Christopher Ray

Philosophy & Business Analytics | Rutgers Honors College

United States

About

I'm a current Rutgers senior completing degrees in philosophy and business analytics. I'm currently interested in modeling and understanding speech behaviors in semi-cooperative contexts (read: most contexts!). I have experience in innovation IT, client services, and club leadership. As a lifelong performer, both on the stage and on teams, people are always at the center of my projects.

Experience

  • Rutgers Consulting Group (RCG) (New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States)
    • Vice President
      Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

      • Overhauling existing talent recruitment and selection processes and legal infrastructure for our client-facing experiential programs, resulting in strong, diverse teams and dynamic engagements. • Providing guidance and mentorship to 100+ club members regarding career development, academic performance, and work-life balance at Rutgers. • Performing Treasurer and Facilities liaison duties such as budgeting, reimbursement, and room-bookings

    • Managing Director
      Jun 2023 - May 2024 · 1 yr

      • Selling, structuring, and managing pro-bono strategy consulting engagements between students and industry clients totaling $500B mkt cap, culminating in a unique experiential learning opportunity for 50+ students per semester. • Spearheading an initiative to train student project managers with an expert workshop series, standardized outlines and reference materials, and mentorship 1-on-1s, resulting in smoother engagements and stronger talent development.

    • Project Manager
      Feb 2023 - Jul 2023 · 6 mos

      • Managed a team of five student analysts to engage with a $100B biotech company, enabling them to meet and exceed client expectations via extra deliverables ahead of schedule; resulted in fast-tracked promotion to managing director. • Assembled an industry overview of generative AI applications in the plasma therapeutics space, creating opportunities for early investment in GAN-aided drug discovery and customer service applications.

  • Financial Services Consulting Intern at Crowe
    Jun 2023 - Aug 2023 · 3 mos

    • Developed a system maintenance tracking application in Archer for midsize banking clients, generating a projected $300K in additional risk and compliance software sales. • Collaborated with interns to conduct stakeholder interviews and workshops, resulting in an application design with out-of-the-box functionality across a wide range of clients. • Overhauled documentation for existing risk and compliance software offerings, empowering the end-user to take control of their growth, risk, and compliance efforts using non-technical language and video tutorials.

  • CSL Behring (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States)
    • Business Intelligence Intern
      Sep 2022 - Dec 2022 · 4 mos

      • Led a team of two interns in conducting buy/build analyses and market research for emerging data and IT products, resulting in a comprehensive understanding of the data warehousing and digital twins spaces.

    • Summer Analyst
      May 2022 - Sep 2022 · 5 mos

      • Developed an interactive data visualization tool in Excel to aggregate analysis of more than 300 universities, enabling informed research partnerships in the plasma space. • Collaborated with key opinion leaders throughout the company to solidify strategy surrounding research partnerships, resulting in recommendations that bridge business and scientific interests.

  • Consulting Analyst at Rutgers Consulting Group (RCG)
    Feb 2022 - May 2022 · 4 mos

    • Developed a comprehensive pricing and implementation strategy for in-app advertisement monetization, maximizing sustainable revenue streams while minimizing consumer ad resistance for a travel lifestyle startup.

  • Assistant Store Manager at Papillon & co.
    Sep 2021 - Jan 2022 · 5 mos

    Improved inventory management by systematically cataloguing products using Microsoft Excel; communicated effectively with customers to make recommendations and resolve complaints.