BUSINESS

Wharton School of Business – Schoolyard Ventures

I became a participant in a thirteen-week social entrepreneurship program during my eleventh-grade school year. I was asked to develop a new commercial product (a kitchen product designed to help keep clean a cooking back-splash area) after doing thorough marketing research. The overall experience was educational, especially doing public speaking in front of a professional audience.

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Villanova University – Julian Krinsky

Summer 2019, I attended Julian Krinsky’s business camp at Villanova University. This immersive program was a combination of building a business while simultaneously calculating risk the essentials of a booming enterprise. Students have a coveted opportunity to interact with some of Philadelphia’s top business leaders. My team created an airtight sales pitch (an app blueprint called “Simplex Financial” for our Shark Tank style challenge. 

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Wharton School of Business – Schoolyard Ventures

2019 | Social Entrepreneurship

Participated in marketing, entrepreneurship, wealth management workshops organized by the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice and Schoolyard Ventures. Created sketch ventures and discussed market research and viability. Presented and received “Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship”. – Rich Sedmak (Director – Social Innovators Program)

Coursera

UPenn | Customer Analytics | Eric Bradlow, Professor of Marketing, Statistics, and Education, The Wharton School | February 8, 2020 | Earned Verified Certificate, Grade 100% 

Learned how data is used to describe and predict customer behavior, how to optimize using data, and how major firms have actually used analytics for decision making.

UPenn | People Analytics | Matthew Bidwell, Associate Professor of Management, The Wharton School | February, 2020 | Earned Verified Certificate, Grade 100%

Learned how data and sophisticated analysis is brought to bear on people-related issues, such as recruiting, performance evaluation, leadership, hiring and promotion, job design, compensation, and collaboration. 

University of Michigan | Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills | George Siedel, Williamson Family Professor of Business Administration and Thurnau Professor of Business Law | February, 2020 | Earned Verified Certificate, Grade 100%  

Learned how to have “Successful Negotiation” by practicing the four steps to a successful negotiation: Prepare: Plan Your Negotiation Strategy, Negotiate: Use Key Tactics for Success, Close: Create a Contract, Perform and Evaluate: The Endgame.