• As an in-house financial advisor for The Walt Disney Company, our team oversees the company's capital structure, manages banking and rating agency relationships, provides M&A support, and structures, negotiates, and executes financings in the global financial markets to support strategic initiatives and growth across all of Disney's business segments

• Relational Investors is an activist-focused hedge fund with approximately $7 billion of assets under management in a long-only equities portfolio.• At Relational, I was responsible for fundamental investment analysis, including initial idea generation and screening, detailed financial modeling and valuation, due diligence, and recommendation of buy and sell orders to the fund's Investment Committee.• I supported the fund's Board representation for our portfolio companies within the Technology, Media, and Telecom sectors.

• Assisted with mergers & acquisitions execution, capital raising activities and raid defense across the real estate, healthcare, industrial, and consumer retail sectors• Deal execution responsibilities included assessment of valuation, identifying and acting as a liaison with buyers/investors, managing due diligence processes, preparing marketing materials, reviewing merger agreements/contracts, drafting SEC filings and collaborating on investor relations/media strategy• Advised and educated clients on non-deal related topics including optimal capital structure, refinancing activities, business strategy, share repurchase tactics, dividend policy, uses of excess cash and industry/market trends• Presented analyses to boards of directors and senior management teams; received accelerated promotion to Associate after only two years

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• Summer Analyst within the Fixed Income Research group. The group published credit research on companies across all sectors in distressed, high yield, and investment grade.• Wrote analysis for publications regarding sector developments, trade recommendations, and initiation of coverage.• Extensively modeled credit and liquidity for dozens of companies for which Barclays' analysts provided coverage.

• Conducted research towards writing the Frank-Dodd Act (H.R. 4173).• Prepared analysis and materials for Members of Congress.