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San Francisco Bay Area

Lead operations for this institutional investment advisory and consulting firm. Clients include corporations, municipalities, and utilities. Decision Analytics prides itself on delivering creative solutions customized to the clients’ particular goals.Investment advisory services include investment strategy, focused on risk-management and tight controls; portfolio design; manager selection and full cycle investment accounting.Financial consulting services include asset valuation for illiquid securities, requests for proposal for financial services, custom investment database and reporting systems, and litigation support.Led the product development teams that secured two US patents for business processes.

San Jose, Ca

Directed global treasury operations for this multinational semiconductor equipment manufacturer during a period of explosive growth from $150 million to $750 million in revenue. Established the $450 million strategic reserves portfolio whose consistent returns led stock analysts to add portfolio income to their earnings forecasts. Negotiated purchases and leases of hundreds of thousands of square feet of office and manufacturing space in Silicon Valley and greater Tokyo. Financed R&D facilities construction using a collateralized synthetic lease that delivered positive carry. Eliminated a $5 million annual deficit from cargo losses by overhauling packaging, shipping and cargo insurance. Managed banking relations, secondary offerings, stock purchase and option plans, and the 401(k) plan.

San Francisco, Ca

Led treasury operations for this start-up cellular phone operator bringing cell phone service to small metropolitan and rural areas. Secured $100 million bank and vendor financing for building out the cellular network. (A private equity fund acquired General Cellular in 1991.)

Palo Alto, Ca

Led global treasury operations for this vision care and biomedical manufacturer and two affiliated public companies. Negotiated $350 million bank standstill agreement. Secured $40 million bridge financing.

Palo Alto, Ca

Directed treasury operations for Europe and Asia. Managed IPO filing for short-term public debt offering for a $300 million acquisition and then negotiated long-term syndicated bank financing to replace the short-term debt.

Santa Clara, Ca

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance

Master’S Degree, Economics

Bachelor’S Degree, Economics