01 Resume

Novelle Maharjan

I am passionate about using technology and design to solve business problems through strategy.

Agile problem solver with 5+ years of experience across fintech, payments, and AI, currently pursuing an MBA at the University of Rochester. Background in program management and product operations, with a focus on aligning teams, improving workflows, and supporting clear decision-making.

Professional Experience

June 2026 -August 2026

AI Strategy & Pricing Intern

Finta.ai

Buffalo, NY

AI-powered relationship management platform for fundraising. Summer internship focused on pricing, funnel performance, and AI product economics.

  • Built a pricing and credit-economics model, using LangSmith to benchmark cost and output quality and recommend model-routing changes that protected internal margins without compromising LLM performance.
February 2025 -June 2025

Enterprise Operations Consultant

Yaydoo

Mexico City, MX

LATAM division of Paystand Inc, a global B2B payments and collections platform. Short-term consulting assignment focused on fixing operational inefficiencies and improving internal execution.

  • Recovered a delayed enterprise launch by converting the product roadmap into Jira sprint workflows, restoring execution discipline across product and operations teams during a critical payments rollout.
  • Deployed AI agents across multiple departments and led adoption for workflow automation, strengthening day-to-day process ownership without ongoing technical support.
September 2022 -January 2024

Operations Program Manager

Scale AI

Mexico City, MX

Data infrastructure company supporting advanced AI systems. Operations leadership role focused on delivery, onboarding, and quality execution.

  • Managed multiple Generative AI training projects in parallel for enterprise model development while keeping delivery on schedule through coordinated quality standards across technical and conversational workstreams.
  • Secured weekly C-level resource support by building SQL and Power BI dashboards that surfaced delivery risk and staffing gaps early, giving leaders clear evidence to approve capacity before client delivery was affected.
February 2021 -July 2022

Operations Coordinator

Oyster Financial

Mexico City, MX

Fintech serving small and medium-sized businesses through credit and debit products. Operations role focused on collections, workflow design, and acquisition transition.

  • Built and trained the credit collections team, moving repayment tracking into HubSpot CRM with IVR workflows for end-to-end account visibility and stronger operating discipline.
  • Directed the offboarding of users after company acquisition by building the operating timeline and aligning department leads during a complex closure that protected brand trust through clear customer communication and operational discipline.
July 2020 -December 2020

Project Manager

Ibriz.ai

Mexico City, MX

Blockchain and AI consultancy supporting startups with growth and market-entry strategy. Short-term project role focused on market analysis for a new product launch.

  • Led an ML-based market research project for a fintech client, defining the ICP through behavioral analysis and market research that identified stronger prospect segments for outreach.
September 2017 -July 2020

Financial Analyst

DC Venture Capital

Mexico City, MX

Early-stage venture capital firm focused on small and medium businesses and real estate projects across Mexico. Investment team role centered on financial analysis and due diligence.

  • Supported distributed capital across small and mid-sized business projects by conducting financial statement analysis, due diligence, and site assessments that shaped credit strategy for funding decisions.

Education

July 2025 - May 2027

Rochester, NY

Master of Business Administration (STEM-Designated Program)

University of Rochester - Simon Business School

  • Concentration: Strategy and Product Management.
  • Honors & Awards: Merit Scholar (Stephen & Barbara Shepard), Forté Fellow & Ambassador; National Black MBA Fellow.
  • Organizations: President of Simon Women in Business, Member of Simon Vision Consulting, LatAm Students of Simon.

August 2016 - August 2020

Mexico City, MX

Bachelor's in Finance & Banking, GPA 3.7

Escuela Bancaria y Comercial

  • Graduated with AMIB Certification to provide licensed financial & investment advisory in Mexico.

02 Experiential Learning

Applied strategy work

Applied strategy work outside the core curriculum, used to sharpen strategic judgment on real business problems.

Simon Vision Consulting

🏆 Best Consultant of the Cycle

Student-run consulting group delivering pro bono strategy work for external clients. Worked with an SEO services company to explore how changes in search behavior were creating new business opportunities beyond its core service offering.

  • Researched GEO/AIO and other new market trends to identify where changes in search behavior could create viable adjacent opportunities.
  • Proposed three new venture concepts, supported by financial modeling and an implementation roadmap across pricing, go-to-market, and automation.

Ain Center AI Hackathon

🏆 Winning team
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Responsible AI system design for a social care technology case involving sensitive data and HIPAA constraints. The work focused on where AI could add practical value inside existing care workflows while respecting compliance, data privacy, and the trust required in community-based services.

Simon Winter Case Competition

🏆 Winning team
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Social media and brand strategy for a Gen Z sportswear and casualwear launch. We interviewed influencers to understand how sponsorships actually work, how creators evaluate brand fit, and what makes a campaign feel credible to the audience it is trying to reach.

Simon Summer Case Competition

Market selection and go-to-market strategy for a cable protection company. The challenge was evaluating multiple high-growth markets without one obvious answer, then turning the market logic into a defensible recommendation for industry practitioners.

Simon Interclub Case Competition

Expansion planning for a growing moving and storage business deciding where to prioritize its next move. The challenge was deciding where to attack when the business was growing steadily but not explosively, balancing market attractiveness with operational fit and competitive pressure.

03 Technical Projects

AI applications & tools

Hands-on projects where I used code and AI to learn new tooling by taking an idea from an initial concept through to a working project.

Novelle's Portfolio Website

GitHub repo

Custom portfolio site built to present experience, projects, and professional direction in one place.

  • Built with Next.js, React components, and custom CSS motion.
  • Used Codex to iterate on the rolodex layout and animation details.
  • Maintained through GitHub repo and deployed through Vercel.
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Will Codex reset prediction page

Will Codex reset?

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Predictive model that uses sentiment around Codex, OpenAI developers, and influencer posts to estimate whether the platform may issue a weekly token reset.

  • Built as a Lovable-hosted web app with React-style components and responsive layout logic.
  • Includes SEO-oriented page metadata so the live site reads clearly when shared.
  • Uses a newspaper theme with a daily forecast, reader poll, tracked signals, and reset probability.

Currently working on a calendar-sync tool that brings Outlook and Google Calendar into one planning view for cleaner weekly scheduling.

04 Creative Work

Branding & design work

Projects turning ideas into clearer identity and storytelling by giving them a more deliberate form.

Wine tasting - Poster series

A recurring wine tasting hosted with friends for the MBA class. The posters helped turn a casual gathering into a small recurring series, giving each tasting its own theme.

Simon Business School - Orientation T-shirt

Winning design from the Simon Business School T-shirt contest for the batch of 2028's MBA orientation. I am grateful to have made something that will become part of how incoming students first see themselves in the Simon community.

Built on the University’s navy and dandelion palette, the design centers on the Rush Rhees dome set against a warm sunset backdrop. The yellow field captures that late-day glow on campus.