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Metairie, Louisiana, Us

• Spearhead growth of Maritime Partners, increasing fleet size from 1 towboat to more than 1,850 vessels • Manage construction across shipyards, promoting fleet growth and ensuring our assets are conforming to industry regulations• Provide both short and long-term operating leases within the inland maritime transportation sector to existing barge operators • Secure debt and equity financing through private placement offerings (PPM), non-traditional debt providers, and various other sources of capital

Lake Oswego, Or, Us

• Originated $100M in new opportunities in the coastal Jones Act sector and increased maritime backlog by 13% during the first six months of employment • Developed new business opportunities through new and existing oil & gas terminal owners/operators, traders, pipeline shippers, and midstream companies • Formulated business plans and strategies for targeted growth and profitability improvement • Identified and managed risks relating to the contracts and shipyard projects

Mandeville, Louisiana, Us

• Devised methods for calculating day rates, barrel pricing, IRR sensitivities and fleet values • Analyzed multi-business segment P&L, traffic patterns, turn-times and company valuations, fuel burn, miles made and ton miles • Built financial and operational models to better predict business outcomes • Performed offshore & inland market analysis while interacting with commodity traders, buy/sell side analysts, portfolio managers, hedge funds/private equity firms and investment bankers • Cultivated key relationships with industry participants such as Goldman Sachs (J-Aron), Crowley, Marathon Petroleum, P66, Trafigura, among others in the oil & gas sector

San Francisco, Ca, Us

• 2008 Beijing China Olympic Games• Team USA Olympic Team member• US Sailing Team, Star Class

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Hs, High School

Bachelor'S Degree, Bachelor Of Science Business Administration