Abhinav Kumar

People Operations Specialist · Paid Internship

I reached out on my own and became the first high school student the company had ever hired into a paid internship — through their standard competitive interview process.

• Evaluated 587 applicants for a Vice President search and narrowed the pool to a decision-ready shortlist of 30 finalists for senior leadership.
• Analyzed compensation benchmarks using Payfactors market data, providing quantitative inputs that supported internal pay decisions.
• Audited 275+ employee I-9 records, reconciled documentation, and flagged discrepancies for resolution.
• Rebuilt 50+ recurring HR templates and standardized documentation for SOC 2 preparation.
• Supported an early-stage generative AI initiative to automate routine administrative workflows.

Finance & Business Operations · Paid Internship

The academy lost half its revenue every summer. So I tested why.

• Diagnosed the drivers of a 50% seasonal revenue decline, independently testing seasonality and off-peak pricing as causes.
• Supported a pricing redesign and rebuilt the summer-program marketing strategy — +$7,000 per month in slow-season revenue.
• Built Excel pricing models and applied p-value analysis to evaluate proposed rate changes against competitor data.
• Reduced operating overhead 8% by reviewing recurring expenses while revenue initiatives were still being tested.
• Benchmarked four competing academies on pricing, program structure, and enrollment; the findings informed a market repositioning.
• Modeled enrollment capacity, operating costs, and financial requirements for a potential second location.
• Restructured pricing-review meetings to fold in instructor knowledge of affected families — turning qualitative insight into hard constraints on the final plan.

Business & Leadership Intern

• Increased participant attendance 10% by analyzing budgets, staffing costs, and resource allocation.
• Expanded weekly instructional capacity 9% by replacing fixed staffing schedules with an attendance-based allocation model.
• Managed scheduling and daily operations for 35+ participants across multiple overlapping programs.
• Streamlined invoicing, registration, and participant communications.

2nd Degree Black Belt · Team USA Competitor

• World Championships (Scotland) — individual gold medalist in forms, and a member of the bronze-medal United States team.
• Two-time national Grand Champion at Mi Guk Kwan Nationals, winning both individual and team forms.
• 17-time regional gold medalist across forms competition.
• Selected to represent the United States internationally after five years of national-level competition.

Team Lead & Portfolio Strategist

Every holding needed a written thesis before it entered the portfolio — and had to survive the rest of the team trying to knock it down.

• Finished top 60 of approximately 2,300 teams from 79 countries in the largest high school investment competition in the world.
• Built and led TACKLE, a core-satellite portfolio pairing an index-fund core with calculated-risk satellite positions.
• Returned over 10% across the trading period against a defined client mandate.
• Authored the final strategy report reviewed by competition judges, including professional asset managers.

State Qualifier

• Advanced from district competition to the State Career Development Conference.
• Founded a training program for band students whose rehearsal schedule conflicted with the chapter's regular prep sessions.
• Taught finance case analysis and ran mock judging replicating competition role-play conditions — 13 students advanced to state, three placed top ten.

Golden Hands Martial Arts

• Youngest certified instructor at a 122-student academy, teaching 40+ students per week across youth and adult classes.
• Coached four students to national podium finishes and prepared 11 students through successful black belt examinations.
• Maintained a 100% pass rate among students prepared for belt testing.
• Built individualized preparation plans for competitors ahead of regional and national tournaments.

Head Ensemble Captain · Center Snare

• Led 60+ percussionists through rehearsals, sectionals, and competition at the regional and national level.
• Program results: 26th nationally (2024–25); 4th of 70+ bands, BOA St. Louis Super Regional; 15th of 70+, BOA San Antonio Super Regional.
• 1st Place and Best Music at the Vista Ridge Invitational with a program-record score; 3rd Place and Best Music, BOA Central Texas Regional.

First in school history — selected twice

• The first and only ambassador ever selected from McNeil High School, twice.
• Delivered college-readiness and financial-literacy presentations to 600+ students.
• Translated application deadlines, aid terminology, and scholarship requirements for students without access to that guidance anywhere else.
• Directly supported 17 students who went on to secure scholarship funding.

Executive Secretary

• Coordinated logistics and dues for 100+ members, one of the school's largest academic organizations.
• Tracked 400+ volunteer hours across the membership.
• Created a decision flowchart for recurring officer judgment calls, cutting event preparation time 50%.