Work that reflects how I think, build, and explore.

Each of these projects started with a question, a frustration, or a spark of curiosity. They reflect how I approach problems, chase ideas, and try to leave things better than I found them.

What makes a project worth building? It tackles a problem that keeps me up at night.

  • PARAS 0061: Research Report on Airport Security Readiness

    I am credited as the primary author for PARAS 0061: Ensuring Security Readiness for New and Renovated Facilities, a research report sponsored by National Safe Skies, one of the Federal Aviation Administration's research contractors. Working with my colleagues at Chrysalis Global, I reviewed previous literature, led an outreach effort to dozens of American airports, and crafted our guidance document, which released to key industry leaders.

    Nov 2025

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  • Chrysalis Hub: Time-Tracking Platform

    Working with my close friend Zach Phelps, I helped develop Chrysalis's internal platform to track crucial KPIs, notably utilization and projected/earned revenue. I led the platform's integration with Chrysalis's existing systems and developed some of the system's core modules. Chrysalis Hub integrates with other critical, high-stakes systems, such as the firm's accounting software and invoicing tools. The platform's tech stack includes (but is not limited to) React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and Supabase.

    Oct 2025

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  • Los Angeles World Airports: Internal Skyview Renovation

    I served as Project Manager during Chrysalis Global's handling of the move management, logistical planning, and furniture operations efforts for first phase of Los Angeles World Airports's $78 million internal renovation of the iconic Skyview Center. The effort involved a large-scale, multi-phased move of more than 415 team members. I managed the firm's extensive budget, an internal Chrysalis team, and dozens of external staff members hired for the aviation's largest administrative move in the 2024 calendar year.

    Dec 2024

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  • Speedway Signature Event: Tournament Director

    I am the six-time Tournament Director for the Speedway Signature Event, an internationally recognized, high-intensity robotics competition themed to the Indianapolis 500. As Tournament Director, I am in charge of developing an event plan, coordinating all event logistics, creating an exciting live production, and handling all aspects of the event's operations. Since starting this role in 2019, the Speedway event has grown in sponsorship revenue and team attendance each year. I also serve as the primary voice of the event, promoting the event to the community and speaking at events and interviews.

    Nov 2025

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  • Swear It Off: What Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' Tells Us About the Use of Swear Words

    An analysis of Taylor Swift’s lyrical evolution through the lens of profanity and cultural language change. Using data from the R 'taylor' package and her newly released album *The Life of a Showgirl*, this project examines how the frequency and variety of explicit language in Swift’s lyrics have increased over time — and what that shift reveals about changing norms in American pop music and society.

    Oct 2025

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  • Projecting TSA Throughput

    A visual and quantitative application that projected TSA throughput statistics based on a variety of parameters, including macroeconomic trends and major travel events. Completed as part of a course at Indiana University's Luddy School for Informatics, Computing, and Engineering.

    May 2025

  • The Public Relations Stock Shocks

    A visual analysis of how public relations crises can cause notable shocks and crashes to a public corporation's stock price. Completed as part of a course at Indiana University's Luddy School for Informatics, Computing, and Engineering.

    Jul 2024

  • The Emotions of 280 Characters: Evaluating the Sentiments of Congress

    Do political parties and their politicians change their tone or sentiment based on which party occupies the White House? This paper evaluated more than five million tweets to answer that question. This paper and the associated textual analysis was completed under the mentorship of a distinguished Indiana University political science professor.

    Nov 2023

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  • Can Fresh Legs Kick? Evaluating the Statistics of How Last-Minute Substitutes Perform in Penalty Shootouts.

    Some football managers employ a strategy in major tournaments of substituting fresh players into the match at the last minute, allowing them to take a kick in the penalty kick shootout. Is this an ill-advised strategy? This paper reviews thousands of penalty shootout kicks and examines that core question.

    Oct 2023

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  • Visualization: Where do Banks Fail? Reviewing the FDIC's Failed Bank List.

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    Sep 2023

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  • 15 Seconds to Pitch: Evaluating How the MLB Pitch Clock Affected the 2023 Season.

    After testing a pitch clock in the minor leagues, Major League Baseball debuted a pitch clock at the beginning of the season. This paper reviewed whether or not batters were performing better after the rule change.

    Aug 2023

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  • Evidence Review: Entrepreneurship Lock

    For years, economists studied “job lock” — the principle that people might choose to stay in their jobs solely because of the fear of losing their employer-provided health insurance. Less studied is entrepreneurship lock, the belief that people might not start businesses because they will lose their employer-provided health insurance. This paper examined the available research on that theory.

    Apr 2023

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  • How Dominant is Iowa's Caitlin Clark?

    This paper evaluated metrics from five seasons of women’s NCAA basketball and asked a question: is Caitlin Clark, Iowa’s star player, as good as she seems? I used an API to obtain the data and spent hours cleaning and refining our R script. Read the paper for conclusion, but the answer is "Yes, she's that good." That said, analysts would be wise to also look toward the talent of other extraordinary players on the court.

    Mar 2023

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