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Coronado, Ca, Us

California

San Francisco, California

Singapore/Hong Kong/Asia Pacific

Pacnet was a privately held telecommunications services company created from the 2007-2008 merger of Asia Netcom (former Asia Global Crossings), C2C (private company owned by SingTel) and Pacific Internet (NASDAQ listed PI). Pacnet employed up to 900 employees across all major Asia countries, and approximately $451 million revenues and $930 million in gross assets in 2014. Restructured outstanding C2C debt ($620M) in 2007. Acted as the interim CEO in 2012. Negotiated the 100% sale of Pacnet to Telstra with a closing completed in April 2015. Areas of responsibility: All financial decisions including financial target setting for business entities, margin objectives, capital investment programs and cash objectives. Pricing and product margins. Network capacity purchases. Accounting and SEC reporting (73 legal entities across 15 countries) including US$ senior secured notes listed on the SGX. Management reporting and analysis. Treasury management and capital markets including all banking relationships. Tax reporting, planning, and strategy. Review capital structure and all alternative sources of financing including equity, debt, and spinoffs. Strategic planning and long-term objective setting with the CEO and board of directors. Internal audit. Investor relations and shareholder management. Mergers and acquisitions. Active P&L management and performance. Daily operations including billing, collections, credit management, vendor negotiations, and customer relationships. Oversee joint ventures in China, India, South Korea and Philippines. Financial Performance Results 2007-2014:Increased revenue from $355M to $451M Improved gross margin from 42% to 55% Increased EBITDA from $9M to $121M Improved EBITDA margin from 3% to 25%Recapitalized the balance sheet and issued $225 million in dividends to shareholdersRaised $300M High Yield Bonds (2010), $350M HY Bonds (2013), $120M-$50M Sr. debt loans, $20M revolving credit

Singapore/Hong Kong/Asia Pacific

All financial decisions including financial target setting for business entities, margin objectives, capital investment programs (~$120M annually) and cash objectives. Pricing and product margins. Network capacity purchases (~$200M annually). Accounting and SEC reporting (73 legal entities across 15 countries) including US$ senior secured notes listed on the SGX. Management reporting and analysis. Treasury management and capital markets including all banking relationships. Tax reporting, planning, and strategy. Review capital structure and all alternative sources of financing including equity, debt, and spinoffs. Strategic planning and long-term objective setting with the CEO and board of directors. Internal audit. Investor relations and shareholder management. Mergers and acquisitions. Active P&L management and performance. Daily operations including billing, collections, credit management, vendor negotiations, and customer relationships. Oversee joint ventures in Australia, China, India, South Korea, Thailand, and Philippines.

Hong Kong/Asia Pacific/Usa

Pihana Pacific was a privately held data center services company incorporated in Delaware with head quarters based in Hong Kong and Hawaii, and operations in seven Asia countries and the USA. Pihana Pacific merged with Equinix (NASDAQ EQIX) in December 2002 creating the largest independent data center operator in the region. Pihana Pacific was Goldman Sachs’ largest private equity technology investment in Asia Pacific. Other shareholders included Morgan Stanley, UBS Capital, and Columbia Capital. The company evolved from a seed capital funded business plan to operating 7 world class data centers focused on Asia Pacific. Pihana Pacific raised $230 million in private equity to fund the data center deployments. Areas of responsibility: Fund raising, strategy development and P&L performance. All financial decisions including financial target setting for business entities, margin objectives, capital investment programs (7 data centers deployed ~$180M) and cash objectives. Pricing and product margins. Accounting and management reporting and analysis. Treasury management and capital markets including all banking relationships. Investor relations and a member of the board of directors. Originated and executed the successful merger of Pihana Pacific, Equinix and iSTT’s data center business.

Singapore

MediaOne Group was a global telecommunications/cable TV operator that was created by US WEST Inc in 1995. MediaOne Group was a public company listed on the NYSE ($62 billion equity value) with head quarters based in Colorado and operations in the USA, Europe, Asia, and South America. MediaOne Group was purchased by AT&T in 1998. Areas of responsibility: Oversee MediaOne Group’s equity interests in Singapore (Singapore Cable Vision), Malaysia (Maxis), Japan (Titus), Australia (Optus Vision), Indonesia (PT Aria West), and India (BPL Cellular). Member of the board of directors of the operating companies and key decision maker for the companies’ financial decisions including financial target setting for business entities, key strategies, margin objectives, capital investment programs, P&L performance and cash objectives. Restructured debt facilities during the Asia financial crisis. Executed the sale of equity interests on behalf of AT&T.

Master Of Science (Ms), Finance

Masters Of Science (Ms), Management