Chad Karnes, Cmt, Mba Email & Phone Number

Absolute Strategies LLC develops objective quant and technically based trading strategies and other investments.

Austin, Texas, Us

IronBridge was founded to serve those with an entrepreneurial spirit: business owners, private equity investors, real estate investors, and those who see past the financial strategies found in today’s mainstream investment advice.www.Ironbridge360.com

ProfitETF.com was a subscriber based newsletter focusing on technical analysis. It was folded into IronBridge Private Wealth in 2017.

Austin, Tx, Us

http://9gauge.com/

Carlsbad, California, Us

Known for creating the highly popular Technical Forecast that provided high quality actionable investment research.

Atlanta, Georgia , Us

-Completed the GA Tech Full Time MBA program Fall 2009 to Spring 2011 with a focus on finance and entrepreneurship.-Captained winning ACG Atlanta Finance Case Competition team-Top 1% Bloomberg BATS finance test score-Georgia Tech Financial Analysis Lab Researcher-Free Cash Profile paper published May 2011 and highlighted in CFO magazine http://cfo.com/article.cfm/14575951?f=search

Leatherhead, Surrey, Gb

-Helped lead financial analysis team in pursuing, analyzing, projecting, and closing nine acquisitions worth over $400MM that included raising $300MM of external debt and equity. Researched over thirty potential acquisitions.-Helped sell company from former private equity owner to current private equity owner in $1.1B deal in Feb. 2007.-Creator of company model that was used for IPO scenario analysis and projections for communication with management, board, and outside investors.-Intricately involved in dual track process started Spring 2008 which included working with outside auditors, bankers, and lawyers in the creation of a Confidential Memorandum, Analyst Presentations, Financial models, and Roadshow Books, resulting in an S-1 filed July 17, 2008 as well as 4 private purchase offers.-Worked with IR Director and CFO in communicating with ratings agencies and other external interests. -Part of 3 person HQ FP&A and Business Develpment team with responsibilities that included acquisition analysis, valuation, due diligence, and integration as well as hq reporting responsibilities such as budgeting, cash flow, legal/HR/IT/marketing functional analysis, and external communications to the board and other potential investors.

Norrköping, Se

Stadium Capital is a $550MM long/short public equities hedge fund located in Bend, Oregon.Long term bottoms up deep value long/short small and midcap investing based on company fundamentals and cash flows. Valuation analysis includes comparables analysis as well as discounted cash flow applying a private equity capital structure bias. Other activities include weekly presentations of investment opportunities, meetings and conversations with company CEO's and CFO's concerning business, financials, and model assumptions, field research such as store visits and conference participation, responsibility of "owning" particular investments that become a part of the portfolio, and weekly portfolio package production, tracking, and distribution. Researched and modeled over 50 small and mid-cap companies spanning most S&P Sectors.

Boston, Ma, Us

https://jobs.gecareers.com/global/en/financial-management-program2 year intense rotational program with monthly classes and exams focused on accounting, controls, operations, and strategy. Analyst Roles focus on diverse financial management exposure. Held positions in Huntsville, AL at GE Fanuc focusing on accounting, planning and budgeting, Atlanta, GA at GE Sensing with a focus on controllership and planning/reporting, Minneapolis, MN at GE Water with a focus on operations, manufacturing, and analysis, and Portland, OR at GE Security in commercial finance, internal audit, and reporting. Ad hoc auditing and integration work on newly acquired businesses was also performed.-Recipient of SICCA award as an intern in 2002 for helping implement division-wide digital "cockpit".-Recipient of management award during 4th rotation for helping team implement new commercial finance reporting structure.-After graduation, took 2 month "bubble" assignment as auditor working with new Canadian acquisition to clean up balance sheet accounts through trial balance account reconciliations.

Mba, Finance & Entrepreneurship

Cmt, Technical Analysis

Bs, Finance

Honors, Honors