David Rans
Associate, Sustainable Debt
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Rans is an Associate in Sustainable Debt at The Nature Conservancy, bringing 12 years of finance experience to structuring Nature Bonds and debt-refinance solutions that unlock conservation funding for emerging markets. He blends hands-on financial modeling with prior investment banking, equity and credit research, municipal finance, and investment risk roles, and is a CFA Level II candidate. David’s background—spanning deal execution at Howden Capital Markets and analytical roles at Valens, Piper Sandler, and Amundi—gives him both market-facing transaction experience and deep quantitative rigor. Based in New York, he is passionate about deploying mainstream financial tools for environmental impact and often bridges technical modeling with policy-aware structuring. An early-career pattern of short-term rotations and co-ops suggests he quickly assimilates new domains and thrives in cross-functional, high-stakes deal environments.
12 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS Finance and Political Science Minor in Economics, Bachelor of Science - BS Finance and Political Science Minor in Economics at Northeastern UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Boston Latin School
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Github Skills (156)
bootstrap-forms10
waffle10
php-application10
error-handling10
php10
chatgpt9
javascript9
static-analysis9
type-inference9
ai9
generative-ai9
gemini9
memory-limit9
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
iFixit/mootools
Sep 2019 - Dec 2023
iFixit's Custom Mootools Build
Contributions:3 reviews, 8 PRs, 12 pushes in 4 years 2 months
mootools
iFixit/php-soft-memory-limit
Aug 2019 - Mar 2022
A utility that maintains a soft memory limit for a running PHP process
Contributions:2 reviews, 7 PRs, 12 pushes in 2 years 8 months
memoryphpmemory-limit
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