During undergrad, I fell in love with photgraphy, and found my niche in storytelling through pictures. The first official business I created on my own was birthed in 2007, and I've had the honor of documenting weddings, proposals, family portraits, baptisms, funerals, and many other types of events to this day. The goal was not just to capture images, but to tell the story of the subjects in a way that everyone could connnect with, and I continue seeking any opportunity available to do so.

Transitioning from purely consumer to also being a partner, I joined Starbucks corporate finance to help build out the growing Capabilities Center as a finance business partner. I work closely with business leaders to provide thought-partnership, through a forward-looking financial lens, to achieve their strategic vision.

I stepped out of management reporting to get in near the ground floor of ADP building out a financial 'Center of Excellence'. I transitioned multiple business units into managing the financial and operational analytics at the centralized location, allowing a more consistent story telling process for corporate management while also giving the business the time back to focus on operations.

Being a part of the management finance team at Northern Trust opened my eyes to a different part of running a business - specifically seeing how the operational work translates into shareholder value. My team partnered with the various business units to learn what was going on, and then worked closely with the CFO to craft the story before the earnings were released.

One of my first forays in corporate finance, Brunswick provided an amazing opportunty to be a part of a large company with a small company feel. A nimble FP&A team allowed me to support all aspects of the company (finance, audit, operations, F&B, marketing) where I streamlined many processes that helped impact the bottom-line. I also added about 20 points to my bowling handicap, and while I still haven't bowled a 300 game, my current high is 246.

Being a part of a large BigTen school at the University of Illinois - Urbana, Champaign was a huge area of growth for me. While obtaining my bachelor's in Mathematics and a minor in Computer Science, I had so many opportunities to try new things and lead various organizations. From intermurals with Muscle Masala football and Gold Diggers volleyball to serving in leadership of the Indian Christian Fellowship, I was able to make use of my talents to help struture and build things bigger than myself.

Entreprenuers at heart, a group of friends decided to take our interest in both tech and production and created Up All Night, Productions. We started out with creating photo slideshows and promos for church events, and ultimately had our biggest gig recording and producing the 2006 India Night production for the Indian Student Association held at Assembly Hall at the University of Illinois.

Growing up in an immigrant church meant that the creative and performance arts were a huge part of my upbringing, and one opportunity I got was creating an acapella group called Second Chance. We were mainly just glorified wedding singers, but also had a few large stage performances, and still have a vocal (but small) fan base anxiously awaiting a reunion. :)