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• Leading the growth of the startup equity research department at WestPark Capital. • Developed research coverage plans for three existing analysts. Chose sectors and companies with sectors for coverage.• Designed sales strategies and resource planning models for WestPark Capital Markets.• Providing sector coverage for the cybersecurity industry. Key Names include: Crowdstrike (CRWD), SentinelOne (S), Okta (OKTA), CyberArk (CYBR) Tenable (TENB), Qualys (QLYS).• Leading recruitment of new analysts and planning which sectors to pursue to support capital markets and investment banking.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

San Diego, Us

Managing Director March 2019 – Present• Technology and Health care focused investor relations and strategic advisory firm • Represent private companies in the cannabis sector raising seed and series A rounds of funding. • Provide strategic advice to client companies on product and market expansion, and mergers & acquisitions. • Lead marketing efforts for Berg Capital and engage actively with founders, CEO’s and CFO’s at target companies• Founded Berg Capital’s research product in written and digital formats.• Negotiate deal terms and valuation metrics for our client companies with institutional investors• Key clients include: Axiom Health, Floyd’s of Leadville (FOL), Levadura Biotechnology, Cookies

Oakland, Ca, Us

• Executive leader for California cannabis delivery and product company.• Created all financial reporting and analysis for company without acting CFO. Built systems to operate business from a financial health perspective. Drive large operational changes based on financial analysis and forecasting.• Manage Grassdoor strategic partnership for statewide expansion of Smoakland brands. • Built internal valuation and investor presentation for A round of growth capital for Smoakland. • Manage three core operational departments – Customer Service, Driver Ops and Inventory. • Design processes around recruiting and retention of staff.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer• Responsible for all financing and accounting functions at Lifestyle brand start-up• Responsible for hiring, scheduling, managing staff in all functional areas of the business. • Lead conversion of meditation offerings from physical studio to digital platform.• Managed all aspects financing for the business including banking and lending relationships.

• Small cap and microcap Long/Short equity fund. • Aid in growing firm AUM to $300M from $50M. • Responsible for stock selection and buy/sell timing of portfolio positions. • Analyze public companies and make recommendations for long and short positions. • Lead data gathering and data processes at Lyon Street Capital. • Evaluate data vendors and consulting partners for the fund; measure the effectiveness of services. • Engage with public company management teams and maintain relationships with portfolio companies. • Attend conferences, trade shows and industry events.

Boston, Ma, Us

• Built new solutions and new initiatives for commercial lending group of General Electric. • Identified promising sectors to grow lending assets. • Lead entry into Micro-brewing industry for sales team. • Supported deal teams in preparing proposals for new and existing clients. • Key clients included Lagunitas, Anchor Brewing, Twitter, Diamond Foods.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

• Founded research service start-up offering highly customized data sets, to public equity funds • Hired sales team and built sales plans and strategies. • Expanded product into market research, corporate and Private Equity end markers. • Developed new methods for utilizing Amazon Mechanical Turk to create unique data sets . • Led product management, sales strategy and client negotiations. • Created additional new service called TickerMine (Tickermine was a subscriber service offering proprietary data sets with daily commentary). • Key clients included Fidelity, Vallinor Capital, Hound Capital, Valiant Capital, William Blair, Lyon Street Capital, Google, Plantronics, Palm, Inc.

• Joined start-up investment firm as first research analyst. • Led research coverage for wireless and broader telecommunications sector at Nollenberger Capital. • Helped in recruiting and hiring research team for start-up investment firm. • Developed processes for integrating investment banking, research, trading and High Net Worth operations together. • Key Clients included Standard Pacific, Sterling, Jennison & Associates, Ivory Capital, TCW.

San Francisco, California, Us

• Lead coverage of wireless equipment and wireless handset companies for Wells Fargo. • Drove relationships with industry participants and companies competing in the wireless technology space. • Performed deep industry research to develop expertise and serve as a voice for industry trends. • Helped grow new buyside client markets especially Boston and New York. • Key clients included Columbia, Wellington, Fidelity, RS Investments, Capital Guardian, PIMCO Equity.

Mba, Business

B.S. Business Administration, Finance