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Benjamin Pereira

Finance Technology · Supply Chain · Leadership

Benjamin
Pereira

Business Technology | Supply Chain | Sales & Leadership

Business Administration student at Seton Hall's Stillman School, concentrating in Finance Technology and Supply Chain. Servant Leader Scholar carrying a 3.8 GPA and Dean's List standing every semester. I build digital tools that save people time, and I have sold enough in person to know what actually moves a customer.

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Benjamin Pereira

About

Where technology
meets the business
that runs on it.

I study Business Administration at Seton Hall's Stillman School, with a focus on Finance Technology and Supply Chain. What holds my attention is the gap between how a business says it works and how it really works. That gap is where time gets wasted, and I like fixing it.

Most of that work is now AI agents. I build them to read a task the way a person would, work out what is really being asked, find what they need, and finish the job instead of just suggesting one. I did exactly that last summer at NLC Financial Services. I built websites and digital tools, brought AI into the firm's daily work, and shipped a dashboard that took their weekly paperwork off people's plates.

Before the technical work, I learned to sell. I did it at farmers markets, where nobody arrives planning to buy from you and no brand name does the work for you. Every conversation started from nothing, so I learned to read people fast and change the pitch on the spot. That is how I made $20,000 in sales, one conversation at a time, and where I built the habit of never giving up. Eight years of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, now at a purple belt, made that habit stronger, because you only get better by showing up again after you lose.

Work

Education, Experience &
What I've Built

Education

Expected May 2028

B.S. Business Administration — Finance Technology & Supply Chain

Seton Hall University logo

Seton Hall University · Stillman School of Business · South Orange, NJ

  • GPA 3.8 · Dean's List every semester.
  • Servant Leader Scholar.
  • $20,000 in sales, and plenty of practice pitching products.

Work Experience

Jul 2026 — Present

Founder & Developer

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GrizzlyHire · Remote

  • Built and launched GrizzlyHire to help college students land their first internship and give them a clear sense of where to start.
  • Four tools in one place: an AI coach that fixes a resume line by line in a live chat, a LinkedIn profile rewriter, an internship search across about 1,100 employers that ranks each listing by fit and tailors the resume to it, and alumni outreach that drafts personal messages and tracks every follow up.
  • Runs as a real business with a free plan and a $6 a month Pro subscription.

Jun 2026 — Present

Business Technology Intern

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NLC Financial Services · Clark, NJ

  • Built websites and digital tools, and brought AI into the firm's work to save employees time.
  • Built a dashboard that handled the weekly paperwork automatically.
  • Spoke with clients by phone in a professional setting.

Sep 2025 — Present

Desk Assistant

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Seton Hall University · South Orange, NJ

  • Run the front desk: check residents and guests in, keep the logs accurate, and follow safety rules.
  • Act as the first point of contact for students and staff, explaining policies and passing bigger issues up to staff.

May 2025 — Aug 2025

Sales Associate

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Paolo's Kitchen · New Providence, NJ

  • Made $20,000 in sales by pitching products straight to customers.
  • Sold frozen dinners from a local restaurant at farmers markets, and won repeat customers by suggesting what suited them.
  • Tracked sales every week, which is how I learned bookkeeping.

May 2023 — Aug 2023

Junior Camp Counselor

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YMCA · Watchung, NJ

  • Led a group of 9 to 13 year olds and kept everyone safe and included.
  • Built team spirit, which is where my leadership skills grew.
  • Supervisors singled me out for making campers feel welcome.

Leadership

Sep 2025 — Present

Greek Municipal Assembly Delegate

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Seton Hall University · South Orange, NJ

  • Sit on the executive board of the Greek community.
  • Work with Greek Life to run campus events like Greek Week, service drives, and leadership programs.

Sep 2024 — Present

Servant Leader Scholar

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Seton Hall University

  • An award given to a small group of students for leading through service.
  • Take part in leadership training, mentoring, and community projects.

Mar 2026 — Present

Finance Chair

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Alpha Sigma Phi

  • Run the fraternity's money: the budget, the planning, and where our funds go.
  • A member since March 2025 of a social fraternity that does charity work and networking on campus.

Skills & Certifications

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Past Projects

Founder & Builder

GrizzlyHire

I designed, built and launched an AI career platform that takes a student from "I don't know where to start" to a booked interview. It has four tools in one place: a resume builder that scores every line and exports in eight styles, a LinkedIn fixer that writes the headline, About and experience sections, an internship search that ranks listings from about 1,100 employers' own career pages by fit, and alumni outreach with drafted messages and a follow up tracker. Every AI draft is checked against the student's own information, so it never invents a job, a skill or a number. Now selling to college students with a free plan and a $6/month Pro subscription.

Visit grizzlyhire.com →

NLC Financial Services

Weekly Documentation Dashboard

Built a dashboard that did the firm's weekly paperwork automatically. It replaced a job people used to do by hand.

NLC Financial Services

AI-Assisted Digital Processes

Built websites and digital tools that brought AI into a traditional financial services firm, and saved employees time.

Paolo's Kitchen

$20,000 in Direct Sales

Spent a summer selling frozen dinners at farmers markets, pitching to customers and tracking the numbers each week. People came back because of what I suggested, not because of discounts.

Cognitech AI

AI for Business & Finance

Working on projects that use AI on real business and finance problems, and learning how these systems work so I can get more out of them.

Campus

University Involvement

Where I spend time outside of coursework, and the people I learn the most from.

Aug 2025 — Present

High Finance

Gets students ready for jobs in investment banking, asset management, and financial services through workshops and alumni connections.

Sep 2024 — Present

Cognitech AI

Using AI on real business and finance problems, and learning how these systems work underneath.

Sep 2024 — Present

Association of Latino Professionals For America

Firm visits and professional networking events, meeting people working across finance.

Mar 2025 — Present

Alpha Sigma Phi

Finance Chair since March 2026

Running the money for a social fraternity that does charity work and networking across campus.

Contact

Let's start a
conversation.

Recruiters, hiring managers, professors, and students: I am always happy to talk about internships, campus projects, or anything where business meets technology. If that sounds like you, reach out.