JaiAnand

I study Biological Engineering at Cornell, build software for markets and money, and serve on the Student Assembly.

Ithaca, NY  

Experience

  • Umbrex

    2026 – present

    Consulting Fellow

    Building an AI-driven business development pipeline that sources, scores, and ranks prospects for a consulting firm. Automated prospect research, CRM updates, and tailored outreach with Clay, replacing a manual workflow. Part of the 2026–27 cohort.

  • Harvard Summer School

    Summer 2026

    Proctor & Recruitment Ambassador

    Selected as a proctor for the Secondary School Program. Mentored 40+ high school students as their primary point of contact and led residential programming. Selected by program leadership to speak at recruitment webinars for applicants.

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Summers 2023 & 2024

    Research Intern

    Led a first-author project on how lossy image compression, from 2:1 to 32:1, alters radiomic features in quantitative medical imaging. Analyzed about 1,950 features per organ in Python and R and quantified their stability at each compression ratio.

Projects

  • Ghostcard

    2026 – present

    Co-founder & CTO

    A consumer fintech platform that issues disposable virtual payment cards with spending controls. Interviewed 60 prospective users, led development of the MVP, and onboarded 200 beta users who processed $2,000 in test transactions. Preparing a pre-seed raise for Q4 2026.

  • Market-making bot for Kalshi

    2026 – present

    Developer

    A bot that posts two-sided quotes across Kalshi event-contract markets, with quoting logic built to provide continuous liquidity under the exchange's Liquidity Incentive Program.

Leadership

  • Cornell Student Assembly

    2025 – present

    Representative At-Large and Chair of the Environmental Policy Committee

    Elected to allocate $6.8 million a year to student organizations through the Finance Committee. Run weekly committee meetings and write legislative policy initiatives.

  • Cornell Institutional Research & Planning

    2026 – present

    Student Representative

    Represent students on a faculty-chaired group for Cornell's Middle States (MSCHE) reaccreditation self-study, focused on the design and delivery of the student learning experience.

  • Cornell Commodity Trading Club

    2026 – present

    Executive Vice President

    Lead a 30+ member club on commodity markets, running educational programming, market research, and guest speakers on how geopolitics and macro drive prices.

Education

  • Cornell University

    Class of 2029

    B.S. Biological Engineering

    • E-Board, Interfaith Council
    • E-Board, ALANA Intercultural Programming
    • Duffield Engineering Ambassador