Lucas Awad

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CS & Economics @ UChicago · Incoming IB Analyst @ DrakeStar · Consider this my live, enhanced resume!

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Resume

Education

Sept 2024 – June 2028
University of Chicago
BS Computer Science + BA Economics (Business Specialization)
Chicago, IL

GPA: 3.80

Activities: M&A Group, Macro Investing, Trott Business, AI in Finance, Barbell Club, Kappa Eta Kappa [STEM]

Sept 2010 – May 2024
The American School of Dubai
High School Diploma
Dubai, UAE

GPA: 4.03

  • High Honors with Distinction [2020–2024]
  • AP Scholar with Distinction
  • MVP Varsity Swim

Experience

June – Aug 2026
DrakeStar Investment Banking
Incoming Tech Summer Analyst
Los Angeles, CA
Sept 2025 – Jan 2026
Oddbird Venture Capital
Part-time Sourcing Analyst
San Francisco, CA
  • Screened 500+ Series A startups; advanced highest-conviction deals to diligence pipeline
  • Built scalable scorecard pipeline to source and evaluate AI infrastructure startups; drove diligence on AI Infra co resulting in $500k seed investment
June – Aug 2025
Angeles Investors Venture Capital
Portfolio Management Summer Analyst
Chicago, IL
  • Built CRM-integrated multi-agent LLM platform to screen 30+ companies per minute
  • Led team of 5 interns; served as liaison to C-suite
  • Worked with Head of Portfolio Management to analyze 13-company portfolio; delivered insights to Investment Committee for quarterly capital allocation
Feb – May 2025
JEB Capital Partners Private Equity
Part-time Analyst
Chicago, IL
  • Financial modeling and industry analysis on sub-$5M EBITDA targets
  • Automated data collection for 7,000+ companies using Python + Selenium
Aug 2023
Barclays Sales & Trading
Summer Analyst
London, UK
  • Shadowed traders on High-Risk Credit desk; observed real-time pricing and risk management
  • Analyzed structured credit products and credit risk dynamics

Activities

Nov 2025
Goldman Sachs Emerging Leaders Series
Selected Participant
New York, NY
  • Chosen 1 of ~400 from 3,000+ applicants; technical workshops and GS networking
Sept 2024 – Present
UChicago M&A Group
Founding Member
Chicago, IL
  • Joined as founding member
  • Weekly market discussions
  • Live modeling exercises
  • Technical M&A workshops
Sept 2024 – Present
AI in Finance Program
Traders Learning Tech Cohort
Chicago, IL
  • Learning how to utilize and leverage AI in finance for the future
Sept 2024 – Present
Barbell Club
Member
Chicago, IL
  • Member since September 2024
Sept 2024 – Present
UChicago Barbell Club
Member
Chicago, IL
  • Powerlifting / Weightlifting Club
2023 – Present
Personal Portfolio
Self-Managed Public Equities
  • Self-managed public equities portfolio generating approximately +15% over the past year through discretionary investing across technology and macro-driven themes
Sept 2023 – May 2024
Macro Investing Group
New Member Educator, Leadership Board
Chicago, IL
  • Led educational lessons on macro and financial markets for new members
  • Interviewed and mentored prospective analysts
Sept 2021 – Present
Professional Powerlifter
Free Agent
Chicago, IL
  • UAE U19 #2 National Ranking
  • Desert Barbell U23 National Champion (685kg total)
  • Sponsored Junior Ambassador

Projects

Skills & Interests

Skills

Languages

English (Native) French (Native) Arabic (Conversational) Spanish (Conversational)

Technical

Python JavaScript C++ HTML / CSS SQL Excel PowerPoint AirTable N8N Framer

Certifications

WSP Financial Modeling Harvard CS50

Interests

DJing
House music · Psi Upsilon Resident DJ · Play at private parties · WHPK UChicago Radio · Summer Breeze Lucas DJing at a party
Weightlifting / Powerlifting
Used to powerlift professionally — still train and run very regularly Lucas competing at Desert Barbell powerlifting meet
Traveling
Dubai · London · Paris · Los Angeles · New York
Running
Run for pleasure, not a good runner — trying to get a sub 20 minute 5k
Windsurfing
Spend summers in France in my hometown windsurfing whenever the wind permits
Swimming
Varsity swim team · Gold medalist in 50m freestyle at international school swim conference
Cooking
Honey ginger soy sauce glazed salmon · Good steaks · Good oysters
Rubik’s Cubing
Nowhere near a good cuber but love to cube in my free time
Reading
Love science fiction — favorite trilogy is The Three-Body Problem
Biohacking
Really into longevity optimization — can talk about this for hours · Chronic WHOOP user

Let’s connect.

lawad@uchicago.edu
773.633.5289