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Roshan Shah

hey, i'm roshan. sophomore at uchicago studying econ, interested in aerospace, simulation, and the technical side of investing at blue oak.

  • robotics
  • drone tech
  • trading
  • finance + ai
  • tabla
  • poker

Present

The University of Chicago

BA Economics + Data Science spec

Minor: Entrepreneurship & Innovation (Sep 2026–2029)

Formerly UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School (4.0 GPA, Honors Carolina)

Prior

The Lawrenceville School

High School (GPA 3.92/4.00)

Herman Hollerith Prize, Cum Laude Society, McClellan Society

Experience

Blue Oak Group

PE Summer AnalystMay 2026 – present

Building the technical side of sourcing and diligence, including an AI acquisition-sourcing and broker-scraper workflow. This is the coding-for-finance work I like most.

Python · AI Sourcing · PE

Cofounders Capital

Venture Capital InternJan 2026 – Sep 2026

Evaluating seed-stage B2B SaaS for a $60M fund. Diligence on 100+ companies across unit economics, market structure, and exit viability.

Venture Capital · Diligence · SaaSFund: $60M

UNC Portfolio Management Team

Technology Sector AnalystSep 2025 – Aug 2026

TMT equity research for the $120K Ewing-Schleeter Harris Fund. DCF models, WACC, and public comps behind buy/sell calls. 1 of 12 from 170+ applicants.

Equity Research · DCF · TMTAUM: $120K

Carolina SkyLab

EngineerJan 2026 – Aug 2026

Building CAD assemblies and ArduPilot SITL closed-loop simulations for a medical-delivery VTOL drone.

CAD · ArduPilot · VTOL

Projects

Murmur

FoundermacOS

Open-source macOS dictation app in Swift, shipped via Homebrew and DMG. Local-first, production software built for everyday use.

Swift · macOS · Audio Processing

Ascent

BuilderAerospace Software

A competition-rocket design and flight-review workbench: vehicle geometry, motors, drag models, launch conditions, and the evidence behind every result.

Rust · Tauri · React · Flight Simulation

AI and the HAL Revisited↗

AuthorAI Governance

Economics paper arguing AI has weakened the computational constraint on planning, while the binding risks stay institutional: oversight, concentration, accountability.

AI Governance · Political Economy · Institutional Design

VertexLadder↗

EngineerFinTech

Ultra-low latency trading engine (1.8M+ orders/sec). Lock-free concurrency with sharded SPSC queues.

C++ · Boost.Asio

Supporting signal

Honors & Publications

01

Herman Hollerith Prize

The Lawrenceville School

May 2025
02

Journal of Future Economists

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

2025
03

National Economics Challenge

Council for Economic Education

Apr 2024
04

President's Volunteer Service Award (Gold)

President's Council on Service

2024
05

Karl Bronson Prize

The Lawrenceville School

May 2025
06

Cum Laude Society

The Lawrenceville School

May 2025