Finn Coffey
Incoming 2026 Commercial Development And Strategy Analyst
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFinn Coffey is an incoming Commercial Development and Strategy Analyst with nine years of varied experience bridging technical development, quantitative analysis, and strategic operations. Currently based in the New York City area and studying Applied Math–Economics and Behavioral Decision Sciences at Brown, he pairs rigorous analytical training with hands-on software work. On GitHub he contributed substantive Rust-based backend work to the popular TIC-80 fantasy computer project, implementing memory allocators and C API wrappers—evidence of low-level systems fluency not obvious from his business-facing roles. His background includes research data analysis for Brown’s Sociology Department and strategy internships at Rhode Island Commerce, demonstrating comfort turning data into policy and commercial insights. Complementing his analytical and technical toolkit, he has sustained leadership and safety roles as a resident advisor and lifeguard, showing reliability under pressure and a collaborative mindset.
8 years of coding experience
Don Bosco Preparatory High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Applied Math–Economics (Mathematical Finance Track), Behavioral Decision Sciences, Bachelor of Science - BS, Applied Math–Economics (Mathematical Finance Track), Behavioral Decision Sciences at Brown University
Github Skills (9)
memory-management10
rust10
api-design9
wasm-pack9
rust-wasm9
game-engine8
game-development7
game-dev7
8-bit7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
nesbox/TIC-80
Jun 2022 - Jul 2022
TIC-80 is a fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 31 commits, 8 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Finn focused on porting a demo to Rust, demonstrating the ability to interface with a C-based API and build a basic application. They implemented an allocator system using buddy-alloc, managing memory allocation within the constraints of the target environment. Further contributions involved defining the full TIC-80 API, creating wrappers for improved usability, and incorporating essential functions for graphics and input within a Rust-based environment.
tic-80gamesretro8bitgamedev
soxfox42/soxfox.me
Feb 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:64 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 1 month
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