Ankush Gupta Email & Phone Number

Madrid, Es

Head of US SoftwareBuilding Global Technology and Software Investment Banking platform at Santander7th largest bank globally making a big push to build full service investment bank in US and globally - $80bn market cap; $2 trillion balance sheet; $10bn+ net operating income

New York, Ny, Us

- 19 years of experience in the technology industry on US west coast across Investment Banking (Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Raise), Software Engineering and Product Management- Significant experience in cross-border M&A transactions across 14 geographies (US, Japan, UK, Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, China, Brazil, S Korea, Australia and India). Represented companies in each of these geographies in M&A sell-side / buy-side transactions

St. Petersburg, Florida, Us

General Experience:• Led efforts to develop pitch books that included industry analysis, strategic alternatives, positioning and extensive financial & valuation analysis • Built financial models, forecasting models, liquidation waterfall models• Performed valuation analysis utilizing DCF, LBO models, Merger Consequences Analysis (Accretion/Dilution) and Relative valuation• Drafted commitment committee / internal memos analyzing financials, projections, business and strategy• Developed sector and industry research in support of idea generation to pitch clients’ senior management• Interfaced directly with client C-level executives on live transactions and marketing efforts• Managed junior professionals / analysts while executing multiple live transactionsDeal Experience:• Buy-side: Advised SingTel in its $321 million acquisition of Amobee – built financial model, prepared valuation analysis, management presentations and provided complete due diligence support• Sell-side: Advised Aicent on its ~$165 million acquisition by TA Associates - refined financial model, prepared valuation analysis including LBO model, board presentations, deal analysis, liquidation waterfall model, due diligence support• Sell-side: Advised QuickPlay Media, cloud based video services company, in its ~$100 million+ acq. by Madison Dearborn• IPO: Contributed to Infloblox and Palo Alto Networks IPO and SEC filings• Strategic Advisory: Advised a large mobile operator in its entry into the mobile payments space, drafted business plan, built financial model, explored acquisition targets

• One of 30 students selected to actively manage ~$2 million portfolio • Pitched technology stocks to investment committee – Fund subsequently invested in 4 ideas• Managed 4 stocks actively - prepared quarterly research reports, financial models to present recommendations to investment committee• Drafted research reports that included sector trends, financial and valuation analysis

- Worked with various companies in Software Engineer and Product Lead roles- Multitenant enterprise applications programming based on J2EE, Struts framework- Designed and Built web applications- Built and Implemented Shopping cart, order management inventory management applications- Led engineering teams on end-to-end ecommerce website development from front end to back end and everything in between- Proficient in SQL, Java, Struts framework and other web server technologies

Executive Leadership Program, Business

Mba, Strategy, Finance & Global Economics

Be, Electrical Engineering

Research, Electrical And Electronics Engineering Dept