David Brain Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Financial Analyst for Compass by EBM Technologies

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Assisted the Hennepin team on multiple sell-side M&A transactions while gaining experience building pitches, valuation models and other M&A related functions. Ultimately, built out and presented a final pitch presentation at the end of my time during the summer.

Miami, Florida, United States

Researched hedge fund strategies, studied cryptocurrency as a macro asset, and developed a Global Macro view of the market economy Worked with Senior Management to build out a diversified portfolio across the five major asset classesProduced ~1% returns over June and July cumulativelyPrepared for the Series 7 and SIE exams

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Elected to serve as the fraternities social chair and programmer. Also, elected as Vice President serving as 2nd in command to the President.Duties include: planning brotherhood events, date parties and any other event that happens under my term Serve as a role model for the fraternity Serve as a mentor to the next VP

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Elected to serve as the Balanced Man Scholarship Chairman on Sigma Phi Epsilon’s Executive Board
• Organized a finalist banquet for the scholarship award winners while giving away ~two thousand dollars a year
• Interviewed applicants to find the best scholarship candidates

Eden Prairie, Minnesota

• Grew a small-scale lawn business out of my garage into a summer revenue stream of nearly ten thousand dollars per summer
• Work independently with ~10+ clients throughout southwest metro Minneapolis
• Clients provided highly favorable reviews of my work ethic and job quality
• Gained experience communicating with clients through face-to-face interactions

Miami, Florida, United States

• Tasked with providing the source material for the CIO/Founder’s foray into the social media world
• Analyzed multiple hedge fund management and performance practices
• Gained a more robust understanding of the markets and trading concepts ultimately employed it to my P.A, generating ROI of +20%

Bloomington, Minnesota

• Responsible for researching potential clients while being exposed to the CRM system, and gained experience in Microsoft Excel while learning about the companies IT apparatus during my sophomore year of high school

Bachelor'S Degree, Finance, General, Graduated

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, intramural soccer, investing and trading

Education record

Activities and Societies: Soccer TeamGraduated Summa Cum Laude (4.34 GPA) with 31 ACT. - 2 time captain of the men’s soccer team - All.