Business Development · Product · Finance · Crypto

Paul Beera
an operator who turns complexity into won business.

I lead high-stakes RFP and RFI work across institutional asset management and crypto — pairing deep product knowledge with AI-driven automation to move deals from ambiguity to close. Now seeking roles centered on ownership and outcomes across product and sales.

Portrait of Paul Beera
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About

I work at the intersection of finance, technology, and markets — with a focus on equities and crypto. Across roles at Coinbase, Mirova, and Amundi, I've owned the full lifecycle of institutional proposals: translating complex product suites into client-ready content, coordinating executive stakeholders across sales, product, legal, and risk, and delivering against tight deadlines including sub-24 hours.

What sets my work apart is leverage. I build AI agents and automations that streamline drafting and review, meaningfully reducing overall RFP cycle time.

I think of myself as an operator. I enjoy learning fast across domains and leading progress wherever the work needs momentum, whether that's streamlining a $2 billion bid to the finish line, a Web3 content engine, or a smart-contract experiment on the weekend.

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Experience

Coinbase
Feb 2026 – May 2026
Remote · Boston, MA
RFI Associate — Institutional Sales, Trading & Prime
  • Owned full-cycle execution of competitive institutional RFXs, coordinating executive cross-functional stakeholders (sales, product, legal, security ops) against sub-24-hour deadlines to drive revenue growth and client expansion.
  • Built a bespoke AI agent through prompting iterations that automates content-management functions and recommends new records for the library — reducing manual inputs on every deliverable.
  • Leveraged LLM tooling to automate drafting, SME input, review, and formatting — translating Coinbase's complex institutional product suite into client-friendly content.
Mirova US LLC
Sep 2023 – Feb 2026
Boston, MA
RFP Business Development, Manager
  • Spearheaded high-value RFPs, managing bids from $100M to $2B and directly impacting product growth, client acquisition, and retention.
  • Led RFP and product management for multi-year institutional wins totalling $750M+ in new business.
  • Trained RFP-platform AI models on specialized product features, significantly reducing drafting, review, and overall cycle time.
  • Owned end-to-end content generation for 60+ technical records supporting a $13B Global Equity strategy, validated by subject-matter experts.
Amundi US
Aug 2021 – Sep 2023
Boston, MA
US RFP Associate
  • Completed RFPs for prospects from ~$50M to $5B submitted to institutional vendors.
  • Led communications between stakeholders in mandate pricing negotiations for competitive bids.
  • Ran the RFP process across equity, fixed income, and multi-asset strategies, developing reusable language with Product Managers and Investment teams.
LeagueDAO
Sep 2021 – Sep 2022
Part-time · Remote
Lead Copywriter
  • Lead copywriter for a pioneering Web3 organization running on-chain fantasy sports leagues with $1M+ prize pools.
  • Drove protocol website and Twitter traffic 100%+ year-over-year using SEO analytics.
Gokhshtein Media
Mar 2022 – Sep 2022
Part-time · Remote
Content Contributor
  • Researched, wrote, and edited crypto/blockchain news via quantitative-driven research — 5–8 articles per month.
  • Improved article engagement 30% through keyword optimization and social distribution (AMAs, Twitter Spaces).
John Hancock
Aug 2020 – May 2021
Boston, MA
Internal Sales Support
  • Designed thousands of detailed illustration presentations from daily inbound firm and agent requests.
  • Promoted to Lead Internal Associate for the Los Angeles territory within 6 months, surpassing weekly and monthly metrics.
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Skills & Interests

Skills & Tools

LLMs — Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, Perplexity AI Agents & Automations Onchain Analysis & Trading Bloomberg RFP / RFI Management Stakeholder Coordination Institutional Sales Support Pricing & Negotiation

Education

Bentley University
B.S. Economics-Finance · President's Academic Scholarship

Interests

AI Research & Projects Blockchain R&D Smart Contracts DeFi Creative Writing Personal Branding Basketball Skills Training
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Beyond the work

In a world that often pushes its people to pick and choose, I enjoy dabbling across many topics of interest. This allows me to gain new perspectives without old or pre-conceived notions inhibiting my ability to understand and respect differing viewpoints towards a shared goal.

While I keep an open mind on new developments, my core philosophy allows me to focus on key priorities:

I focus on what is within my control. Everything else is secondary.

A few fun facts
  • NBA Top Shot was my gateway into crypto. As a major hoops head and lover of collectibles, tradable digital basketball highlights made sense to me. Then I realized — the tech under all this is pretty cool, huh?
  • Not just a fan of hoops but an avid player. I'm willing to take anyone on planet Earth in a basketball shooting competition. Steph Curry, if you see this — let's run it.
  • Horror movie fanatic, mainly paranormal films — which segues nicely into a love of true-crime documentaries.
  • Chilli connoisseur. I'm not a great chef by any means, but I can make a mean chilli.
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Let's talk

Open to product and sales roles across finance and crypto. If you're building something ambitious and need an operator who can move fast across domains, I'd love to hear from you.

Roles I'm targeting
  • Product Manager
  • Proposal Manager
  • Business Development Manager
  • Account Manager
  • Sales Associate
  • Digital Assets Strategist