Chicago, Illinois, United States
👋🏽 Hello there! My name is Marina, and I am a recent graduate from Michigan State University. I earned my degree in Supply Chain Management, with minors in Entrepreneurship + Innovation and Environmental Sustainability Studies. 🖇 Thank you for taking the time to look at my profile, and please send me a connection invite! 🎧 Interests include cooking, baking, sewing, music, MSU basketball, the Detroit Lions, running, weight lifting, and golf.
6-month leave set by Optiver before starting work for a competing firm (March 2026).
- Acquire clients using Excel-based public record research and analysis of sold Michigan residencies to find eligible home sellers for transfer tax refund, thus far bringing in 1,000+ clients to firm resulting in $750,000 of revenue over tenure - Piloted use of DocuSign software for ease of clients’ document signing, resulted in 150% increase in returned contracts rate - Sourced and negotiated rates for data containing previously sold residencies with Michigan township, city, and municipality assessing/equalization offices by relationship-building, consistent communication, and transparency into firm processes
- Supervise 4-member Internal Operations Committee to organize semester team-building events such as community outreach initiatives, volunteering, professional development, DEI workshops, and Broad College events to bring members together - Create social media strategies for Internal Operations Committee to post on LinkedIn for 400+ followers to extend group reach, get in touch with potential Business Analysts, and keep alumni network up-to-date with group operations - Identify top talent each semester for Business Analyst recruiting by intuitive social media and campus-wide advertising, detailed multi-round interviewing, and evaluating applications to narrow down 70+ applicant pool to 7-10 new members
Co-lead a team through an engagement to perform a benchmark compensation analysis for a local Lansing non-profit by using public databases, Excel-based tracking, and forming strategic recommendations