Now

What I'm
Doing Now.

A snapshot of what I'm focused on, building, studying, and thinking about. Updated regularly.

Last updated · April 2026
01Building

Research

  • ORB Backtest (R) — finalizing dataset integrity checks, running full backtest with Sharpe, drawdown, and regime diagnostics.
  • Minimum Wage DID — scoping identification strategy and data sources for causal inference study.

Modeling

  • Café Cash Flow Model — building contribution margin tracker, KPI dashboard, and reinvestment decision framework in Excel.
  • DCF Template — drafting driver-based assumptions and scenario structure.

Academic

  • UGA Terry College — final year, business analytics & quantitative finance emphasis.
  • GRE Prep — targeting 320+ for potential graduate programs in economics or quant finance.

Exploring

  • Business Acquisition — evaluating Georgia-based small business opportunities using SBA loan structuring frameworks.
  • Short-term Rentals — building Airbnb investment screening model for Georgia market.
02Studying

Technical Skills

  • R — backtesting frameworks, tidyverse, performance analytics
  • Python — data pipelines, APIs, analytics tooling
  • SQL — query optimization, relational database design
  • Excel — advanced modeling, scenario analysis, dashboard design

Markets & Finance

  • Intraday strategy evaluation and regime analysis
  • Fixed income — duration, rate sensitivity, immunization
  • Valuation — DCF, WACC, terminal value assumptions
  • Options — structure, greeks, risk management applications
03Thinking About

Current Questions

  • When does a systematic edge survive transaction costs vs disappear — and how do you design a test that would actually tell you?
  • What's the right capital structure for a small business acquisition when the owner-operator is also doing the underwriting?
  • How do you size a position in a strategy that has good historical Sharpe but fat-tail drawdown risk?
  • Is graduate school the highest-ROI next move, or does operator experience compound faster at this stage?
04North Star
Three long-term outcomes I'm building toward: elite systematic trading capability, ownership of high-quality cash-flowing businesses, and a durable capital platform that compounds over decades. Everything on this site is a step toward one of those three.
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