Cooper Delo Chapel Hill, NC  --:-- ET
Cooper Delo playing guitar at Chi Phi

Resume, 2026

CooperDelo

Founder of PlugVerse. Creator. CS and Business at UNC Chapel Hill.

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Education

SchoolUNC Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School
DegreesBSBA, Business Administration. BA, Computer Science, second major
MinorMusic
ClassMay 2028
GPA3.867. Dean's List, Fall 2024 and Spring 2025

Experience

  1. 01

    PlugVerse

    Founder and CEO

    Nov 2025 to nowChapel Hill, NC

    • Founded PlugVerse LLC and built it solo: a booking and gig management tool for independent artists, launched Sep 2026.
    • Full stack on Next.js, Supabase and Stripe Connect. Shipped a live MCP server so AI assistants can read artist data.
    • Won $20K at the Luby Pitch Competition and a $1,850 1789 grant, non-dilutive. In Anthropic's Claude for Startups.
    • Hired and manage a paid growth contractor. Filed the PLUGVERSE federal trademark myself.
    See the work
  2. 02

    @cooperdelo

    Content creator. Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube

    2025 to nowChapel Hill, NC

    • Built a personal brand on music, startups and mindset: 700K+ Instagram views (@cooperdelo), 316K+ LinkedIn impressions.
    • Shoot, edit and grade everything myself (Sony A7C II, DaVinci Resolve). Built a template system that keeps posts on brand.
    • Built a cross-platform analytics pipeline (Supabase, Instagram and TikTok APIs) to track which hooks hold viewers.
  3. 03

    Truist Financial

    Systems Engineering Intern (Collaboration & A/V), Technology & Innovation Track

    May 2026 to Aug 2026Charlotte, NC

    • Built a Copilot brand kit with Truist's Brand and Copilot teams.
    • Presented the Copilot rollout to 400+ people.
  4. 04

    UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

    AI Research and Product Assistant

    Jul 2025 to Dec 2025Chapel Hill, NC

    • Built an AI resume generator deployed to all incoming Kenan-Flagler students. Demoed to the Associate Dean.
  5. 05

    CleverCX

    Product Management Intern, early-stage fintech startup

    May 2025 to Aug 2025Charlotte, NC

    • Reported 300+ Jira issues, improving QA coverage across 4 user roles.
    • Tracked 500+ support cases in an Excel dashboard. Worked with 10+ engineers and PMs.
Cooper playing under a lit tent
Cooper at the top of his golf backswing
Luby Pitch Competition

Projects

  1. 06

    Rubber Band

    Guitarist and business manager

    Jul 2025 to nowChapel Hill, NC

    • Guitar and vocals for UNC's top event cover band.
    • Manage all bookings, client and venue relationships, contracts, negotiations and pricing. Generated $70K+ in cumulative bookings.
    See the work
  2. 07

    Flicker of Time

    Original EP, released as Cooper Delo

    ReleasedSpotify

    • Released original music separate from the band. 34K+ Spotify streams.

Skills

CodeJavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, Python, SQL, Java
StackSupabase, PostgreSQL, Stripe API, Vercel, GitHub, PostHog, Azure, Claude AI and API
ToolsDaVinci Resolve, MCP, Jira, Miro
ClubsChi Phi, 1789 Venture Fund, Busi-Tech Club
CertsSQL and Python Specialist (UNC GCA), Powering Medicine (NC State)
IntoCybersecurity, AI, golf, music production, guitar