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Hermosa Beach, CA, US

Manage operating and financial models for a range of SaaS clients, advise on financial matters, KPI metrics, oversee accounting close, assist with fundraising initiatives and develop tailored operational strategies to drive financial performance.

Hermosa Beach, California, United States

Managed Quickbooks, P&L, insurance, tax matters, and oversaw staff and performer payroll for a Los Angeles based Silent Disco company with the intent to scale and franchise to other cities.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Spun a 60-person division out of CBS and stood up the company as an independent Social Enterprise start-up with a $10M annual expense budget. Spearheaded fundraising efforts and led all finance and operational aspects. Managed operations, taxation, compliance, and HR matters for the small UK-based Givewith LTD subsidiary. Givewith® is a Digiday.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Directed the management of a $20M annual expense budget. Led finance, accounting, and back-office functions for a division of CBS Corporation. Played a pivotal role in driving expansion plans and sales growth, resulting in a peak revenue of $160M in 2017 and generating over $40 million in funding for national nonprofit programs in the three-year.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Part of the senior team that scaled and grew EcoMedia within 5 years from a 6 employee, $7M division of CBS to 60+ individuals with over $160M in annual revenuesSuccessfully guided the division through internal and external audits

Expanded public-private partnerships with Fortune 500 companies, municipalities, and nonprofits using EcoMedia's innovative business model to harness the power of advertising and channel it into tangible, positive social change… and to offer our clients the unique opportunity to get more for their advertising dollars. This model partners advertisers with.

Analyzed and recalibrated the valuation used in CBS’ 2010 acquisition of EcoMedia, assisted in renegotiations to benefit investors with a greater earnout percentage and additional timeline

San Francisco Bay Area

Helped scale the program at WISE through curriculum development and educating underserved women in the Bay Area through a suite of financial literacy courses and trainings, then disbursing micro loans to graduates to help fund the start up and initial operations of their small business.

San Francisco Bay Area

Sparkseed incubates the leading undergraduate social business leaders of tomorrow by providing pro-bono services ranging from branding to strategic planning.

Collaborated across teams on performance analytics for the BlackRock $3T portfolio of business. Managed a variety of RFPs, projects, and process improvements, elevating StateStreet’s service model and reducing key performance indicator (KPI) violations

Coded in Visual Basic (VBA) to automate diverse Excel-based reporting, mitigating error, risk, and reducing FTE hours

Fund Accounting - Responsible for booking, confirmation, and settlement of all trade activities received from the investment manager

Mba, Finance

Activities and Societies: Fellow of the Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab // Dean’s List // Marshall Student Ambassador // Vice-President.

B.S., Managerial Economics

Activities and Societies: Co-Chair of the Business and Finance Commission - Associated Students Union UC Davis // Academic Peer Adviser //.