by.sume aka
SUMEDHAA KOTHARI

CURRENTLY

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FAAC Board Member (2025 onwards)

- Board member for a 501(c)(3) non-profit, supporting K-12 Fine Arts programming: https://www.mifaac.org/about-us

- Content behind @mercerislandart

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by.sume (2022 onwards)

- Artist

- Permanent Category 1 Vendor @ Melrose Trading Post

- Stocked across Seattle + LA

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FAM Collective (2023 onwards)

- Founder

- Previously: borrowed // by.sume​​​

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PREVIOUSLY​

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Piece Unik (2024)

- Creative Director for New York Fashion Week

- & Director of US Operations

- Strategic Consultant For London Show (011)

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The Why Intercept (2023)

- Writer, Podcast Host

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Stripe (2020-2022)

- Technical Operations, Reconciliation Engineer

- Technical Account Manager, Enterprise

 

Google (2018-2020)

- Technical Account Manager, Healthcare

- Cloud Technical Residency

 

EDUCATION

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University of California, Berkeley (2014-2018)

- BA in Cognitive Science with a concentration in Neuroscience

 

University of St. Andrews (2017)

- Neuroscience (semester abroad)

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FURTHER LEARNING

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City of West Hollywood, Arts Division (2024)

- Artist Bootcamp: Business Training Course

 

HarvardX: via EdX online (2021)

- Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking

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Harvard Medical School Online: HMX Fundamentals (2019)

- Pharmacology. Award: Certificate of Achievement