Jackson Momm-White
I am Jackson Momm-White, a business management student at Roger Williams University with a focus on employee relations and communication. I will be graduating Roger Williams in the spring of 2024. Throughout my professional career I have competed in multiple business competitions, participated in business simulations, consulted for a nonprofit, and written business plans. Since enrolling at Roger Williams, I have been named on the Dean’s list each semester and earned the academic excellence award. As a believer that happy employees are productive employees, I am passionate about an employee-centric approach rooted in effective communication.
Facial Recognition Failures
At its core, the purpose of digital technology is to provide exact answers that are robust to noise. For something to be digital, there are a few criteria that must be met. Digital technology: has a fixed number of symbols/inputs, can reliably distinguish the...
How Did We Get Here?
I believe that the final goal of digital advancements is to create an animatronic version of the human brain. This model would be impervious to environmental distractions, cognitive bias or limitations, and would not be bound by computing power like the human brain....
Bending The Truth
If a story does a good job illustrating a point you are trying to make, does it matter if it is true? Back in the 1960s, the Department of Defense (DOD) began developing a primitive AI that it hoped would be able to detect military tanks in photographs. Like all AI,...
Patent no. 24,850
Transistors are the most important aspect of modern technology. As the number of transistors increases, so does the computing power. Knowing this, you may be surprised to learn that electronics didn’t always rely on the transistor. The birth of modern electronics came...
Knock Knock, Anybody Home?
Are humans the only living things on this planet with what we call consciousness? That would be pretty lonely. It’s a question that religions, philosophers, and lowly Roger Williams students have pondered for as long as they have been on Earth. It was the great...
Maybe We Should Rely Less on Interviews? (especially virtual interviews)
Virtual interviews are unfair to candidates and generally bad practice. Objects are categorized as soon as they are perceived. That’s what researchers found in a study posted to Psychological Science. This phenomenon is why first impressions are so hard to...
Why Do I Keep Zoning Out?
"We spend so much of our daily lives engaged in things that are completely unrelated to what’s in front of us" - Aaron Kucyi Why do we zone out? I hoped the answers would be simple and uniform; unfortunately, that’s not how neuroscience and psychology typically work....
How Much is a Picture Worth?
As humans, we emotionally connect with lived experiences in ways that just cannot be recreated by digital representations. To quote the late great Robin Williams in my favorite movie, Goodwill Hunting, "So if I asked you about art, you could give me the skinny on...
6 Million Useless Colors
Digital photos have the capability to represent 281 trillion colors. The most common color system used for computers can represent over sixteen million different colors, which is still six million more than the human eye can even see. You have never taken a picture of...
Alex Tew – From Rich and Stressed to Wealthy and Happy
Today I thought that I would be researching the a tiny bit of internet history, but stumbled upon one of the most interesting entrepreneurial stories I’ve ever heard. Picture this - you are about to go to university but have absolutely no money in your bank account,...
Featured Work
Seshhh Surf Company
Role
Co-Founder
Contribution
This is a business plan that I created with a partner in high school for a competition. We won the competition and leaned so much about business in the process.
Human Resources Plan
Role
Contributor, Researcher
Contribution
For this project, myself and two classmates wrote a human resources plan for a company that we made up. The purpose was to align all aspects of the business through human resources practices and policies.
Child and Family Social Media Audit
Role
Contributor, Researcher, Presenter
Contribution
I worked with a group and a local nonprofit to audit their social media presence. We found flaws in their current practices and provided actionable solutions.
Elks Lodge Consulting Project
Role
Team lead, researcher, presenter
Contribution
I worked with two classmates to learn the inner workings of a local Elks Lodge chapter. We used this information to create a plan for improvement and presented these findings to key members of the organization.
*Unfortunatly, I cannot include this project due to NDAs
What I Do Best
Communication
I understand the importance of clear and honest communication in organizations. Respect is paramount to my core values. I have focused on improving visual, written, and oral communication skills.
Entrepreneurship
I have written multiple business plans, joined the entrepreneurship club at RWU, competed in business competitions, helped start a CEO (collegiate entrepreneurs organization) chapter at RWU, and studied various aspects of businesses.
Problem Solving
I am a problem solver at my core. I thrive when faced with a problem that has ambiguous solutions.
Work Experience
January 2020 – Present
Management Intern
Roger Williams University
May – September of 2022 & 2023
Laborer
Chasco Inc.
User-Centric Design: Championing a user-centric design approach by conducting user research
2019-2022
Line Cook
Lexie’s Burger Joint
Education
September 2020 – Current
Roger Williams University
Business Mangement – Gabelli School of Business
I am a senior business management student at Roger Williams University. While earning a BS in management, I have discovered a passion for leadership and communication.
- GPA – 3.641
- Business School GPA – 3.641