Andrew Milnes
Boston, MA | (603) 289-4494 | milnes.a@northeastern.edu | LinkedIn
Education
B.S., Business Administration
Sep 2023 — May 2027Northeastern University, D'Amore-McKim School of Business · Boston, MA
Achievements: Northeastern Entrepreneurs Club, Dean's List · Coursework: Corporate Finance (FINA 3301), Financial Management for Managers & Advisors (ACCT 2301), Statistics
High School Diploma
May 2023Proctor Academy · Andover, NH
Achievements: Honors Roll
Academic Projects
Valuation & Comparable Company Analysis
2025 — PresentNortheastern University · Boston, MA
Drafted comparable company reports and valuation analyses for public companies in Corporate Finance (FINA 3301) and Financial Management (ACCT 2301), synthesizing financial statements, KPIs, and trading multiples into investment-ready writeups. Built comps tables and sensitivity outputs (EV/EBITDA, P/E, net debt, WACC assumptions) in Excel to support pricing ranges and recommendation narratives.
Always-On Calendar & Notion Dashboard Display
2025 — PresentRaspberry Pi · Boston, MA
Built a Raspberry Pi kiosk display that renders a live calendar view and daily schedule dashboard, combining Outlook/Google Calendar views with a rotating Notion page for planning. Configured a headless Linux setup with Chromium kiosk mode, persistent startup scripts, and display tuning for an always-on wall dashboard.
Experience
Founder
Nov 2025 — PresentSalesnav.io · Boston, MA (Remote)
- • Built Salesnav.io with React and Node.js, quickly mastering the frameworks to develop a workflow-automation platform that encodes LinkedIn Sales Navigator search facets into shareable, repeatable targeting logic, reducing SDR searches from 8 to 2
- • Implemented secure user authentication and session management using Supabase Auth (email/password), adding role-based access patterns and protected routes, eliminating login-related support tickets
- • Deployed and hosted the production web application on Vercel, configuring environment variables, build pipelines, and custom domain routing, achieving 100% uptime and enabling weekly releases without downtime
- • Integrated Groq-hosted LLM inference to power AI-assisted facet generation and targeting suggestions, cutting response latency to under 200 ms and improving prospect-match quality as reported by early users
- • Executed a targeted LinkedIn outbound campaign leveraging ZoomInfo to message 100 qualified prospects and converting 6 into active product users (6% conversion) through iterative copy testing and follow-up sequencing
Student Ambassador
Nov 2025 — PresentPerplexity AI
- • Built and automated a daily LinkedIn content pipeline for Perplexity AI, publishing 7 posts/week and maintaining consistent ambassador-led distribution
- • Implemented an automated LinkedIn posting workflow that drove 5+ conversions per month (sign-ups/engagement) from organic social traffic
Project Management & Process Optimization
Jul 2025 — Dec 2025Coverys · Boston, MA
- • Mapped and optimized the Facilities renewal workflow through 12+ stakeholder interviews and process mapping, delivering 480+ annual labor hours in efficiency gains by applying analytical skills
- • Coordinated underwriting intake/triage implementation by aligning UW leadership, running daily standups, and supporting Salesforce workflow enhancements that improved routing and reporting
- • Improved cross-team underwriting operations by resolving notification issues, strengthening onboarding documentation, and enabling UW access to interactive Power BI dashboards for enhanced data visualization of loss-run and claims-reserve metrics
Founder
Jun 2024 — Nov 2024Claro · Boston, MA · www.claro.insure
- • Conducted user discovery with 4 small business owners and 20 insurance agents via Zoom, acting as primary communicator and synthesizing findings in Excel using pivot tables and data visualization charts to identify pain points and validate MVP feature priorities
- • Presented the startup pitch at Cambridge AI Hacks (Harvard) and the Northeastern Husky Startup Challenge through the Northeastern Entrepreneurs Club, engaging potential investors and receiving positive feedback that guided further product refinement
Deal Origination Analyst
Jun 2023 — Sep 2023Virtual Insurance Pro · Remote
- • Launched a multichannel marketing campaign, sourcing and negotiating a partner vendor's agency lead list database via Pitchbook and using Excel pivot tables to organize the data, which expanded the lead pool and helped create a $2M opportunity pipeline
- • Followed up with warm leads to build a $2M opportunity pipeline through disciplined outreach, qualification, and pipeline tracking using SQL-based CRM reports
Summer Associate
Jun 2022 — Sep 2022INEX Capital · New England (Hybrid)
- • Earned the Corporate Finance Institute (CFI) Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA) certification and applied DCF and comparable company analysis in Excel, which enabled the team to assess and shortlist viable deal opportunities
- • Built and vetted DCF, debt-service, and ratio analyses; prepared pro forma P&Ls and valuations for 7 multi-million dollar real estate opportunities to prioritize acquisitions
- • Calculated WACC assumptions, loan amortization schedules, and investor return metrics (IRR, cash-on-cash) shared with equity partners to support investment decisions
Summer Analyst
Jun 2020 — Sep 2021INEX Capital · New England (Hybrid)
- • Converted physical financial statements into a searchable digital filing system using OCR scanning and SharePoint; standardized naming conventions and retrieval workflows, which significantly reduced document retrieval time
- • Reconciled bank statements and improved transaction recording accuracy by analyzing ~$1M of subsidiary revenue and aligning entries across the three financial statements
- • Optimized a loan amortization model to produce more accurate annual debt-service outputs for portfolio reporting
- • Owned investor reporting by calculating IRR and core performance metrics; developed a dashboard spreadsheet to track control-investment positions and returns
- • Performed bookkeeping and financial statement review in QuickBooks; organized loan agreements and lease documentation in Adobe Acrobat to reduce errors and improve auditability
Core Competencies
Technical: Supabase Auth, Vercel Hosting/Deployments, REST APIs, Git/GitHub, SQL (joins, aggregations), Python (automation/scripting), AI Automation
Data & Analytics: Excel (PivotTables, Power Query/Power Pivot), Power BI, KPI dashboards, Data modeling, Workflow automation, Data Visualization, Analytical Skills
Finance: DCF, Comparable Company Analysis, 3-statement fundamentals, WACC, IRR, Debt schedules/amortization, Pro forma P&L, Scenario/sensitivity analysis
Product/Growth & Ops: User interviews, MVP iteration, Stakeholder management, Process improvement, SOP documentation, Outbound prospecting & sequencing, Salesforce operations, n8n, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo, Pitchbook
Certifications & Interests
Licensed Property & Casualty Insurance Producer · CFI Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA) · CCIM Financial Spreadsheet Analysis Course · Microsoft Excel Power User: Excel from Beginner to Expert · PADI Open Water Scuba Diver · Tastytrade/Tastyworks Options Trading Certification