Jake Braun

Sales Intern @ P&G | CEO of Synergy | MS-ISOM @ UF

Gainesville Metropolitan Area

About

I'm the CEO of Synergy, a live events shows, services, and software company, and a Sales Intern at Procter & Gamble on the Target team! I'm a tech-obsessed, hardworking person who loves helping the people around me win by solving problems. I just completed my BSBA in Information Systems at the University of Florida, with a Minor in Economics, a certificate in AI, and a certificate in Sport Management. This fall I'm heading back to UF to complete my Master of Science in Information Systems and Operations Management, focusing on Data Science. Throughout my time at UF I got to chase the stuff I care about. I served as President of TAMID at Florida, worked as a Consulting Analyst for the UF AIS on pro bono projects for government organizations, and interned at BBX Capital and Kidokinetics along the way. Like I said, I love helping people and solving problems, so if any of this resonates, let's talk.

Experience

  • Chief Executive Officer at Synergy
    Aug 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

    CEO of Synergy, a live events shows, services, and software company. We produce live EDM events, offer event promotion services, and develop a proprietary SaaS platform that powers promoter and community infrastructure for the live events industry. Leading product, partnerships, and growth as we work to become the dominant technology company in live events.

  • TAMID at Florida (Gainesville, Florida, United States)
    • President
      Dec 2024 - Dec 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Oversaw 100 analysts, 15 engagements, 11 directors, and 5 committees, ensuring impact, empowerment, and excellence. Drove scalable growth and elevated program quality by leading 18 initiatives to transform TAMID’s leadership structure, recruitment model, operational processes, financial strategy, and training program.

    • Vice President
      May 2024 - Dec 2024 · 8 mos

    • Director of Marketing
      Jan 2024 - May 2024 · 5 mos

      Increased social media engagement by 5,275% through orchestrating digital strategy, content creation, and communications.

  • Consulting Analyst at UF AIS | Association for Information Systems
    Aug 2024 - May 2025 · 10 mos

    Corporate Scorecard Dashboard Project: Achieved 240x faster dashboard refresh rate and improved visualization, enhancing high-level analysis and decision-making. Solved API integration challenges to sync live ServiceNow data to Power BI, transforming a static Excel scorecard into a real-time dashboard for C-level executives at Jacksonville Electric Authority; collaborated with a multidisciplinary team of 8 analysts. Project Evaluation Dashboard Project: Strengthened justification for securing a share of a $1.2B transportation grant by creating a data-driven, quantifiable project prioritization process for North Florida Transportation Planning Organization; worked with a cross-functional team of 5 analysts. Built 4 non-financial ROI composite score algorithms to elevate project evaluation, with outputs displayed in a dashboard.

  • Leadership Development Program - University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida, United States)
    • Recruitment Director
      Apr 2024 - Dec 2024 · 9 mos

      Secured 100 applicants for the fall class by implementing a new recruitment strategy and leading cross-functional teams.

    • Student Mentor
      Aug 2023 - Dec 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Mentored 30 students in weekly leadership development classes and directed 4 community service projects.

    • Engagement Committee Member
      Jan 2024 - May 2024 · 5 mos

      Created presentations and contributed to leadership curriculum for 80 mentees; planned program structure, meetings, and socials.

  • Planning and Allocation Intern at BBX Capital
    Jun 2024 - Aug 2024 · 3 mos

    Identified 32 AI use cases through consulting with 8 business functions and researching solutions to operational pain points; presented strategic recommendations to the CEO in a 33-page report and launched an internal AI education initiative. Increased spend by 23% on the highest-margin product by analyzing patterns across 115 stores and recommending a promotion. Initiated a project to resolve SKU-level data visibility gaps for the company’s most profitable products using Excel, Power BI, and LS Retail; enabled item-level usage tracking to strengthen inventory procurement and assortment decisions at 5 pilot stores. Delivered ~90% reduction in manual data input by automating the company’s budget model with Excel VBA programming.