Adam L. Understein 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Highly adaptable leader. Served as CEO, COO, President, and similar roles with full P&L responsibilities. Managed in various industries and organization sizes, from early-stage investments to Fortune 500 companies to public sector and multilateral institutions. Worked with diverse groups in multiple countries: multinational corporations, members of Congress, foreign leaders, investors, lenders, and more. Servant leader who has developed and motivated high-performing teams and been companies’ face to customers, strategic partners, media, and the public.• Lead workforce helping oversee $40 Billion / yr efforts• Lead $1.5 Billion contract• Helped finance complex $2.2 Billion project• Led $40 million acquisition for consortium (new markets)• Signed $2 million venture capital round for top website• Reviewed $83 Billion in financing for World Bank• Advised $500 million transformation program

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Built a high-performing, motivated workforce of leaders who help oversee some of the world’s largest IT efforts – over $40 Billion in annual spending. Lead a $1.5 Billion portfolio for this Fortune 500 company.• Full Profit and Loss (P&L) responsibility, accountable for products/services and financial performance.• Report monthly to a corporate board of stakeholders.• Decision maker, all business fields: operations, marketing, business development, finance, IT, HR...• Lead negotiations & business development; closed multiple deals/contracts up to $1.5 Billion.• Consistently high Financial Performance, Customer Satisfaction, and Employee Engagement.• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to motivate employees, build trust, and develop productive business relationships with all stakeholders, business/industry colleagues, and customers.• Mentor and coach colleagues for future leadership roles in the company.• Recognized for “flawless” Execution and Leadership, having the highest Employee Engagement, and being a “Role Model for Operational Excellence”. Received additional accolades for Turnarounds, Financial Growth, and Customer Satisfaction.• Successfully led turnarounds. For example, turned a losing business segment into a company success within 18 months, with revenues up 45% (and 12 months later grew revenues another 32%). Revamped staff, renegotiated contracts, restructured funding, revised processes, updated IT. Results included a high-performing & motivated team, happy customers, and smiling corporate stakeholders.

Bradenton, Florida, United States

Contribute executive leadership, strategy, and execution experience / skills to the FSF team and its efforts. For organizations and projects in a variety of industries:• Assist business development and growth.• Structure and secure financing (equity and debt) and joint ventures.• Identify strategic investors and partners.• Assess financial, accounting, and tax issues and implications.

Langley, Virginia

Actor (“The Announcer”) in the film Ultimate Bias — coming in 2025 (in post-production) and already recognized for an award-winning script at Cannes. Member of the cast & crew, and contributed funding. Previously studied at USC School of Cinematic Arts. Exercising my creativity this way has helped me use both sides of my brain (left for critical thinking, and right for creativity) to resolve business challenges successfully (have many stories).

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Founder of $2.2 Billion public-private project. Also planned & managed additional projects.• Budgeted & managed IT, financial, & human resources; tracked project schedule, cost, & milestones.• Managed relationships and communications with internal & external stakeholders and teams.• Drove improvements in effectiveness / efficiency, and alignment with goals / objectives.• Represented the company at meetings, conferences, and public forums.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Planned & managed programs to measure & improve strategic performance for large organizations. Led strategic planning, change management, quality management, and performance metrics efforts.• Led independent review of a $500 million transformation program to ensure intended outcomes.• Integrated Project Team Leader for Performance Management IT System (100,000 employees).• Designed a Quality Management Program with 80 offices across the US.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Brought in as a Thought Leader to assess $83 Billion in project financing (300 projects worldwide).• Received a World Bank award for developing new, innovative approaches to measure performance and focus the organization on achieving intended strategic results.• Created solutions to facilitate cooperation & teamwork across business and regional units, promote the sharing of best practices, and improve cooperation with external stakeholders.• Developed recommendations to improve performance and cost effectiveness.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Recognized as one of the top 101 sites on the Internet by Yahoo! Internet Life magazine.• Signed $2 million venture capital financing round.• Developed the vision, business plan, marketing plan, and strategic plan.• Negotiated with AT&T, General Motors, Sprint, and other large entities for strategic partnerships.• Formed Advisory Board for access to strategic partners, financing, and business development.• Managed multiple teams and product development / improvement.• Represented the company at meetings, conferences, and public forums.

Eastern Europe

Founded an investment company that helped global hospitality brands establish some of their first hotels in Eastern Europe.• Secured first presence for Marriott, Crowne Plaza, and Holiday Inn Resort.• Spearheaded $40+ million acquisition efforts by global hotel chains and consortiums that included Scandinavian Airlines, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Bank Austria Group, Marriott, Radisson, and others.• Built relationships or coalitions with investment/commercial banks, equity investors, joint venture partners, union leaders, interest groups.• Negotiated with business and political leaders (the latter included prime ministers, government ministers, leaders of parliament and parliamentary committees, and political party leaders).• Represented the company and international consortiums in media interviews and government meetings and negotiations.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Concurrently served as Assistant to the US Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management. Senator Cohen became US Secretary of Defense in 1997.• Advised Senator and staff on all issues & legislation related to the US economy & federal budget.• Represented the Senator at meetings / events.• Prepared speeches & written communications for Senator; served as lead writer for sensitive issues.

Mba, International Management And Finance. Thunderbird Scholar

Ba, Government

Institute For Comparative Political And Economic Systems

American Institute On Political And Economic Systems

Studied Cinema / Film As A Trustee Scholar At The University Of Southern California