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Education
University of Southern California — Marshall School of Business
BS Business Administration, Finance Emphasis
- Relevant Coursework: Financial Analysis & Valuation, Corporate Finance, Business Finance, Accounting
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Experience
Business Development Intern — Premium Merchant Funding
- Sourced 150+ small-business leads weekly via cold outreach, contributing to a $2M+ quarterly pipeline by qualifying prospects based on revenue thresholds, time-in-business, and credit profiles
- Conducted credit and cash-flow pre-screens using bank statements, credit reports, and P&L data to assess repayment capacity and flag deal-level risk before underwriting submission
- Analyzed funding structures across MCA, term loan, and line-of-credit products to match merchant profiles with optimal capital solutions, improving conversion on submitted deals
- Tracked deal flow, lead conversion, and pipeline velocity using CRM dashboards; identified drop-off patterns and refined outreach timing to increase contact-to-submission rates
Business Operations Intern — Audi Beverly Hills
- Managed scheduling, dispatched service jobs, and routed customer inquiries across departments, improving coordination between the service lane, parts desk, and sales floor
- Assisted in tracking repair-order throughput and appointment volume using dealership management systems (DMS); flagged workflow delays to service managers for same-day resolution
- Handled inbound service calls, clarified warranty coverage, and coordinated follow-up appointments to improve customer experience and retention
Financial Intern — Wissam Hair Studio
- Built revenue and expense tracking models in Excel for a small business owner, improving visibility into monthly cash flow trends and profit margins
- Reconciled daily sales records with bank deposits, identified discrepancies, and helped reduce billing errors across a 3-month review period
- Created a simple P&L template and budget tracker used to guide purchasing decisions and evaluate the ROI on new product lines
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Projects
Semiconductor Equity Research Portfolio
- Authored full-length equity research reports on Micron Technology (MU) and Broadcom (AVGO), each including a DCF model, comparable company analysis, and a risk-adjusted price target
- Constructed bottoms-up DCF models in Excel with integrated income statement, balance sheet, and free cash flow projections across 10-year forecast windows
- Developed weighted valuation frameworks blending perpetuity growth, exit-multiple, and relative-value methodologies to derive base, bull, and bear-case targets
- Performed scenario and sensitivity analysis across WACC, terminal growth, and exit-multiple assumptions to stress-test key valuation drivers
Confidential FinTech Startup — Co-Founder
- Co-founding a financial technology venture currently in stealth mode, leading business model design, early-stage financial planning, and go-to-market strategy development
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Leadership
Events Committee Member — Expat Society at USC
- Plan and execute cultural and social events for an international student organization of 100+ members; coordinate logistics, budgeting, and vendor partnerships for recurring programming
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Skills
Technical
Financial Modeling, DCF Analysis, Comparable Company Analysis, Excel (Advanced), SQL, Power BI, Python, Google Analytics
Languages
English, Arabic, French, Spanish