Professional Experience
Academic
PhD: Psychological and Behavioral Science - London School of Economics and Political Science 2025 - 2029
Masters of Science: Social and Public Communication - Department of Psychological and Behavioral Science - London School of Economics and Political Science 2023 - 2024
LSE Summer School Programs, Student Ambassador, and Academic Director’s Scholarship Recipient for the field of Technology, Media & Society: June - August 2023
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Digital Media - University of California Santa Cruz 2018 - 2021
International Baccalaureate (IB) - 38/45 Points and German Abitur - Honors - Munich International School, Germany 2016 -2018
Positions
Independent Research Consultant: Clients: Ocean Conservancy: Fall 2022
Digital Marketing Consultant: Past Clients: Cruz Foam, Enterprise Development Group, Innovation Within
Royal Dutch Gazelle - Digital Marketing and Project Manager June 2021 - August 2022
Santa Cruz Works - Digital Operations and Program Manager July 2019 - May 2021
CruzFoam - Business Development and Marketing Intern July 2019
SnowBrains - Writer December 2018 - January 2020
BVS / IBS Austria - Research and Development Intern June 2016
Notable Projects
Ride Out the Wave
April - June 2020
Helped contribute 400k+ dollars of relief funding to Santa Cruz small businesses in response to the COVID-19 “shelter-in-place” order of April 2020.
“Adrian was an integral part of our "Ride Out the Wave" program that raised half a million dollars for Santa Cruz businesses in the early days of COVID-related economic assistance. We had to think quickly and pivot often, so Adrian's ability to deal with ambiguity and focus on simple solutions to complex problems proved invaluable. As expected when taking a "perfect is the enemy of good enough" approach, we made a lot of people happy while also making just a few folks quite unhappy. Adrian helped us triage the latter with both care and empathy. Those efforts ensured the overall success story of this community-based program at large.” - Rex Harris, Product at Amazon
Santa Cruz Startup and Tech Community Development
2020