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Austin, Texas, US

Multicoin Capital is an investment firm focused on crypto assets and blockchain technologies.

Gaston Ventures is a technology-focused financial advisory and investment firm. The firm advises venture and private equity backed companies on equity and debt financing, corporate development and ongoing strategic finance and invests in public and private equity.

• Main Street Hub is building the networked CRM for local merchants and offers an integrated social, web, and email marketing platform. Responsible for the company-wide financial operations of the business, including.
• Oversaw annualized revenue growth of approximately 150% and growth in company employee count from approximately 160 to over 500 during tenure.
• Raised $28 million in debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank, consisting of an $8 million term loan in July 2014 and a $20 million term loan and mezzanine facility in February 2015.
• Scaled finance and accounting team from one to five and began transition to the internal accounting team from outsourced accounting to reduce timing of month-end close.
• Established new company-wide budgeting process and built new financial and operating model.
• Executed 10-for-1 stock split, implemented new 401k plan and internal human resources software, managed capitalization table and board approved employee equity grants and established annual executive bonus compensation.

Austin, Texas, US

• Bazaarvoice provides social commerce solutions to facilitate online word of mouth content, namely consumer generated ratings and reviews, and related advertising and shopper media marketing products. Responsible for.
• Led company-wide FP&A team responsible for budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning. Presented performance to and performed related analyses for the executive team and board of directors.
• Established quarterly and annual public company financial guidance and assisted in preparation of SEC filings.
• Served as sole internal investor relations officer managing all buy-side investor and eight sell-side analyst relationships, addressing one-on-one investor meetings and attending conferences and non-deal roadshows.
• Prepared press releases and call scripts for quarterly financial results conference calls and other corporate matters. Delivered finance portion of a quarterly earnings call following promotion of CFO to CEO.Financing.
• Joined CEO and CFO on investor roadshows for $131 million IPO in February 2012 and $151 million follow-on offering in July 2012 and acted as a lead in Form S-1 and organizational meeting and roadshow presentation.

US

• Tiger Management is a public equity hedge fund, as well as a provider of seed capital to a group of startup hedge funds, and Venesprie Capital was an affiliate of Tiger Management. Responsibilities included researching.
• Investments were focused in the technology, hospitality, consumer retail and alternative energy industries.
• Analyst at Tiger Management assisting in the management of founder, Julian Robertson's, personal long/short public equity portfolio from October 2007 to February 2008.
• Analyst at Venesprie Capital, a long/short public equity hedge fund seeded by Tiger Management, beginning in March 2008. Joined concurrent with launch. In addition to investing activities, also authored compliance and.

Miami Beach, Florida, US

Fox Paine & Company is a private equity firm focused upon management buyouts, public-to-private transactions and growth capital investments. Responsibilities included valuation, due diligence, transaction structuring, negotiation of financing and transaction documentation, portfolio company monitoring and capital raising.

New York, US

Greenhill & Co. is a merchant banking firm focused on mergers and acquisitions advisory, restructuring advisory and private equity investments. Responsibilities included valuation, financial modeling, client presentations and evaluation of investments.