A creative problem-solving and entrepreneurial product manager, operator, and venture capitalist leveraging best practices in UI/UX design, product development, marketing and strategy gained from my own entrepreneurial experiences and time spent at companies like Spotify, Beacon, 406 Ventures, Lazard, and Deloitte to drive lasting impact and value to technology startups and enterprises. As an investor, I get excited when I get to work with early-stage companies led by world-class founders disrupting industries that have yet to witness new era technology transformations. I'm particularly interested in innovation in consumer, software, big data, artificial intelligence, aerospace, and most importantly sharing economies. I also keep a pulse on the Asian startup landscape particularly in India. I also have a strong passion for writing and my work has been syndicated and/or featured on AlleyWatch, Huffington Post, Business Insider, Elite Daily, Be Limitless, and more. I welcome anyone to reach out regarding: 1) Startup pitches --> Please email me at rayyan@romuluscap.com 2) Help w/ designing or building your product (web & mobile apps) --> rayyanislam13@gmail.com 3) Merely looking for advice, new opportunities, or to reconnect (Please include a note on your Linkedin invitation) Personal page: Rayyanislam.com Twitter: Rayyanislam1 Email: Rayyanislam13@gmail.com Pitches: rayyan@romuluscap.com Ventures: Luxury Lites, AiroCorp, HackWaco, Synthesis Ventures, and GranburyBrand

VP of Product @ Beacon is disrupting the travel industry. Uber meets Netflix for Private Jet Travel. Unlimited flights on private jets all over the Northeast and soon to be all over the US for just $2k a month. Venture-backed by leading VC firm Romulus Capital. Founded by the original founders of SurfAir. • Own and lead everything technology and product at Beacon • Leading a team of 6 developers and designers to conceptualize, design, and develop Beacon's consumer website, web and mobile applications both consumer facing and internal. • Leading all creative and product marketing efforts for the Beacon brand We're hiring in our NYC office! If you're a rockstar biz dev/sales person or developer who always finds a way to get things done email me at rayyan@flybeacon.com. Hustlers only, please! From July 2015 to Present (6 months) Venture Capital Associate @ Romulus Capital is young, entrepreneurial, and established. We have a powerful investor base from around the world. Romulus was started by passionate entrepreneurs like yourself and is not a second career; we utilize our deep expertise at the seed stage, strategic focus, and global networks to help build technology businesses. We are business-building partners for early-stage tech companies. Lead sourcing presence and efforts in New York City. Sourced, conducted diligence and led efforts to invest in Equipmentshare from YCombinator, Beacon, Cogito Labs, MHB Labs, and Humanyze. From November 2014 to Present (1 year 2 months) Adjunct Professor @ Hired as the first instructor to teach the art and practice of product management to a select group of high caliber engineers, MBAs, designers, and marketers for Product School in New York. Product School is an Education company that offers courses and workshops on one of the most relevant skills of technology companies in the 21st century: Product Management. Product School is an 8-week product management course for aspiring product managers. Students come from a wide range of backgrounds including investment banking, software engineering, management consulting, marketing, and design. Cohorts undergo a mix of educational coursework, group work, hackathons, one-­on-­ones with mentors, and hands­-on experiences building digital products from end to end to help prepare them for a job in product management. From October 2015 to Present (3 months) Mentor @ Be a resource and mentor to some of America's brightest young entrepreneurs across the country From March 2015 to Present (10 months) Co-Founder and Product Manager @ I'm a product designer and product manager who believes in a holistic and creative approach to solving complex problems. What gets me most excited is creating immersive beginning-to-end experiences that are seductive, pleasurable, functional, and inspiring through a fundamental understanding of user behavior and analytics. I love working with early and later stage startups to execute or refine products through branding and identity development, web and mobile design, UI/UX design and effective product management. From March 2015 to October 2015 (8 months) Product Manager @ Beacon is Uber for Private Jet Travel. Unlimited flights all over the Northeast for just $2k a month. Venture-backed by leading VC firm Romulus Capital • Leading a team of 6 developers and designers to conceptualize, design, and