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COO & Co-Founder — Neobotics Foundation Inc.

Operator.
Builder &
advocate.

Jonathan Ran is a Business Intelligence Analyst at Principal Financial Group and COO & Co-Founder of Neobotics Foundation Inc. — a 501(c)(3) nonprofit expanding access to robotics education for students who need it most.

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EST. 2003 — Boston, MA
Jonathan Ran
Mission-First · Operations · Strategy · 
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Operations
Strategy
Partnerships
Nonprofit
Robotics
Education
Operations
Strategy
Partnerships
Nonprofit
Robotics
Education
01 — About

An operator who believes mission and execution aren't opposites.

Building the infrastructure for a more equitable future in STEM — one partnership, one program, one student at a time.

By day, Jonathan is a Business Intelligence Analyst I on the Benefits & Protection Wholesale Distribution team at Principal Financial Group, where he builds dashboards, automates reporting pipelines, and turns data into decisions for a Fortune 500 financial services and insurance firm.

Outside of that, he is COO & Co-Founder of Neobotics Foundation Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit bringing robotics and STEM education to communities that have been historically left behind — overseeing operations, partnerships, and program delivery across the organization.

He holds a BA in Statistics & Computer Science from Boston University's College of Arts & Sciences, and works in Python, SQL, R, and Power BI.

501(c)(3) IRS-Recognized Nonprofit
BA Statistics & Computer Science, Boston University
BI Business Intelligence Analyst I, Principal Financial Group
COO COO & Co-Founder, Neobotics Foundation Inc.
02 — Work

Where mission meets execution.

06 projects
/ 01 May 2025 — Present

Principal Financial Group

Business Intelligence Analyst I · Benefits & Protection Wholesale Distribution

Build and maintain data aggregation processes and dashboards at a Fortune 500 financial services firm — blending industry reports, public data, and internal sources to inform product and business decisions. Coach business users on BI tools and promote a self-serve data culture across the enterprise.

Power BI Python SQL Des Moines
/ 02 Nov 2025 — Present

Neobotics Foundation Inc.

COO & Co-Founder · 501(c)(3) Nonprofit

Oversee day-to-day operations of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit expanding robotics and STEM education. Lead cross-functional teams across engineering, outreach, and administration; drive partnership development with schools, sponsors, and community organizations; and coordinate program delivery through Neoracer and affiliated initiatives.

Operations Strategy Partnerships Nonprofit
/ 03 Jan 2025 — Nov 2025

Neobotics Foundation Inc.

CFO & Co-Founder · 501(c)(3) Nonprofit

Directed all financial operations — budgeting, forecasting, accounting, and reporting — for the foundation. Managed grant fund tracking, IRS Form 990 compliance, and cash flow; built internal financial controls; and partnered with the executive team on financial modeling and donor reporting.

Finance Grants Compliance Governance
/ 04 May 2024 — May 2025

Principal Financial Group

Data Analyst Intern · Benefits & Protection Data Analytics

Built an automated pipeline calculating combination-application rates between Life and Disability product lines over a 9-month window. Cleaned Bureau of Labor Statistics Form 5500 datasets to surface high-potential employer targets, ran market-sizing analyses across five U.S. regions using Python and U.S. Census data, and performed penetration-rate analysis for the Nonqualified segment to support resource-reallocation decisions.

Python Automation Market Sizing SQL
/ 05 May 2023 — Aug 2023

Principal Financial Group

Data Analyst / Consultant Intern · Enterprise Data & Analytics

Co-developed a Power BI dashboard consolidating customer-satisfaction survey results across multiple sources, applying NLP via a large language model for sentiment analysis. Designed a reusable Power BI template — pre-defined metrics and layout — that let analysts stand up new dashboards in hours instead of days, and scoped requirements for future text-analytics work in JIRA and Confluence.

Power BI NLP LLMs Consulting
/ 06 Jul 2022 — Aug 2022

Wharton Research Data Services

Data Analyst Intern · University of Pennsylvania

Parsed subsidiary-company text and HTML files using regex in Python (Jupyter Notebook) to structure unstructured financial data for WRDS at the University of Pennsylvania. Delivered optimized, quality-checked code ahead of schedule — performance that earned a return offer for the following summer.

Python Regex Jupyter Philadelphia
03 — Education

The foundation of perspective.

Alma Mater

Boston University

BA, Statistics & Computer Science · College of Arts & Sciences

A joint major in statistics and computer science grounded in quantitative rigor — linear models, multivariate calculus, linear algebra, analysis of algorithms, applied statistics, and computing systems. Graduated May 2025.

Degree
BA · Stats & CS
College
College of Arts & Science
Years
2021 — 2025
04 — Contact

Let's build something meaningful.

Whether you're interested in partnering with Neobotics, sharing ideas, or just saying hello — the best ways to reach me.

/ 01 Call or Text (610) 606-1536