Served as Adjunct Professor of Finance and Strategy, and Instructional Assistant for 100+ MBA courses in Strategy, Finance, and Public Policy.• Taught Finance, Financial Decision Making, and Strategy online MBA courses. Topics include strategy, financial markets and regulatory systems, financial and cost accounting, financial ratio analysis, financial statement forecasting, capital budgeting, capital structure, investment planning, innovation in the financial industry, and applied business finance.• Supervised Assistant Instructor.• Re-designed course to create interactive, e-learning experience.• Supervised students on real-world consulting projects. Advised on designing models, developing work plans, selecting analysis techniques, and presenting results.• Received 2022 Outstanding Online MBA Faculty Award• Received 2024 Outstanding Master in Management Faculty Award

Identified, sourced, and screened startup investments featured by investors Daymond John (The Shark Tank Group) and Buck Jordan (Wavemaker Labs – Next-gen innovation venture capital fund) to a 100K+ community of equity crowdfunding investors. A+E is the recipient of the 2022 Equity Crowdfunding Financial Publisher of the Year Award. • Conducted investment due diligence on 100+ startups raising capital via Reg. CF/A+ through founder interviews, market research, business valuation, strategic and financial statement analysis, and financial modeling.• Served as liaison among startup founders, Editorial Team, Legal Department, and celebrity investors’ teams.• Networked with SEC registered investment portals to establish a robust deal flow pipeline.• Evaluated status of equity crowdfunding and venture capital industry as Advisory Board subject matter expert.

Provided strategic advice and support for product development and financial market/public policy analysis. Key projects:• Co-authored flagship report comparing business regulations across 10 U.S. cities, commissioned by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Wrote technical appendix to explain methodology to stakeholders. Developed multidimensional scoring system based on World Bank methodology to evaluate and rank ease of starting a business and efficiency of local regulations. Identified weaknesses in cities’ procedures, pointing to areas where reform is needed for competitiveness.• Co-developed concept for regulatory risk evaluation tool to assess impact of U.S. legislation on U.S. economy. Performed data analysis to map 100+ products and to segment 70+ competitors, resulting in market gap identification. Assisted Managing Partner in devising project plan, risks, and priorities for product implementation stage. Collaborated with IT team to develop project documentation.

Represented an importer of Italian fine wines in USA, developed strategic initiatives, and coordinated daily operations with Italian headquarters. Managed start-up development in DC, MD, VA and TN. • Collaborated with owner to develop an effective strategy to maintain revenue, customer acquisition and profitability during a challenging economic climate. Increased sales by 80% in one year.• Implemented aggressive marketing strategy (designed market positioning, identified market and growth opportunities).• Supervised sales representative and developed strong business relationships with key clients.• Developed strategic partnership with local distributor Suprex International (improved operating procedures and collaborated to monitor inventory’s status reducing discrepancies by 10%).• Developed business plan to expand the business on the East coast and acquire 2 new investors.

Reported to the general manager of North Italy distributor of Man Trucks. • Collaborated with sales team to understand customer requirements, advised on technical sales support, and designed technical and industry specific solutions increasing selling margin up to 5%.• Negotiated final contract terms with providers reducing cost of equipments supply by 5%.• Provided technical sales support to the start up of 2 new branches. • Trained and coached a sales department’s team member to achieve sales objectives.