develop Beacon's consumer website, web and mobile applications. • Manage product by creating product roadmaps, building new features, analyzing user behavior, and researching user needs to facilitate and advance user experience. From May 2015 to July 2015 (3 months) Founding Product Manager @ • Leading everything product on the next big thing in the trillion dollar payments space! • Helped raise $910,000 in less than a month in Digitzs's crowdfunder campaign exceeding its goal of $750k including investments from Shark Tank investor, Kevin Harrington. Digitzs is a patent-pending SAAS payment platform where merchants chose the fees they'll pay (from $0 to 3%) and get paid the next day. Led by the rock star co-founders Laura Wagner, David Jaques (the first CFO of PayPal), Edward Katzin (Head of Global Products for Visa and Linda Perry (Head of Acquiring for Visa for 17 years) and part funded by Kevin Harrington of Shark Tank. We're positioned to be the next big disruptor in the virtual merchant payment space. From March 2015 to May 2015 (3 months) Co-Founder @ Created a startup incubator and accelerator called Hackbaylor to promote technology entrepreneurship amongst Baylor students through a learning-by-doing model. From January 2015 to May 2015 (5 months) Waco, Texas AreaAnalyst @ Source, analyze, and conduct due diligence of Dartmouth-led startup ventures for early stage investments From January 2015 to April 2015 (4 months) Co-Founder and Product Manager @ • Embarked on an ambitious open-source artificial intelligence research project leading a team of 6 to develop a personalized operating system equipped with artificial intelligence, machine learning and natural language processing to change the way users interact with technology and simplify human life • Built an AI sentence tagging algorithm that can accurately categorize any sentence as a question, assertion, command or greeting at a 96% rate as well as an embeddable natural language processing module • Attracted over 200,00 user trial requests, 5,000 open-source contributing developers, and acquisition/investment interest from Rolls Royce, Samsung Ventures, and Microsoft Ventures • Featured on Forbes, Financial Express, Economic Times, and Indian Express and won the “most innovative startup” at Startup weekend Jaipur. From April 2014 to January 2015 (10 months) Venture Fellow @ Selected to be a Venture Fellow at .406 Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in innovative technology companies. • Evaluate investments and perform due diligence for $175M early-stage fund • Work closely with the .406 Ventures team to understand their investment criteria and collaborate with Venture Fellows from across the nation to source and analyze early-stage startup companies for .406 Ventures From June 2014 to December 2014 (7 months) Columnist: Startup Intelligence @ I run a column on The Creativity Post called: Startup Intelligence where I dive into the interesting intersection of technology, entrepreneurship and creativity. From April 2014 to December 2014 (9 months) Contributor @ I write about my passions: technology, startups, entrepreneurship, and venture capital. From January 2014 to December 2014 (1 year) Contributor @ I continue to contribute articles on life, entrepreneurship, startups, and technology. From November 2013 to December 2014 (1 year 2 months) Co-Founder @ Founded on December 2013, Wilshire Austin is a full-service strategic communications agency which fuses public relations, media relations, strategic partnerships, social media and events to maximize the presence and influence of its clients in the entertainment, sports, lifestyle, tech, nonprofit and consumer product sectors. We design for each client a competitive approach to executing initiatives in identity creation, branding, reputation management and profitability. From November 2013 to May 2014 (7 months) Greater Los Angeles AreaFounder of 3 Day Startup at Baylor University @ •Founded and organized Baylor's first annual 3 Day Startup program on March 2014 •Had over 40 students in attendance ranging across engineering, business, liberal arts and graduate school disciplines. From October 2013 to May 2014 (8 months) Waco, Texas AreaDirector of Sales, Marketing, and Investor Relations @ • Helped build the company alongside founders to become the leading manufacturer of electronic hookahs in the US by sourcing new business opportunities, developing clientele, and attending worldwide trade shows for marketing and sales purposes resulting in over 2,000 new stores carrying our product in 38 states and 3 countries growing the company to over $10M in annual revenue in two years • Directed all marketing efforts including branding, social media, and media coverage; Initiated aggressive outreach program which consisted of managing 