Ram Itani

Eng Ops @ Etched | Ex-BCG | UChicago PhD

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Experience

  • Eng Ops at Etched
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

  • Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
    Jan 2024 - Dec 2025 · 2 yrs

    Drove high-impact work across pharma, semiconductors, industrial goods, mining and chemicals—spanning growth strategy, GTM, cost optimization, process improvement and post-merger integration Authored internal and external thought leadership on advanced planning system (APS) implementation in semiconductors, aggregates industry dynamics, compute growth and strategic shifts in higher education Developed GenAI agents to extract M&A trends from analyst reports and expert interviews, accelerating BCG’s internal knowledge workflows Led BCG’s Bridge to BCG program twice, mentoring incoming PhD consultants on core consulting skills, client readiness, and career development

  • University of Chicago (6 yrs 4 mos)
    • Graduate Research Assistant
      Jul 2018 - Dec 2023 · 5 yrs 6 mos

      • Developed microsecond microfluidic mixers to study non-equilibrium processes in solution, achieving a two-order improvement in kinetic measurement time-resolution using infrared spectroscopy • Mentored undergraduates weekly, offering guidance on research projects, and fellowship/graduate school applications, resulting in $10k in scholarships and securing graduate school acceptances at prestigious chemistry graduate programs

    • Ralph W. Nicholas Residential Fellow
      Sep 2018 - Sep 2023 · 5 yrs 1 mo

      • 2022 Davis Grant to launch a community center in rural Nepal delivering computer education, bamboo basket skills training, and a childcare program • Captained International House co-ed intramural teams (soccer, volleyball, broomball), reaching the playoffs every season • Founded a cooking club and organized cultural events (e.g., Tihar, Holi, Diwali) to strengthen community and engagement

    • MRSEC Lindblom Outreach Lead Instructor
      Jan 2019 - Jan 2022 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      • Led a team of 2 postdocs and 6 graduate students to run a weekly colloquium aimed at sparking science interest among minority students (class size: ~15, 72% African Am., 25% Hispanic, 70% low income) • Developed curriculum, organize scheduling, manage recruitment, and negotiated to secure benefit package for volunteers

  • PME Venture Fellow at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
    Dec 2021 - Mar 2022 · 4 mos

  • Earlham College (4 yrs 1 mo)
    • Resident Assistant
      Aug 2015 - May 2017 · 1 yr 10 mos

      • Supervised 300+ students from 24 countries in the largest campus residential facility

    • Library Assistant
      Aug 2013 - May 2017 · 3 yrs 10 mos

      • Processed inter-library loan requests, help in inventory, reshelving and circulation of digital media, books and other materials, network rebooting of 96 Mac-Book Pro laptops, trained new-workers and facilitated workshops designed to help professor familiarize with newly installed technology

    • Physics Summer Researcher
      May 2016 - Jul 2016 · 3 mos

      • Designed and built over table shelf, enclosure for a laser lab in the Physics Department and wrote a program in LabVIEW to run a motorized stage