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Norwalk, CT, US

Norwalk, CT, US

EMCOR Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500 leader in mechanical and electrical construction services, industrial and energy infrastructure and building services.

Rosh-Haayin, IL

New York based consulting firm specializing in helping public and privately held companies create and maximize value by building and strengthening relationships with major institutional investors, retail & high-net worth investors and leading analysts worldwide. Provide strategic counsel to executives and senior management teams, including assisting in.

New York, New York, US

HC2 Holdings, Inc. is a publicly traded (NYSE:HCHC) diversified holding company, which seeks opportunities to acquire and grow businesses that can generate long-term sustainable free cash flow and attractive returns in order to maximize value for all stakeholders. HC2 has a diverse array of operating subsidiaries across seven reportable segments, including.

RCS Capital Corporation (NYSE: RCAP) is a full-service investment firm expressly focused on the individual retail investor. With operating subsidiaries including retail advice services, wholesale distribution, investment banking, capital markets, investment research, investment management and crowdfunding, RCAP’s business is designed to capitalize.

• New York based consulting firm specializing in helping public and privately held companies create and maximize value by building and strengthening relationships with major institutional investors, retail & high-net.
• Provided business development, strategic advisory services and marketing support for a New York based software company that provides groupware, project tracking and document management services to the commercial real.
• Provided investor relations and strategic advisory services, including capital raising, M&A and contract negotiation support to a leading provider of on-demand media and entertainment content.
• Provided business development and strategic advisory services for a ~$3M equity capital raise and profit participation initiative for a New York based music publishing company owned by a prominent and well-respected.
• Provided business development and strategic advisory services for the development of a 2,500-acre residential home, condominium and Wyndham hotel development in Nicaragua.
• Provided business development, strategic advisory services, capital raising and marketing support for newly founded, New York based talent acquisition firm specializing in senior-level IT staffing. Helped secure $5M.

New York, NY, US

• During one of the worst financial crises on record, counseled senior management and partnered with CEO and CFO in raising over $8B of new capital and restructuring ~$4B of unsecured debt. Brought to the executive team.
• Integrally involved in all capital raising and restructuring initiatives including ~$15B in secured and unsecured debt, convertible debt, trust preferreds and equity.
• I turned a passive investor relations function, lacking integration with marketing or business planning, into a valued business partner throughout the company by increasing communication with the financial community.
• Served as sole spokesperson for the business with analysts, investors and the media, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Barron’s, Newsweek and a number of national, international and regional.
• Led 9-person team in repositioning and strengthening the corporate brand across multiple domestic and international markets.
• Guarded company reputation through commercial real estate market meltdown, providing strategic counsel for executive management on capital initiatives, acquisitions, branding and crisis management.

• Corvis represented an opportunity to build a corporate investor relations and corporate communications organization from the ground up in a fast-moving start-up company that operated within an industry characterized by.
• Designing, organizing and launching the investor relations program in advance of its record-setting public offering (over $1B raised) on July 28, 2000.
• Succeeded in clearly and succinctly conveying to investors, press, media and industry analysts the benefits of Corvis' advanced and complex fiber optical networking technologies over that of peer competitors.
• Identified and developed solid relationships with Corvis' key sell-side (20+) and buy-side (100+) investor constituents.
• Served as the primary point of contact with the investment community and financial media.
• Spearheaded crisis response teams in countering misinformation within the investment, press, media and industry analyst communities.

• Started as Investor Relations manager supporting the individual and retail shareholder-marketing program. Within six months, promoted to Senior Investor Relations manager. One year later promoted to Investor Relations.
• Developed and implemented Lucent Technologies’ individual and retail shareholder marketing program. This program helped increase individual ownership of Lucent stock by 9% in 18-month period. As a result, the program.
• Negotiated an unprecedented level of performance and protection for Lucent in the $75M contract with the securities transfer agent. Terms of the agreement established the highest quality standards for the securities.
• Expanded individual stock ownership of Lucent Technologies stock in the European Community by developing and implementing a highly successful and industry-first European Retail Marketing Program. Several blue-chip.

Developed and implemented business, product and market finance plans for a $60M business. Structured customer pricing proposals and presented competitive information profit margin analysis, alternative deals and financial implications of alternatives to sales management. Provided financial reporting and counsel to Sales Vice President and Management staff.

As a direct report to AT&T’s Chief Economist, developed a functional international business planning and assumptions model and document. This model provided the AT&T financial organization with a consistent source of economic forecasts to assist in planning annual budgets, developing business plans, analyzing business cases, developing proposals and.

Managed financial planning for two major, international strategic business initiatives. In the first case, led financial contract negotiations and structured financials for a deal to create a joint development venture between AT&T and Sharp Corporation of Japan. This joint venture was formed to develop the next generation consumer videophone technology. In.

Responsible for line of business income statement modeling and analysis, reporting monthly results, developing business cases and providing pricing analysis.

Major components of job included managing all bookclose activities, including actual versus budget analysis and conducting voucher audits.

Managed collection, completion and reporting of monthly revenue results

Ba, Economics

Undergraduate Studies