30 interns nationwide to drive awareness and sales; Manage all investor relations, alliances, and investor pitches From November 2011 to May 2014 (2 years 7 months) Venture Capital Analyst @ •Finding rockstar entrepreneurs •Offering them money and resources •Helping them change the world. From November 2013 to February 2014 (4 months) Product Marketing Manager @ Helped build the Spotify playlist feature. Responsible for driving awareness, engagement, excitement, and adoption for Spotify within the United States college market through various marketing and growth hacking initiatives including strategic partnerships, business development, sponsored events, content, viral marketing and word-of-mouth. From September 2013 to December 2013 (4 months) Investment Banking Analyst @ Acquired by Deloitte Corporate Finance. From 2013 to 2013 (less than a year) Investment Banking Analyst @ • Drafted sell-side M&A and capital raising pitch books predominantly in the healthcare, technology and manufacturing sectors to facilitate engaged and pending transactions; Conducted financial analysis and formulated projections, prepared industry research, sourced and spread precedent transactions through CapIQ, sourced and maintained relations with both strategic and financial acquirers, drafted CIMs for and participated in client presentations; played pivotal role in the deal marketing processes for all staffed deals • Utilized multiple valuation techniques including DCFs, comparable companies, and precedent transactions to develop financial models and facilitate pending transactions within the $50M-500M range From 2013 to 2013 (less than a year) Dallas/Fort Worth AreaInvestment Management Analyst @ • Analyzed overall portfolio allocations and adjusted portfolio models to maximize returns for clients under the wealth management group with AUM exceeding $1B • Analyzed investments such as equity ETFs, mutual funds, fixed income ETFs, and alternative investments • Calculated risk and return characteristics of investments, overall portfolio allocations and conducted market and equity research From August 2012 to 2013 (1 year) Strategy and Operations Consultant, Emerging Markets @ • Drafted pitchbooks, both sell-side and buy-side M&A, predominantly in the real estate, mining, and mobile banking sectors focused in the East African region; Conducted financial analysis, SWOT analysis, marketing strategy, prepared industry research, and sourced potential acquirer/target candidates • Utilized multiple valuation techniques including DCFs, comparable companies, and precedent transactions to facilitate pending transactions within the $5M-$20M range • Compiled market research and analysis on Africa’s macroeconomic trends in order to add value to existing and potential clients From July 2012 to December 2012 (6 months) EthiopiaAnalyst @ M&A for fashion retail and TMT (Technology, Media and Telecom) From August 2012 to September 2012 (2 months) Foreign Exchange Broker/Analyst @ • Analyzed currency trends within the market and create strategies for currency trading based on fundamental and technical analysis including support and resistance, candlesticks, Donchian Channels, and Fibonacci signals • Advised clients about trading platforms, the market, and trading strategies including technical analysis • Present daily market updates to the sales and financial services teams and recommended strategies and trades based on findings From June 2012 to August 2012 (3 months) Dallas/Fort Worth AreaSales Manager @ •Led initiatives to revamp store’s poor performance and substantially increase sales by 25% through employment of more tactically sophisticated sales techniques, discounts, promotions, and customer loyalty programs •Turned around store’s performance from worst in the region to 2nd leading in sales during the course of my employment •Consistently led all employees in new credit accounts opened for customers From August 2011 to November 2011 (4 months) Student Researcher: Biochem dept. Polycystic kidney disease @ Conduct research for Polycystic Kidney Disease under Dr. James P . Calvet •Compiled data and performed exhaustive quantitative analysis of various drugs and their impact on polycystic kidney disease From May 2008 to August 2010 (2 years 4 months)

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Economics, Finance @ Baylor University From 2009 to 2012 Summer Session @ Harvard University From 2011 to 2011 Investment Banking Institute From 2011 to 2011 Diploma @ Blue Valley Northwest From 2005 to 2009 Rayyan Islam is skilled in: Valuation, Venture Capital, Product Management, Product Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Product Design, Finance, Strategy, Business Development, User Experience Design, Public Speaking, Marketing, Start-ups, Microsoft Excel, Social Media