Yitzy Rosenberg
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MBA + MEng IEOR Candidate · UC Berkeley 2028
Systems Engineer · 3x Founder · Growth and Operations Executioner
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My Non-Linear Path
I don’t fit in boxes. I usually break them to see how they’re made.
My education didn’t happen in a typical classroom. I left an insular community at 15 to find my own way, teaching myself high school to get a GED on public library Wi-Fi. After work as a teacher I would then cycle 20 plus miles to get to night classes at community college. There I learned about chemistry, fell in love with water, and finished my degrees at Cornell University on a full scholarship.
Why does this matter to you?
Because I don’t panic when the blueprint is missing. I’m a self-starter and gritty problem solver.
Spiders are the original systems engineers. They build complex, resilient structures seemingly out of nothing. That is how I approach my work. Whether I’m managing a $350M water infrastructure portfolio, building and running a high-growth startup, or optimizing a commercial real estate firm, I treat every challenge the same way:
- — Assess the resources
- — Hack the system
- — Build a path where there wasn't one
My Track Record
Solving problems across industries.
The Consulting Practice
Startups outgrow their operations long before they can afford an operations team to build them properly.
Startup operations consulting. First client: Gearsupply, from diagnosis to handoff in under two months.
Gearsupply Hub. Architected and shipped a custom AI-coded internal platform, replacing triple-counted spreadsheets with a single source of truth across $10M in inventory.
End-to-end workflows. Designed and integrated operational workflows across serial tracking, receiving, testing, and fulfillment within Odoo, reducing inventory error rates from 100+ to 3-4 per bay across the warehouse.
Asset recovery. Built a KPI dashboard system and end-to-end disposition and asset recovery process, establishing real-time operational visibility and driving approximately $1M in expected recovery across previously untracked inventory.
The handoff. Delivered a full operational technology stack and onboarded a non-technical Director of Operations to independently manage all systems.
The Health Tech Build
PMDD is a moving target where biology and circumstance are so intertwined that diagnosis stays invisible to modern medicine.
Built a diagnostic bridge to automate behavioral tracking and eliminate the misdiagnosis loop.
The Diagnostic Bridge. Automating the months of behavioral tracking required for formal diagnosis to eliminate the “data fatigue” barrier.
Pattern Recognition. Moving beyond “one-size-fits-all” medicine by mapping how the condition interacts with neurodivergence and external stress.
Ending the Misdiagnosis Loop. Providing objective, cyclical data that prevents the incorrect long-term prescriptions that often mask the root cause.
The Real Estate Turnaround
Dragging a legacy, intuition-based industry into the future by replacing manual processes with high-velocity, data-driven systems.
Private equity. Southeast-focused retail real estate developer specializing in shopping centers. $1B+ portfolio.
The leasing framework. Built and launched a proprietary leasing framework and full CRM product modeling pipeline throughput, asset attractiveness, and execution friction, generating $14M in portfolio value at distressed properties where prior agents had failed.
User research. Conducted structured user research across 3 departments, diagnosing operational gaps and redesigning core workflows to deliver measurable performance visibility to the CEO and leadership team for the first time.
The acquisitions tool. Defined requirements, built, and shipped an AI-assisted acquisition tool automating OM parsing, ownership research, and risk categorization, scaling the team’s weekly deal review capacity 10x.
The heavy lift. Led cross-functional delivery of a $10M+ retail redevelopment across bidding, permitting, and construction workstreams, coordinating a multi-disciplinary team from kickoff to on-time completion.
The Startup Scale Up
Building a company’s internal nervous system from scratch while it’s already running at full speed.
Series A startup. Largest online marketplace and direct inventory retailer for professional video, audio, and production equipment.
The triage. Diagnosed and resolved critical operational failures across warehouse leases, insurance, and logistics within weeks of joining a near-shutdown operation, restoring full business continuity across three locations.
The platform. Built and shipped the company’s first integrated inventory and CRM platform connecting accounting, sales, purchasing, and warehouse operations, eliminating the complexity that had driven the entire sales team to resign.
Fulfillment. Owned and shipped fulfillment, product testing, and customer service workflow products, reducing fulfillment time to under 24 hours, driving error rates to near zero, and enabling the sales team to scale to $15M+.
The scale. Scaled operations from 3 to 20 people in under a year while leading international expansion into Mexico, building customs workflows, cross-border logistics infrastructure, and metric-based performance systems.
