About Me (a.k.a. Benji!)
Education
Vanderbilt University
Molecular & Cellular Biology, Human & Organizational Development, Chemistry, Business.
Stanford University
Deferred enrollment program at the Graduate School of Business (GSB).
Experience
Stealth
Tinkering in psychometrics and AI x bio.
2026 –
Nu (v)
Building Vanderbilt's startup & ventures ecosystem from the ground up.
2026 –
Self/Angel Investor & Startup Advisor
Partnering with founders who demonstrate high-potential.
2024 –
Elysian
Leading ML projects. As 2nd hire, helped raise $9M, headed up go-to-market, & scaled insurtech to 20 in 11 months.
2024 –
Mercor
Built internal talent assessment ML data pipelines & advised on company scaling at Series A.
2024
D. E. Shaw & Co.
Led special projects in technical psychometrics & strategic growth.
2021 – 2024
Advanced Therapeutics Laboratory
Conducted CRISPR/Cas9 research as a SyBBURE Searle Research Fellow at Vanderbilt.
2019 – 2022
Merck
Worked in global vaccines technical operations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020
Muda
Co-founder & COO of a sustainable clothing marketplace.
2019 – 2022
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Chemical biology & pharmacological research into autophagy kinases.
2017
University of Washington
Investigated the colloidal stability of conjugated nanoparticles in brain microenvironments.
