Roman S.
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Studied at Harvard Business School
Works at Burton Algorithms
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Work Experience
Founder
Burton Algorithms
April 2017 - Present
• Founded a software development company dedicated to the production and distribution of mobile, desktop, and web applications. Created over a dozen projects for institutional clients including: • Nofanity: A suite of applications that removes profanity from music on Spotify and YouTube videos to make content more family-friendly. Wrote 20,000 lines of code and employed speech recognition, natural language processing, and serverless infrastructure. • weMessage: An app that allows people to use iMessage on Android devices. Utilizes encryption, networking, and SQL to facilitate image messaging, group chats, and contact management. Wrote 50,000 lines of code and received over 120,000 downloads.
Summer Analyst
BlackRock
June 2024 - August 2024
• Worked as an analyst under ETF Capital Markets, the division responsible for managing the firm’s diverse range of exchange-traded funds and indexing strategies. Recipient of BlackRock Founders Scholarship. • Researched the effects of volatility during downgrade events on corporate bond ETFs and built software to expedite authorization processes on the Aladdin trading platform.
Real Estate Intern
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
August 2023 - September 2023
• Traveled to Ghana under Stanford’s Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies to join Incept Architectural Consult, an award-winning architectural and real estate development firm, and assist with operations and strategy for a planned unit development of 80 homes. • Led a team of 15 architects to execute their Digital Transformation Plan. Introduced and trained employees on software for accounting, project management, and generative design AI to streamline paper-driven processes. Feedback attributed initiatives to saving organization 60+ hours of work per week.
Software Engineer Intern
Meta (Facebook)
June 2022 - August 2023
• Created Ascertain, a social media platform that analyzes posts for misinformation and uses artificial intelligence and sentiment analysis to detect erroneous content. Designed to reduce the widespread disinformation surrounding elections and healthcare (2022). • Developed a recommendation algorithm that suggests group chats to users based on topics they are interested in. Implemented by a team of thirty engineers and rolled out to 500 million users during the second half (2023).
Investment Associate
Providence Investment Management
February 2021 - August 2021
• Researched prospective investment opportunities and recommended private deals that have generated returns of up to 20%. Constructed an investment portfolio comprised of equities, bonds, and real estate. Beats S&P index in benchmarks by 2%. • Developed a trading algorithm that shorts equities and employs leverage to exploit volatility and yield greater returns. Conducted trades using options strategies such as risk reversals and debit spreads to achieve higher alpha.
Education
Harvard Business School
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Activities and societies: Summer Venture in Management Program 2+2 Program (Class of 2028)
Harvard Law School
Doctor of Law - JD
Activities and societies: Future Leaders in Law Fellow Junior Deferral Program (Class of 2028)
Stanford University
Master's Degree, Management Science & Engineering
2023 - 2024
Teaching Assistant for MS&E Department
Stanford University
Bachelor's Degree, Systems Engineering
2021 - 2024
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