I specialize in contemporary and jazz piano performance. I studied under Jay Lee of Purchase College, as well as Jim Saltzman and Jon Snell of the Manhattan School of Music. I released my debut EP, Nothing Else to Do, in 2023. Another EP is coming soon!
Prior to jazz, I studied classical music under Diana Wan of MSM, and Eugene Posniewski of Purchase College. In 2019, I performed at Carnegie Hall, and the Parco della Musica in Rome as part of independent awards ceremonies.
In my first semester at USC, as part of the SEP startup incubator, I developed Penni, a fintech platform enabling seamless micropayments for news platforms. That spring, I was fortunate to join AfterQuery as the firm’s first growth hire; during my year there, we grew to a $100 million annual run rate. As of 2026, AfterQuery is valued at $3.2 billion.
I spent last summer on the growth and partnerships team at SideShift, the software platform that manages ~90% of the internet’s user-generated content (UGC) on social media.
I’m a junior in Cohort 11 at the USC Iovine and Young Academy, a program founded by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine for the study of arts, technology, and the business of innovation.
Alongside school, I co-lead Founders’ Education at SEP, USC’s premier startup incubator. This fall, I’m mentoring a cohort of 15 entrepreneurs to build commercial ventures over 12 weeks, culminating in a Demo Day pitch to investors. Since its inception, SEP startups have raised over 75 million dollars and been accepted to 7 YC batches.
I am a jazz pianist, go-to-market engineer, and technology entrepreneur. I am 21, Lebanese-American, originally from New York City. My goal is to improve the human condition by pushing the frontier in both creative and technical fields.
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