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Greater Salt Lake City Area

Responsible for financial analysis and strategic planning. Red Leaf is focused on the production of high-quality oil extracted from oil shale resources, the expansion of its resource portfolio through the acquisition of additional oil shale properties, and the licensing of its oil shale extraction process.

Raleigh, Nc

Responsible for the Daily, Monthly and Quarterly production aspects of Product Control for the High Yield/Investment Grade Trading desks of the Investment Bank. Analyzed and reconciled the daily trading activities of a multi-billion dollar high yield domestic and international bond portfolios. Ensured the complete, accurate and timely reporting of the bank’s High Yield Portfolio Accounts Financials – including Profit & Loss, Balance Sheets and ad hoc financial analysis. Worked closely with trade support, technology, and financial control to ensure timely and accurate reporting in a time sensitive and high-pressure environment. Ensured compliance with all United States GAAP & Sarbanes-Oxley reporting requirements.

Co-founded firm providing senior interim executives for small to medium-sized ($10 to $300 Million) companies as well as private equity portfolio companies. Developed business model based on research of the multi-billion dollar interim executive market in Europe and established foothold in the U.S. market. Primary focus is to provide CEO, CFO, COO, and other senior level executives to companies on a national basis. Built company from the ground up into one of the few interim-only providers in the U.S. · Established key relationships with industry leading peers in the United Kingdom to provide valuable contacts for potential international partnership opportunities. · Recruited nearly 700 senior executives from 42 states so far and growing daily.

Founded boutique management consulting firm to help clients enhance their performance through better decision-making, increased growth, and improved profitability. Also provide asset management services to private clients. Key feature of the practice is the use of state-of-the-art techniques from the disciplines of corporate and behavioral finance, strategic planning, and decision analysis. · Developed economic model for evaluation of key deregulation investments for major Texas electric utility. · Developed business analysis for private firm providing strategic and operational support for Alyeska Pipeline Company. · Developed proprietary model for economic analysis of investment opportunities that included the ability to utilize key risk simulation techniques, e.g. Monte Carlo analysis, risk analysis, and scenario planning.

Recruited to provide expertise and leadership for the anticipated investments in unregulated industries. Ledcentralized group responsible for financial analysis, the development and maintenance of evaluation models,and financial training. Developed a new comprehensive training program to prepare senior management andtheir direct reports for competition and deregulation. Led cross-functional team examining opportunities to expand into the emerging telecommunications business, which led ultimately to the funding and formation of Interpath Communications. · Evaluated acquisition targets in multiple unregulated industries with values up to $300 million. · Initiated, implemented and led the Treasury Department MBA recruiting program at Duke, University of North Carolina, and Wake Forest University including on-campus presentations, interviewing and hiring. · Provided internal consulting services to all business units and subsidiaries.

One of five managers in a matrixed, twenty-four person internal consulting group. Applied state-of-the-arttechniques ranging from option pricing, game theory, and contingent valuation to project evaluations. Ledthe MBA recruiting efforts at Northwestern University, University of Michigan, and the University ofChicago, which included presentations, interviews, and establishing liaisons with key professors. · In charge of financial evaluation and training, economic modeling, decision analysis, and long-range planning for ARCO's largest business unit, Prudhoe Bay, which had production of 1.5 million barrels per day and annual revenues of over $15 billion. · Evaluated merger and acquisition candidates with values exceeding $1 billion; led analysis on capital projects with investments up to $15 billion. · Led effort to estimate and value Alaskan oil and gas reserves under Security and Exchange Commission rules for inclusion in the ARCO annual report. · Redesigned the oil and gas reserve auditing process, reducing annual external auditing costs of $200,000 by over 80%.

Mba, Finance

Bs, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Engineers Club, Loyal Knight of Old Trusty