Résumé · October 2026
The short version
Everything below is also in a two-page PDF, current as of October 2026.
Reeyan (Ray) Thakrar
Founder of Flowlink · Co-founder of VenoxAI · Researcher on the energy, carbon, water and cost of AI computing
Education
Lenape High School, Medford, NJClass of 2027
- Weighted GPA 5.52 / 6.0 · SAT 1450 · 14 AP courses and 16 AP exams by graduation
- AP exams through grade 11: Biology 4, Statistics 4, English Language 4, Calculus AB 4
- Senior year, all AP: Calculus BC, Physics C (Mechanics, E&M), English Literature, French, Environmental Science, Macro & Microeconomics, World History
Stevens Institute of Technology · Pre-College ProgramJuly 2025
Medicinal Chemistry II, a week-long residential lab program, including NMR and IR spectroscopy
Ventures & work
FlowlinkJul 2025 – present
Founder, CEO & Sole Software Developer
- Estimates the energy, carbon, water and dollar cost of each AI job run in GPU data centers, from published industry factors, for colocation operators and companies running AI on their own hardware
- Built all seven modules on a $500 budget by directing AI coding tools (Claude Code)
- Audited my own methodology and found a water-use default roughly four times too high; replacing every factor with a sourced value
VenoxAIJun 2025 – present
Co-Founder, CEO & Technical Architect
- AI agents, workflow automation, Claude API integrations and websites for 14 organizations, co-led with a team of 8 interns
- $39K+ in total company revenue; seven organizations report about 210 staff hours saved a month
Source Direct Inc.May 2024 – present
Sales & Customer Service, AI Marketing (family business)
- Brought in 13 large corporate and factory clients and $57.3K in sales; AI-made content drew 4.3M social views
Research & writing
The Hidden LedgerIn preparation
Lead author, with a Vanderbilt University faculty collaborator
Boundary DriftIn preparation
Sole author · invited talk, UW–Madison research lab, Nov 2026
“Three water numbers, none of them comparable”Runs Nov 23, 2026
Guest column, DatacenterDynamics (DCD) · accepted
Flowlink Technical White PaperDraft v1.3
Lead author · reviewed by an RFF economist; methods under review at a UNC-Chapel Hill lab
Evidence-Gated Business Reply WorkflowsUnder review
Co-author with Srithan Gade · advised by Akshat Lakhiwal (UGA) · IEEE BigData 2026 workshop
Honors
- Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneur Competition: Global Top 100 (2026)
- Diamond Challenge: Semifinalist, 1 of 20 in-person teams (2026)
- Coriell Science Fair: 1st Place; Delaware Valley Science Fairs: Honorable Mention (2026)
- AP Scholar with Distinction (2026)
- DECA: 3rd Place, District Conference; State Career Development Conference qualifier
- Stevens AI Video Pitch Competition: Runner-Up (2026)
- Saint Joseph's University investment program: Finalist
- College Board National Recognition Program (2026)
- Mott Million Dollar Challenge: Round 1 winner
Leadership
Lenape Chess Club · Captain & Lead2023 – present
- Grew the club from 10 to 29 active members (+190%), recruiting 28 myself; team win rate up 190%; 93 members over four years; #1-ranked player
Martial arts · First-degree black beltSince grade 4
- Trained six lower-rank students
National Honor Society · French Honor Society · DECAMember
Skills
- Languages: English (native), French (proficient), Gujarati (conversational), Hindi and Mandarin (basic)
- Building: Claude Code, Claude API integrations, AI agents and workflow automation, Lovable, Roblox Studio
- Domain: AI energy, carbon and water accounting (PUE, WUE, grid carbon intensity, GHG Protocol Scopes 2–3, embodied carbon)