The 100 Year Infrastructure
Balancing the immediate engineering needs of 10 million people against the long-term, existential threat of sea-level rise and a shifting climate.
Federal government. Largest water management agency in the US, managing flood control, water supply, and ecosystem restoration.
The innovation program. Built a zero-to-one water innovation program from idea to funded reality in six months, securing millions in grants and private partnerships to pilot three nutrient runoff technologies, with the program still active today.
The planning process. Drove cross-functional alignment across 20+ subject matter experts to design and ship a water supply planning process now formally adopted into the Lower East Coast regional regulatory framework.
The portfolio. Joined as a founding member of the district’s first resiliency team, securing $100M+ in flood protection funding through grant writing and executive presentations while managing a $350M+ infrastructure portfolio.
The Venture Capital Lens
Identifying the signal in the noise of early-stage tech to separate high-impact investment opportunities from the hype of a pitch deck.
Venture capital. Early-stage fund investing in gender-diverse founding teams across technology and consumer sectors.
Capital sourcing. Built one of the earliest automated investor scraping and outreach systems before the tooling was ubiquitous, generating LP connections that directly contributed to the firm’s inaugural $50M fund raise.
Diligence at scale. Built the firm’s first CRM and portfolio monitoring system tracking performance across 20 companies, while conducting full investment diligence across 50+ companies and publishing a widely cited white paper on gender lens investing.
My Toolkit
Statistics
ANOVA · FMEA · Monte Carlo Simulations · Uncertainty, Descriptive, Sensitivity and Risk Analysis
Finance
Fund, Project, and Investment Finance · Debt, Pricing, Forecasting · DCF · LBO · Real Estate Underwriting
Systems
Linear and Dynamic Programming · Multi-Objective Optimization · Civil and Environmental Engineering
Coding
Advanced Excel · Python · Auto Lisp · R · MATLAB · VBA · VBScript · SQL · JavaScript · Tailwind · SysML · C · C++
Software
HubSpot · Salesforce · PowerBI · AutoCAD · ArcGIS · Jira · Trello · AirTable · Odoo · Argus · Procore · Wrike · SAP
Certifications
Associate Systems Engineering Professional (ASEP) · Fundamentals of Engineering (pending) · Six Sigma Black Belt · Pilot Solo
Languages
English · Español · עברית
Education
UC Berkeley · Haas School of Business In Progress
MBA & Master of Engineering (Dual Degree)
Industrial Engineering & Operations Research · Expected: 2028
Cornell University
Masters of Systems Engineering
Financial & Business Systems
GPA: 4.0 · 2021
LEADERSHIP (7)+
Cornell University
Bachelors of Environmental Engineering
Entrepreneurship
GPA: 3.7 · 2020
Cum Laude
LEADERSHIP (12)+
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Engineering for Developing Communities
Haifa, Israel
Grade: 96/100 · 2018
Broward College
Associates in Arts
Chemical Engineering
GPA: 3.92 · 2017
Highest Honors
LEADERSHIP (15)+
Current Leadership
Awards & Honors
19 total+
Awards & Honors
19 total+Community
"I believe the best systems are human ones."
Friday Night Dinners
Over the last few years, I’ve hosted nearly 100 Friday Night Dinners, often squeezing 30 strangers into my living room. The only rule? Bring someone who thinks differently than you do. The strongest networks aren’t built around transactions. They’re built around tables.
Local Volunteering
As the son of a rabbi, I’ve seen firsthand how a strong local community can transform lives. I believe it’s essential to contribute where you live. Show up, roll up your sleeves, and invest in the people and places right around you. That’s where change starts.
AguaClara Reach
A global focus matters just as much as a local one. Safe water is the most fundamental resource, and AguaClara has been able to provide it for over 100,000 people across Honduras, India, and Nicaragua. We’re still growing, because the need doesn’t stop.
Off The Clock
Renaissance man in training.
The Deep Dive
I'm comfortable under pressure (literally). The rule is simple: Check your gauges, know your environment, and don't panic.
Perspective Shift
Sometimes the problem isn't the problem. The problem is the angle you're looking at it from.
Clear Skies
Flying teaches you to trust your instruments, respect the weather, and commit to every decision. There's no undo at 3,000 feet.
Board Meeting
Rode with the Polaroid Action team. Gravity is just another system to work with. Read the hill, commit to the line, and stay low through the turns.
Analog Soul
In a world of instant digital gratification, I shoot film. It forces patience and intention.
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Let’s connect and build something our grandchildren will be proud of.