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• Senior executive at Series B software company with primary equity investment from Sam Altman and Lachy Groom and seed funding from Y Combinator• Leading finance, legal and operations teams, including developing many of these functions from scratch• Building multiple new business lines from concept to reality, and powering their growth • Overseeing financial planning and budgeting, monthly accounting, financial audit, and tax• Managing all legal work, including transactional, litigation, corporate governance, and HR-related• Partnering with sales and marketing team for high growth strategies and execution• Collaborating with product and engineering teams to create best in class software

• Second-in-command at investment management firm that grew from start-up to over $200 million in assets and successfully launched and exited five funds over twelve years with impressive uncorrelated returns• Led all finance, legal, and operations functions, including building these functions largely from scratch• Conducted substantial financial analyses and evaluated hundreds of potential deals for firm’s investments• Oversaw monthly accounting, yearly audit, internal budgeting, and tax• Directed all legal work, including transactional, litigation, and corporate governance• Ran all other operational matters, including relating to vendors, human resources, and physical location• Managed various teams of accountants, consultants, outside counsel, and operational service providers

• In-house counsel at premier investment bank• Managed the legal relationships between the investment bank and its corporate clients in North America, Asia and Australia• Focused on M&A, corporate finance, restructuring, private equity, and hedge fund transactions

• Attorney at top-tier national law firm• Counseled clients on M&A and corporate finance transactions as well as general corporate matters• Prepared merger, financing, and related agreements, and associated disclosure documents

• Law clerk for federal appellate judge• Assisted judge with opinions, case analysis, and extensive legal research