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Members

Meet our current leadership and senior analysts.

Co-Presidents

Avani Singh

Avani Singh

Co-President

Avani is a junior studying finance & BHP from Austin, Texas. She enjoys cooking, wake surfing, yoga, and taking naps. This summer in NYC for her internship she ate through the whole city and tracked it all on @avaniate. Feel free to reach out!

Siddhartha Rana

Siddhartha Rana

Co-President

Siddhartha is a junior studying Finance and Math from Houston, Texas. He enjoys playing golf, pickleball, football, and cooking. He plans on playing a lot of golf this school year and picking up cubing. Feel free to reach out to talk about trading or sports!

Senior Analysts

Karthik Bobbili

Karthik Bobbili

Senior Analyst

Karthik is a computer science major from Houston, Texas with experience in full‑stack, systems, and algorithmic development. He loves talking about new startups and is constantly finding new ways to learn. Outside of school, he enjoys the outdoors, playing ultimate frisbee, and ranking restaurants on Beli with friends.

Mayank Gulecha

Mayank Gulecha

Senior Analyst

Mayank is a junior math major interested in quant and risk management. He likes cooking, hiking, and playing RPG video games. Next year, he will be working at JPMorgan.

Xavier Leffler

Xavier Leffler

Senior Analyst

Xavier Leffler is an incoming sophomore born and raised in Austin, TX, and a Senior Analyst at QMI. He likes basketball, mountain biking and thrifting, and is majoring in Computer Science at UT.

Adrian Popps

Adrian Popps

Senior Analyst

Adrian is a sophomore studying Computer Science from Austin. He spends his time playing pickup basketball, winning money from fantasy football, and losing it all back at the poker table. This past summer, he interned at a private investment partnership working on public equity projects.

Guru Shreyas Potta

Guru Shreyas Potta

Senior Analyst

Shreyas is a sophomore at UT studying Finance. He likes exploring the world of finance while passively donating to the stock markets. He's interested in the tokenization of assets, and loves playing ping pong and reading the next chapter of One Piece in his free time.

Kaden Williford

Kaden Williford

Senior Analyst

Kaden is a sophomore majoring in Informatics from Austin, TX. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with friends on the golf course, playing basketball, and poker.

Alicia Yáñez

Alicia Yáñez

Senior Analyst

Alicia is a sophomore from Mexico studying Economics and Mathematics. When she’s not doing street photography, you can find her reading Latam literature or falling off her skateboard. This summer, she interned at Culmen Capital Investment Bank. If you’re ever down to explore new coffee spots, yap anything track and field, or go for a jog, hit her up!