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02 / Structural Design and Inspection
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Structural Design and Inspection

Seven years in New York building design and infrastructure inspection. Structural design for 30+ buildings.

Buildings

17 projects · listed by address

17 projects · 31 selected images. Open an address to view the full gallery.

Inspection

2017–2021 · JUNMA Engineering

Bridges, tunnels, transit stations and viaducts. Selected inspection assignments and condition reporting.

Bridge cable inspection in New York
16 AUG 2018 · Bridge inspectionJUNMA Engineering · New York ↗
Infrastructure

Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge

Main-span inspections covering deck elements, bearings, anchorages, suspension cables, tower components, and associated condition reports.

2018–2019 · Inspection & reporting

Infrastructure

Henry Hudson Bridge & tunnels

Inspected and rated structural elements across ten BINs, including the Queens-Midtown and Hugh L. Carey tunnels. Reconciled inspection records across databases.

2019 cycle · Inspection & repair documentation

Infrastructure

Broadway Junction Station

Led a six-person subcontractor team inspecting elevated and sub-grade stations. Coordinated three inspection reports, condition ratings, and repair documentation.

JUNMA Engineering · Team leadership

Infrastructure

Park Avenue Viaduct

Recorded 21 defect types across four tracks and up to 89 spans. Compared condition data against the 2015 baseline and reconciled multiple database formats.

JUNMA Engineering · Inspection & data analysis

Illustrative portfolio samples NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION

Professional experience

Solomon RosenzweigStructural design · 2014–2017Steel, concrete, masonry & timber systems
JUNMA EngineeringInfrastructure inspection · 2017–2021Bridges, tunnels, transit & field-team coordination
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03 / Kasatka Research LLC
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Kasatka Research LLC

I develop market hypotheses and test them against historical data.

06 / 06 selected studies
BTC · 900 days post halving: original Kasatka Research report

BTC · 900 days post halving

06 OCT 2026 · Cycle study

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Columbus Day · 2026 price action: original Kasatka Research report

Columbus Day · 2026 price action

13 OCT 2026 · Event study

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Columbus Day · Historical scorecard: original Kasatka Research report

Columbus Day · Historical scorecard

13 OCT 2026 · Historical outcomes

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Columbus Day · Return & risk: original Kasatka Research report

Columbus Day · Return & risk

13 OCT 2026 · Return and drawdown study

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October confluence · Day 905: original Kasatka Research report

October confluence · Day 905

11 OCT 2026 · Cycle timing

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October confluence · Midterm October: original Kasatka Research report

October confluence · Midterm October

11 OCT 2026 · Seasonality

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Original research pages. Select a report to read it at full size. Dates and findings belong to each report’s original publication.

Trading and Investing

Personal capital. Research put into practice.

+1,566%Cumulative return at peak
2017–2021Performance period
≈102%CAGR equivalent to peak

Self-reported performance managing personal capital during 2017–2021, measured at peak. The annualized equivalent assumes no external cash flows. These figures describe peak performance, not the current portfolio value. No audited return series is presented.

How I work

01Form a precise market hypothesis.
02Define the sample, timing, and comparison.
03Measure returns, drawdowns, and failure cases.
04Communicate the evidence and its limits.

Home Run Trades

Selected personal trades.

  • $BTC

    July 2017–Infinity

  • $ETH

    2017–2021

  • $LINK

    2020

  • YASU

    2020–2021

  • $SPELL

    2021

  • Base season

    2023

  • WIF

    2024

  • SPX6900

    2024–2025

04 / Theatre 51
05 / Mars Game Studio
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Mars Game Studio

Independent video game development. Strategy, systems and world-building.

Vanguard Command concept cover artworkView full cover
Featured project

Vanguard
Command

An independent strategy-game project from Mars Game Studio.

Discipline
Video game development
Genre
Strategy
Featured material
Concept artwork

Worlds with rules.

Strategy games bring together resources, incentives, trade-offs, and what happens when a plan meets reality.

Explore the concept cover
06 / Web Applications / Writing / Misc. Projects
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Interactive projects

Web Applications

Personal portfolio

A home for engineering work, market research and creative projects, with address-based photo galleries, full-size research reports and video playback.

Explore the portfolio
Substack blog

Writing

Essays, observations and longer-form ideas across markets, engineering and creative work.

Publication link and selected posts to follow.

Personal projects

Misc. Projects

Health protocols & personal systems

Health protocols and other projects outside the main disciplines.

Project notes and material to follow.

07 / Beyond the Work
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Beyond the work.

Cold with numbers. Warm with people.

Seven years in New York structural engineering, alongside personal investing, followed by independent market research in Miami.

Career timeline

  1. 2021–PresentFounder / Portfolio Manager · Kasatka Research
  2. 2017–2021Assistant Team Leader · JUNMA Engineering
  3. 2014–2017Junior Structural Design Engineer · Solomon Rosenzweig
  4. 2007–2014Engineering internships
  5. 2014B.Sc. Civil Engineering · University of Hartford

Selected tools

AutoCAD · Revit · RAM · CSI SAFE
Excel · ChatGPT · Claude Code
Midjourney · ElevenLabs · DaVinci Resolve
Personal · 16Personalities

The Advocate

INFJ-T

Role
Diplomat
Strategy
Constant Improvement
About the Advocate personality

My personality results

  • Introverted71%
  • Intuitive60%
  • Feeling57%
  • Judging69%
  • Turbulent76%

Off the clock

Film

Pulp Fiction
Star Wars: Episode III
Apocalypse Now

Games

Fallout 3
Metal Gear Solid 2
StarCraft

Television

The Sopranos
Breaking Bad

Music

The Massacre · 50 Cent
DS2 · Future
Rotten Apple · Lloyd Banks

Combat sports

UFC
Boxing

Shooting Range

Clips from the range.

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Let’s build something worthwhile.