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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Weehawken, New Jersey, United States

Performed comprehensive industry and company analysis of numerous investment opportunities, and after evaluating 10+ opportunities, selected two businesses to invest in.► Employed personal funds to anchor the Micro VC along with a business associate.► Conducted annual site visits to ensure operations ran smoothly as reported, effectively handled investor relations and collaborated with decision-makers of firms invested in, to evaluate the need to exit from the investment.✔Notable Achievements:► The first investment completed their Series B in March of 2020.► For the second investment, the firm to complete the Series A in Q3 of 2020

Santa Barbara, California

Orchestrated business development strategies that met strategic, financial, customer and employee objectives of global brands such as Lifetime Fitness, Nike Paraguay, Root-2, Chung Dahm Learning, Korean Beauty International, and FlexPharma, by meeting strategic, financial, customer and employee needs.► Introduced, facilitated and finalised deals with entities ranging from foreign governments and professional athletes to foreign/domestic institutions.► Offered oversight to legal document review, international travel and organizing meetings across different time zones.► Identified new clients and consolidated the engagement and scope of work emails.► Spearheaded all contracts and negotiated all of their terms.► Collaborated with clients on the best approaches to deals they pursued.✔Notable Achievements:► Recognised opportunities to open new sales channels to meet customer needs - domestically and internationally.► Created a global consulting, advising and connections firm by leveraging on a proven track record of identifying emerging market and strategic partnership opportunities which morphed out of connecting parties in Korea between 2012 and 2014.► Built an association and executed deals between a publically traded firm in Korea and the contacts in Paraguay.► Successfully negotiated and brokered the sale of a race day mobile app to a prominent fitness brand.► Instrumental in helping two Korean companies enter South American markets, specifically in Paraguay and Argentina.

Santa Barbara, California Area

Engaging with vendors to negotiate on costs. Spearheading cash-flows to ensure overall profitability.► Assisting with the logistical demands of deliveries - inbound and outbound, maintenance schedules, and installs.► Reviewing and amending outstanding sales agreements as needed.✔Notable Achievements:► Chalked-out three growth projections for the company, and drafted an elaborate business plan and a new pitch deck.► Brought down the cost of goods by over 38% and increased per bottle profits by 20% through effective negotiations with new vendors across the US for the Water Bottling Business of the company.► Reorganized the company’s bottling production line to increase per hour production by 100%.► Negotiated with all vendors to secure 15-25% savings and 30-day terms on components of larger, high-priced manufacturing build. This cut down overall costs by 5% and raised profits by 3% for the Whole Home Systems and wellness spas.

Santa Barbara, California Area

Chicago, Illinois, United States

While serving as a Senior Trader, worked within a team of nine members and traded one position on behalf of the firm. Made markets on the S&P 500 European Exercised Options at the Chicago Board Options Exchange.► Empowered the team by building a game plan for the day’s trading.► Provided inputs on daily risk.✔Notable Achievements:► Instrumental in achieving the Q1, Q2, and Q3.► Enabled the head of the group and partners in the firm to understand and acquire resilient leadership and mentoring abilities to help build the morale of the teams and cultivate a culture of high-performance.

Chicago, Il

Based on the successful association between 1999 and 2009, hired to train young risk managers on navigating across high-volatility markets.► Collaborated with young traders/risk managers on building the understanding of immediate, short, and long-term risks of a trading position.► Traded options arbitrage between the traders’ standing in the trading pits and the screen markets.Notable Achievements► Reorganised existing teams into two successful profit drivers.► Successfully navigated the ownership through the restructuring of their existing trading teams.

Chicago, Illinois

Established and maintained a trading firm that took a lean approach to a post-financial crisis trading environment. Met technical and human resource needs and requirements for the smooth running of business operations.► Led all IT Purchases and HR functions. Collaborated with the clearinghouse, traded, and managed risks.► Monitored and identified intraday/overnight risks, enabling the company to make more confident future business decisions. ► Cultivated strong relations with exchanges, clearinghouse, software firms, and brokers to ensure operational efficiency.✔Notable Achievements:► Generated revenue over millions of dollars within three years with utilizing a four-membered team, despite slow trading conditions.► Successfully traded the flash crash of 2011, winning capturing a considerable amount within a few minutes.► Adopted a risk management style covering risks of all 10+ firms and traders under the umbrella of backing-firms.► Generated profits to the tune of millions of dollars within the first month of operations through consistent on the day trading with zero overnight risks.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

London, England, United Kingdom

Bachelor'S Degree, Science With A Major In Finance

Bachelor'S Degree, Science