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Darwin G

- Research Program Mentor

MBA candidate at New York University

Expertise

Economics, Finance, Business

Bio

Hi, my name is Darwin and I am a first-year MBA student at the NYU Stern school of business. I am studying Quantitative Finance and Real Estate with a goal of making a career pivot into investment banking. Previously, I've worked a few roles in Operations and Analytics after finishing my undergrad degree at Tufts University in Economics and Philosophy. While currently living in NYC, I spent the last 10 years in Boston and grew up in Houston. Outside of work and school, I enjoy staying active and am always game for a puzzle or competitive board game. My other interests include sports, cooking and keeping up with the latest happenings in finance.

Project ideas

Project ideas are meant to help inspire student thinking about their own project. Students are in the driver seat of their research and are free to use any or none of the ideas shared by their mentors.

Predicting the use of Cryptocurrencies by AI Agents

In this project, we will utilize technological adoption curves to independently analyze the current and future state of AI, and in particular, its financial applications. Secondly, this analysis will be repeated for cryptocurrency use, notably Bitcoin, as the first and largest of the kind, to make a case that AI models will be keen to utilize a digital, internet-native currency for optimizing their bandwidth and execution. Outcomes will include a short research paper detailing the timeline in which this idea would come to fruition, alongside valuations for AI tools and Bitcoin over the coming decade.

Coding skills

python, R, SQL, HTML/CSS

Languages I know

Spanish, intermediate

Teaching experience

I volunteered to tutor local high school students in math, science and english subjects as a freshman while at Tufts. The students were high performers in the school's AVID program, aimed to improve their college candidacies.

Credentials

Work experience

Wayfair (2021 - 2024)
Senior Analyst - Operations
Logz.io (2019 - 2021)
Business Analyst
ICIC (2017 - 2019)
Research and Advisory Analyst

Education

Tufts University
BA Bachelor of Arts (2018)
Economics & Philosophy
New York University
MBA Master of Business Administration candidate
Quantitative Finance

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