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Redmond, Wa, Us

Redmond, Wa, Us

• Crafted storylines based on client backgrounds and experiences that led to 100+ admissions into top-5 MBA programs and $30+ million in merit-based scholarships• Helped negotiate corporate new partnerships that expanded TAM >10x• Negotiated first-ever healthcare coverage for company, ensuring 100% coverage of eligible employees• Set up new Treasury function, including cash balance forecasting, internal controls over investment allocations, and portfolio risk analysis

Redmond, Wa, Us

• Helped craft application strategies and reviewed application materials for 300+ successful candidates into HBS, Stanford, Wharton, Booth, Kellogg, Tuck and other top MBA programs.• Designed models that became benchmark for estimating probability of admission; used to advise candidate school application strategy for 50+ clients.• Created social media marketing campaigns that contributed record revenue in each of the past 3 years.

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Led creation of first-ever models comparing Microsoft infrastructure footprints (in MW and servers) and commercial cloud COGS to key competitors; insights used to justify Microsoft’s FY16 capex budget.• Led cross-functional team in analyzing impact of changing cooling technologies on datacenter power and airflow constraints; insights led to changes in server procurement instead of >$1B additional capex.• Received CFO Award (<100 recipients in calendar 2015), including rare off-cycle bonus.

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Collaborated with Corporate VP, and engineering, finance and marketing teams to formulate first-ever global connectivity strategy, leading to creation of new team. Selected as subject-matter expert on LTE and Wi-Fi technologies.• Identified and vetted 2 potential acquisition targets totaling >$200M.• Built and managed competitive intelligence models comparing Azure gross margins to key competitors.• Created first-ever analysis of Microsoft's cloud return on invested capital relative to competitors; results presented to Board of Directors.

• Manage business intelligence activities, including real-time updates, weekly summaries, and monthly deep-dives for executives targeting wearables, smartphones, and tablet value chains. Insights streamlined product roadmap by 20+%.• Built smartphone, tablet and smartwatch models to score vendors along 8-10 parameters, generating customer priority lists for executives. Smartwatch model is used to advise potential customers (including a top-2 vendor).• Initiated and coordinated first-ever Strat Plan revenue forecast between engineering, business development, and finance, helping prioritize business development activities and increase customer engagements.• Created and automated monthly QMT operations summary for C-level Qualcomm executives, examining $1B+ capital expenditures, customer engagements, and cash flow metrics, cutting reporting time by 80+%.• Introduced site visits at distribution channels as research source when analyst reports were insufficient.• Recruited by and coached three Qualcomm Venture Fest 2011 teams on strategic planning and finance. Two teams placed #1 and #3 respectively out of 20 finalists, resulting in $5+ million in next-stage funding.

San Diego, Ca, Us

• Led creation and presented to senior executives a consolidated financial model through 2025 that became the basis for several corporate decisions, including employee compensation, stock buybacks, dividend policy and licensing negotiations• Fostered new relationships with Treasury department that streamlined information flow to executives by 20%+• Created and strategized messaging of C-level executive presentation to credit rating agencies. Resulted in ratings one notch higher than initial bankers’ expectations, despite deteriorating rating environment.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Received Wall Street Journal “Best on the Street” stock picking award 2007. • Generated average 500bps annual excess return over benchmark from mid-2005 to mid-2008.• Led coverage of 20 companies including Texas Instruments, Broadcom, STMicro, and SanDisk.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Achieved Tier 1 analyst ranking by Piper Jaffray salespeople within first 3 months of joining Piper Jaffray

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

• Ranked 1st among 38 associates by firm’s sales force for overall effectiveness after 2nd full year at firm• Simultaneously maintained 3 macroeconomic and 7 company-specific financial models• Led presentations to 30+ member sales force on 3 company initiations

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

• Streamlined preparation of overall company performance analysis for CFO to be presented to Board of Directors; cut preparation time from 40+ days to 34 days, while increasing content 20%• Reviewed Prospectus and other major documents for accuracy in preparation for C$13 billion demutualization and IPO

New York, Ny, Us

Mba, Finance, Strategic Management

Ba, Economics And Accounting