Worked alongside the chief operating officer and general counsel of a legal consultancy, helping to create policies and procedures around billing transparency; strong exposure to ELM and LPM software
Jan 2025 - Mar 2025
3 months
Legal Research Consultant
Canotera AI
Worked alongside chief product officer of seed-stage LegalTech startup in the litigation prediction space; analyzed legal data for statistical analysis purposes in litigation outcome predication; identified pattern recognition gaps and documented edge cases to enhance model performance through targeted refinements; translated complex legal concepts into functional AI parameters
Nov 2024 - Mar 2025
5 months
Dean’s Fellowship
Bioscience-Business Innovation Program
Worked alongside interdisciplinary teams of Cold Spring Harbor Labs and Zarb School of Business students to provide comprehensive legal due diligence for a start-up biotech company; areas of focus include intellectual property rights and protection strategies, data privacy and corporate governance considerations
Ideated on all business aspects including sales, marketing, and finance to provide strategic recommendations for go-to-market strategies while accounting for and mitigating regulatory and adoption hurdles
Prepared pitch materials and delivered presentation to potential investors; helped effectively translate complex legal concepts for scientists, business professionals, and venture capitalists
Assisted in contract negotiations for FCC initiatives in excess of $25 MM annual; helped manage end-to-end strategic sourcing process for purchase of AT&T products and services utilizing competitive bidding process through contract negotiation; honed experience drafting and negotiating contractual terms and conditions, managing the RFP process and developing strategy with clients and various stakeholders
Jan 2024 - May 2024
5 months
Legal Extern, Commercial-Technology Transactions
Shipt Inc. (Target Corp.)
Supported in-house counsel on deal-focused transactions within a growing RetailTech organization; gained contract drafting and negotiations skills with a variety of SaaS-related commercial agreements; worked cross-functionally with teams to support legal-business-technology goals; conducted ongoing risk assessment of current-pending state legislation related to data privacy and AI regulations which impact business operations
Sep 2023 - Dec 2023
4 months
Program Associate
Starta Ventures
Supported an international start-up incubator working alongside a data-analytics portfolio company looking to raise capital and scale domestically; directly assisted CEO and co-founder, conducted market research and customer outreach, helped establish internal policies and procedures; developed a strong understanding of the global startup-venture ecosystem
Aug 2023 - Present
2 years 4 months
Dean’s Fellowship – Student Clinician
Law, Logic & Technology Research Lab
Collaborated with engineers and the Northwell Health system to develop an AI-driven chat agent for Social Security Disability eligibility; extensively researched qualifying SSDI conditions to prompt-engineered user inputs for model training data; developed prototype and pilot program for realization
Partnered with the Georgia Innocence Project to pilot Relativity software, helping to develop an eDiscovery use-case for expediting review of criminal casefiles; identified and developed new risk factors pertaining to known false-conviction methods; co-authored lab publication report and presented findings
Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
3 months
Legal Intern
Angel Funds
Worked directly with founder-general partner of seed-stage venture capital firm; conducted legal research and document support alongside experienced attorneys; developed inputs for developing AI model project
May 2023 - Aug 2023
4 months
Judicial Extern
Hon. Suzanne Adams, New York Supreme Court, Civil Branch
Supported the court attorney and judge throughout trials, oral arguments, and motions; reviewed motion papers and drafted bench memos to summarize facts and arguments
Jan 2023 - May 2023
5 months
Graduate Intern, AI for Good
Nittany AI Alliance
Conducted research on artificial intelligence projects benefitting non-profit and public interest clients; synthesized actionable framework for future projects and research deliverables pertaining to regulatory, ethical and policy-related project issues
Nov 2021 - Aug 2022
10 months
Chief of Staff, Office of Chief Operating Officer
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Served as delegate for senior meetings, prepared committee-specific material, managed business continuity and outsourcing process, prepared regulatory exams, and other ad hoc projects requiring cross-functional exposure
Responsible for overseeing transition for firm-wide supplier-vendor governance tool; engaged directly with senior leadership and heads of business through ad hoc projects on behalf of the chief executive officer
Jan 2020 - Present
5 years 11 months
Co-Founder
CheckPlz LLC
Cofounded a B2C technology platform designed to help restaurants optimize front-of-house operations through enabled customer feedback and dashboard metrics on the quality of service for their establishment
Engaged with all aspects of a SaaS startup including engineering, product design and development, finance, sales and marketing, and operations; organically grown and solicited business among pilot restaurants through extensive grass-roots marketing and canvassing
Aug 2018 - Aug 2020
2 years 1 month
Senior Associate, Business Consulting - Financial Transformation
Grant Thornton LLP
Worked with Russell 2000 clients across a variety of industries; supported various sized engagements in project management capacities in the execution of planning and fieldwork to align deliverables, deadlines, and costs; managed competing priorities and simultaneous projects
Developed metrics, dashboards and designs in business intelligence systems to monitor performance against goals and targets and to uncover insights and areas for improvement; delivered insights to various heads of business
Worked with F500 clients in the insurance, asset management, and banking space on non-financial risk reporting for annual disclosures; helped to identify risk management and process optimization
Languages
English
Native
Italian
Intermediate
Education
Maurice A. Deane School of Law, Hofstra University
Juris Doctor · Law · United States
The Pennsylvania State University, Smeal College of Business
Bachelor of Science · Supply Chain & Information Systems Management · State College, United States