Experience

Susquehanna International Group · starting Monday

Equity analyst at Susquehanna International Group. Starting Monday — I will log tasks and notes here as I go.

Domain-adapting open-source LLMs for finance

End-to-end pipeline adapting TinyLlama to financial SEC filings — ingestion, RAG, LoRA fine-tuning, DPO alignment, and evaluation on Apple Silicon.

Threshold cryptography for CBDCs on the XRPL · Trinity College Dublin

Research at the ADAPT Centre with Dr. Hitesh Tewari — applying threshold cryptography to central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) on the XRP Ledger (XRPL).

Simulated European futures · Dublin · hybrid

Trading intern on simulated European index futures — order flow, DOM microstructure, Eurex research, and daily review with the desk.

Multi-team rotation · Dublin · on-site

Summer analyst rotating across real estate, venture, investing, and sales — market research, analysis, and investor-facing materials.

Automation, data pipelines & dashboards · with Alan Dunne

Building internal tooling with the team — Python pipelines for ingesting, cleaning and refreshing fund data, dashboards for research and review, and automation for client forms. Stack spans Next.js apps, scheduled jobs, and generated outputs over canonical data.

Part-time · Dublin · on-site

Guiding students through project-based coding — simplifying technical concepts, building confidence, and supporting gender balance and access in STEM.

Full-stack open-source · TIP Portal on talos.is

Summer 2025 with Empyreal on Talos — protocol PRs, then owning the TIP Portal integration so anyone can draft proposals with LLM help and land a GitHub PR.

Part-time · Dublin · hybrid

Built responsive React/Vite interfaces and integrated the ChatGPT API for AI-driven features, shipping modular components with code-splitting and lazy loading.

Part-time · Dublin · hybrid

Educational content and community growth for Chainlink — organising meet-ups, events and conferences to drive adoption.

The Mike McCann Team · Philadelphia · remote

Completed every requirement to become a licensed real estate agent in Pennsylvania — coursework, exams, and networking.

Full-time · Manasquan, NJ · on-site

Produced and packaged health bars with a small team at an early-stage startup — scaling output while holding quality.

Full-time · Manasquan, NJ · on-site

Ran the line during high-volume service — fast, consistent prep and a clean workflow under pressure.

Part-time · Manasquan, NJ · on-site

Prepped fruit and built açaí bowls, took orders, and kept service quick and friendly.

Full-time · Drogheda · on-site

Three years keeping the kitchen clean and fast for chefs and waiters — dishes, prep, and hygiene through high-volume service.

Part-time · Dublin · hybrid

Co-founded the quant division — building algorithms for an international trading tournament, forging inter-college links, and running member development.

Part-time · Dublin

Mentored students through personal and academic transitions, ran social events, and sent weekly campus updates.

Part-time · Dublin · hybrid

1. Macro Analyst

   Sep 2024 – Jun 2025

   Prepared and presented macro reports and forecasts; tracked key indicators to inform sector analysts and strategy.

2. Investment Analyst

   Sep 2023 – Oct 2024

   Researched technology-hardware companies, analysed undervalued names, and pitched ideas to the CIO.

Part-time · Dublin · on-site

Campus ambassador for the XRP Ledger — educating students on blockchain, hosting hackathons, and growing the community.