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Experience

A company, a buy desk, and the places that taught me both.

Ordered by relevance rather than by date. The automotive roles come first because they are where the operating experience is, and because they are what most people are actually asking about.

Roles
4
Current
Autora, Gill Automotive Group
Based in
San Francisco Bay Area
Education
Economics, UC Davis

Roles

Mar 2025 - Present

Current

Founded and operates a California-licensed automotive dealership and technology platform focused on digitizing vehicle commerce and financing.

  • Founded and operates a California-licensed automotive dealership and technology platform focused on digitizing vehicle commerce and financing.
  • Built end-to-end workflows spanning vehicle discovery, financing, identity and income verification, payments, digital contracting, and transaction processing.
  • Developed data-driven systems for inventory acquisition, vehicle pricing, margin analysis, and underwriting.
  • Built full-stack software and AI-driven workflows to automate customer engagement and dealership operations.
Company strategyProductFull-stack developmentData analysisDealership operationsDigital retailVehicle pricing
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Dec 2025 - Present

Current

Gill Automotive Group

Vehicle Acquisition Analyst

Full-time / On-site

Buys used-vehicle inventory across wholesale auction and dealer channels, underwriting each unit against market demand, valuation, and projected profitability.

  • Purchased $5.4M in used-vehicle inventory across 192 vehicles year to date, sourcing and evaluating across wholesale auction and dealer channels on market demand, valuation, and projected profitability.
  • Analyzed wholesale and retail market data to establish acquisition targets, maximum purchase prices, and expected resale margins.
  • Evaluated prospective inventory on market value, vehicle condition, reconditioning exposure, inventory turn, and regional demand.
  • Executed high-volume acquisition decisions across a diverse vehicle portfolio while holding to established pricing, inventory, and profitability objectives.
Vehicle acquisitionOnline auctionsVehicle valuationMarket analysisInventory strategyMargin analysis
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2026

PrimaryIO

Software Engineer

Software engineering at an enterprise technology startup, working in the codebase alongside the product team.

  • Software engineering work on the product, from implementation through review.
Software engineeringAPIsPythonC++

Jan 2025 - Jun 2025

Fairfield Subaru

Sales Specialist

Full-time / Fairfield, CA

Worked the retail side of a dealership: vehicle selection, product presentation, financing, trade-ins, and transaction coordination.

  • Assisted customers throughout the vehicle purchase process, including vehicle selection, product presentation, financing, trade-ins, and transaction coordination.
  • Developed firsthand experience in dealership sales operations, customer acquisition, and automotive retail.
Automotive salesAutomotive retailFinancingCustomer experience

Education

University of California, Davis

Transfer student, expected 2028.
  • 2028

    Bachelor's Degree, Economics

    Concentration in Data & Analysis. Data analysis, Python.

    UC Davis

  • 2028

    Minor, Computer Science

    C++, Python.

    UC Davis

Contact

If it touches cars, data, or the money in between, I want to hear about it.

Open to conversations with founders, operators, investors, and teams building in automotive, product, and data.