Benjamin Wanjura

- Oversaw the management of a budget of approximately $70,000, funding >40 student initiatives. - Achieved a 69% overall increase in fund utilization. - Achieved a 57% uptick in program fund utilization and a 125% increase in funded student initiatives. - Expanded financial support for academic excellence by spearheading the introduction of >$13,000 in academic grants. - Led and coordinated a diverse committee composed of five members from four distinct continents and of different backgrounds.

- TA for Judgments & Decisions (Behavioral Decision Sciences) w/ Dr. Edward Royzman

- Conducted comprehensive due diligence research on various non-profit organizations, assessing their approach, effectiveness, and efficiency as well as the scope of the respective addressed social issue. - Researched various topics including sanitation facilities in India, micro-lending for the formerly incarcerated, marine protected areas, and asset-building models for low-income families. - My research contributed to the High Impact Giving Guide 2022.

- Consulted >100 clients in five different languages; enhanced expected annual ROI for 90% of clients by at least 5 percentage points. - Developed an Excel-based CRM tool, thereby enabling the company to lower capital requirements during the founding phase by 2.1%. - Increased customer satisfaction by 28% and reducing client processing time by 1/3. - Contributed to a 19% uptick in revenue over a one-year period. - Developed an Excel-based calculation tool that to this day serves as a USP for the company.

- Responsibility for four client mandates: structuring and execution of real estate acquisitions incl. financing, due diligence of sale contracts, creation of financial plans (asset structure analysis, tax analysis and projection, development of recommended course of action for all components), first point of contact for client matters. - Accounting/Controlling

- Process development and improvement. - Created a fifty-page knowledge base to streamline and document processes. - Responsibility for IT infrastructure.

- Creation and implementation of an Excel tool to compare product components with the competition.

- Developed a comprehensive strategy for the implementation of patch management as a service. - Developed process improvements in manufacturing and maintenance management.

Building on Statman & Glushkov's 2016 paper "Classifying and Measuring the Performance of Socially Responsible Mutual Funds", this paper aims to take a closer look at the sustainability factors brought forward by the two researchers. It will seek to better understand the two sustainability factors, test their boundaries, and explore potential optimizations.

Activities and societies: LPSGov, German Society, One For The World, Wharton Crew, Penn Graduate Consulting Club Coursework: Conflict, Ideology, and Public Discourse, Crisis Communications and Reputation Risk, Judgments & Decisions (Behavioral Decision Sciences), Public Communications, Using Big Data for Policy Changes, How People Get Elected and Why, Game Theory, Negotiation Behavior, Risk Management, The Finance, Economics, and Law of Fiscal Crises, ESG & Impact Investing

Activities and societies: - volunteered as a student representative - organized a preparatory math course for freshmen - taught a recitation in engineering math for the succeeding academic year