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Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Lead management consulting teams providing support to the Office of Research and Development of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA):
• Lead project management support for developing the VA National Central Biospecimen Repository (VA SHIELD)
• Lead management consulting support for the national program for genetic sequencing of pathogens (VA SeqCURE)
• Direct development of data management/visualization tools for VA leadership

Arlington, Virginia, United States

• Led management consulting teams covering: (i) establishment of the Central Biospecimen and Data Repository (VA SHIELD) by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); and (ii) data management of VA COVID-related records.
• Coordinated establishment and initial operations of Central Biospecimen and Data Repository;
• Directed creation and delivery of COVID-related data management / visualization tools for VA Office of Research and Development.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Consumer banking sales.
• Advised clients on bank’s products constantly exceeding sales and other performance goals.

Vienna, Virginia, United States

• Generated a new line of business – advisory services to start-ups in raising capital and establishing joint ventures with private equity and venture capital investors.
• Provided advice on financing and corporate restructuring to a leader in construction 3D printing technology.

Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States

• Managed investment portfolios of ~200 individuals. Provided brokerage service and advised retail clients on equity, fixed income, and life insurance instruments.
• More than doubled portfolios of crucial clients by finding alternative creative approaches to provide requested products.
• Drastically increased customer satisfaction by establishing and maintaining partnership relationship with assigned customers. Received award for sharpest increase of fully serviced customers in region.
• Passed licensing exams at 90% with company training, becoming specialist in portfolio management and financial planning. Hold Series 7, Series 66, and Life Insurance Licenses for MD, DC, and VA.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

• Designed and directed corporate turnaround, transformed company from loss-generating business into US market niche leader. Provided analytical, strategic, and management consulting support. Identified company’s main.
• Increased revenue by more than 50% over two-year period by conducting market research, changing ~80% of product line, introducing new lines of business, implementing corporate change plan, and monitoring performance;
• Monitored corporate P&L, achieving 35-45% profitability margin by implementing and adjusting operational KPIs.
• Managed legal and regulatory aspects of business.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Established and led private equity management consultancy. Provided strategic, legal, and financial consultancy services in ~20 M&A transactions in natural resources, financial services, and real estate
• Established the consulting business of over 100+ professionals in five countries
• Led acquisitions and sales of several oil and gas exploration and production projects, sale of a uranium mine, and acquisition of a coal mine
• Directed execution of large-scale acquisitions of real estate projects in Eastern Europe including construction of the fifth-tallest building in Europe
• Provided management, legal, and financial consultancy services in two IPOs at London Stock Exchange
• Managed $100M+ client investment portfolio in fixed income and equity products

Moscow, Russia

• Researched restructuring of gas & energy industries in Slovak Republic analyzing implementation of similar reform in Russia.
• Participated in research on operations of the largest local insurance company creating report on its competitiveness.
• Analyzed operations of one of largest cargo airlines and cargo airport in Moscow, generating optimized solutions to develop client business.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Provided technical assistance in credit default swap trading.
• Analyzed UK bank’s portfolio of Argentine bonds (hundreds of millions USD in par value) and created strategy for managing investment in Argentinian fixed income instruments.
• Analyzed impact of proposed amendments to ISDA documentation on fixed income derivatives.
• Leveraged experience in providing technical assistance in credit default swap trading to draft MBA thesis on credit derivatives.

Moscow, Russia

• Established and managed legal and compliance service of the banking subsidiary of JPMorganChase Group in Russia running full range of commercial and investment banking operations
• Managed maintaining licenses and permits necessary for the banking and securities brokerage businesses
• Provided legal support in sovereign debt trading by JPMorganChase entities; supervised legal and compliance side of bank equity and derivative FX trading
• Advised on opening credit lines for up to USD $100M by JPMorganChase entities to local borrowers
• Directed JPMorgan debt restructuring and loss minimization process after sovereign default in 1998
• Managed regulatory and compliance aspects of JPMorgan, Chase, and Fleming groups’ mergers in Russia

Moscow, Russia

Advised international investors on corporate acquisitions, e.g. acquisition by The Pioneer Group, Inc. (USA) of a major privatization fund and acquisition by Creditanstalt Austria Bank of a securities brokerage company. Advised Black&Decker on import and wholesale operations. Participated in drafting Russian Section of Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

Doctor Of Law - Jd

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Postgraduate Degree, Law

Master Of Laws - Llm, International Law And Legal Studies