Devan
Thakor
Commercial finance & operations lead who builds the systems behind the numbers — pricing engines, ERPs, dashboards, and trading tools. I turn manufacturing chaos into margin, visibility, and software.
Finance brain, builder's hands
I run revenue operations at MS Boxes (Milestone Products), a high-growth corrugated packaging manufacturer in Houston — owning pricing, procurement, AR, and the internal ERP that holds it all together.
On the side I founded Radien Systems, where I ship manufacturing software: quoting engines, inventory systems, and free lead-gen tools for the packaging industry. Nights are for Python — dealer-positioning models and options scanners.
Magna Cum Laude finance & accounting grad from Bauer. I like problems where the spreadsheet ends and the codebase begins.
Where the numbers got made
Milestone Products — MS Boxes
- Helped scale a manufacturing startup from ~$1.8M to $5.4M annual revenue via pricing systems, financial controls, and execution frameworks
- Developed and priced 700+ custom quotations using scenario-based margin modeling, risk-adjusted pricing, and strategic cost recovery
- Directed commercial & financial execution of 250+ projects (~29% of revenue) — budgeting, profitability, production handoffs
- Architected internal ERP systems integrating AP, AR, inventory, payroll, project tracking, and operational reporting
- Managed procurement across 3.5M+ units and 40M+ sq ft of raw material conversion; negotiated supplier pricing on $100K+ decisions
- Built executive dashboards & KPI infrastructure in Excel and Power BI; owned AR, invoicing, and cash-flow workflows
Grand Villa Inn and Suites
- Grew annual revenue +20% and profitability +15% through pricing optimization and cost-control initiatives
- Managed a $600K operating budget, cutting expenses 12% via vendor negotiations and procurement optimization
- Reduced material waste 13% and procurement costs 10%; maintained 99% financial transaction accuracy
- Supervised full hotel operations: financial performance, staffing, vendors, and day-to-day management
SURE™ Program — Stimulating Urban Renewal through Entrepreneurship
- Consulted startup founders on business planning, financial modeling, and growth strategy
- Built investor presentations, projections, and funding strategies that contributed to successful fundraising
- Recognized by the Houston Comptroller for contributions to local entrepreneurship
Things I shipped after hours
Ember — Quoting Engine
Corrugated quoting engine that encodes board grades, tooling, run economics, and risk-adjusted margin logic into instant, defensible quotes.
Lime — Plastics IMS
Inventory management system for plastics manufacturing — material tracking, conversion visibility, and stock intelligence built for the shop floor.
Free Packaging Tools
Lead-magnet suite on radiensystems.com: a corrugated cost estimator and a packaging advisor wizard that turn industry know-how into inbound leads.
MS Boxes ERP
Internal ERP built from scratch — AP/AR, inventory, payroll, project tracking, and reporting unified into one operational source of truth for a $5M+ plant.
GEX Indicator + Weekly Scanner
Python tooling for SPX/SPY dealer-positioning (gamma exposure) analysis, plus a weekly scanner with earnings detection, leadership-flip alerts, and a sector sympathy-play framework.
calendar314
Personal journal-meets-calendar Android app, designed, built, and published to Google Play end-to-end.
Nocturne — Motel PMS
Property management system born from six years of actually running a hotel — bookings, rooms, and operations without enterprise bloat.
Valuation Models — Bauer
DCF, comps, and precedent-transaction models for simulated M&A deals in PE/IB coursework; pricing strategy & pro forma for a SURE™ investor pitch.
The toolkit
Finance & Analytics
Technology
Bauer, magna cum laude
University of Houston — C.T. Bauer College of Business
Let's build something
Open to RevOps, finance systems, and BizOps conversations.