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Hi, I’m Kirtan Desai, a quick-learning and flexible professional based in Austin, TX. I hold a Bachelor's in Business Administration with a concentration in Cyber Security and am currently pursuing a part-time online Master’s in Cyber Security. I’m a U.S. citizen and excited to bring my analytical mindset and multitasking abilities to a dynamic team. I’ve gained practical experience through internships and virtual programs at UTSA, BigCommerce, Code2 College Labs, and JPMorgan Chase on Forage, focusing on network security, project coordination, web development, and financial services analysis. I’m eager to grow in a full-time role in software or financial services and contribute to impactful projects.…Hi, I’m Kirtan Desai, a quick-learning and flexible professional based in Austin, TX. I hold a Bachelor's in Business Administration with a concentration in Cyber Security and am currently pursuing a part-time online Master’s in Cyber Security. I’m a U.S. citizen and excited to bring my analytical mindset and multitasking abilities to a dynamic team. I’ve gained practical experience through internships and virtual programs at UTSA, BigCommerce, Code2 College Labs, and JPMorgan Chase on Forage, focusing on network security, project coordination, web development, and financial services analysis. I’m eager to grow in a full-time role in software or financial services and contribute to impactful projects.

Kirtan Desai

Programmer, Web Developer, Data Scientist, +4

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Hi, I’m Kirtan Desai, a quick-learning and flexible professional based in Austin, TX. I hold a Bachelor's in Business Administration with a concentration in Cyber Security and am currently pursuing a part-time online Master’s in Cyber Security. I’m a U.S. citizen and excited to bring my analytical mindset and multitasking abilities to a dynamic team. I’ve gained practical experience through internships and virtual programs at UTSA, BigCommerce, Code2 College Labs, and JPMorgan Chase on Forage, focusing on network security, project coordination, web development, and financial services analysis. I’m eager to grow in a full-time role in software or financial services and contribute to impactful projects.…Hi, I’m Kirtan Desai, a quick-learning and flexible professional based in Austin, TX. I hold a Bachelor's in Business Administration with a concentration in Cyber Security and am currently pursuing a part-time online Master’s in Cyber Security. I’m a U.S. citizen and excited to bring my analytical mindset and multitasking abilities to a dynamic team. I’ve gained practical experience through internships and virtual programs at UTSA, BigCommerce, Code2 College Labs, and JPMorgan Chase on Forage, focusing on network security, project coordination, web development, and financial services analysis. I’m eager to grow in a full-time role in software or financial services and contribute to impactful projects.

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Hi, I’m Kirtan Desai, a quick-learning and flexible professional based in Austin, TX. I hold a Bachelor’s in Business Administration with a concentration in Cyber Security and am currently pursuing a part-time online Master’s in Cyber Security. I’m a U.S. citizen and excited to bring my analytical mindset and multitasking abilities to a dynamic team. I’ve gained practical experience through internships and virtual programs at UTSA, BigCommerce, Code2 College Labs, and JPMorgan Chase on Forage, focusing on network security, project coordination, web development, and financial services analysis. I’m eager to grow in a full-time role in software or financial services and contribute to impactful projects.

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Work Experience

Intern at University of Texas at San Antonio

June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024

Delivered results for United Way nonprofit that assisted them in performing donation analysis; performed network scanning using Nmap and incident response for IT assets and network; trained on incident response software such as Splunk for log analysis.

Program Coordinator at BigCommerce Inc.

June 1, 2023 - August 31, 2023

Supported planning, directing, and coordination of day-to-day activities of running a program. Assisted in planning, executing, and monitoring financial services projects to ensure successful delivery. Supported project documentation, including project plans, timelines, and status reports. Coordinated communication between stakeholders, including internal teams and external clients. Tracked project progress, identified potential risks, and assisted in implementing mitigation strategies. Gained Excel skills and data management. Worked with internal teams on sales contracts; located financial records in Salesforce and Zuora; used Workday, Confluence, and Slack for internal communication and training.

Intern at Code2 College Labs Inc

June 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022

Collaborated in a team environment to work with multiple languages such as JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Leveraged platforms like VS Code & Sanity to implement CSS & JS files to design an interactive program. Created a website that sells movies with a payment system using e-commerce. Attended daily Agile Scrum meetings.

Virtual Experience - Software Engineering & Cybersecurity at JPMorgan Chase (Forage)

September 1, 2024 - September 30, 2024

Set up a local development environment by downloading the necessary files, tools, and dependencies. Fixed broken files in the repository to ensure the web application's output is correct. Used Perspective, JPMorgan Chase's open-source library, to generate a live graph that displays a data feed clearly for traders to monitor.

Virtual Experience - Asset Management at JPMorgan Chase (Forage)

September 1, 2024 - September 30, 2024

Gathered clients' key investment objectives, risk appetite, investment restrictions, and other relevant information to enable recommending a suitable investment solution. Constructed suitable investment portfolios for two individuals based on their unique risk profiles. Conducted quantitative fundamental analysis for two stocks and made recommendations to clients based on their investment objectives. Calculated KPIs for client portfolios.

Virtual Experience - Investment Banking Job Simulation at JPMorgan Chase (Forage)

August 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024

Identified an ideal M&A target for a client based on an assessment of their strategic and financial criteria. Constructed a discounted cash flow model to value the target and adjusted the model to account for a competitor bid and supply-chain interruption. Created a two-page client presentation containing a company profile and summary of the auction process.