Making the world's best education universally available (Nasdaq: DUOL)

· Led the corporate communications process through a successful IPO, advancing the investment community’s understanding of the company’s value proposition; served as a trusted thought leader within the management team and Board of Directors· Developed a comprehensive investor relations program from the ground up, enhancing the company’s reputation and optimizing investors’ understanding of Party City’s opportunities, competitive environment, market strategy, performance and outlook· Established internal processes for managing financial disclosure and earnings announcements, investor tracking and targeting, competitive intelligence and analysis and reporting to the Board of Directors· Served as the company’s primary spokesperson and information conduit between the investment community and executives· Partnered with executive management to identify opportunities to strengthen the company’s brand through effective public relations and financial media exposure

• Originated institutional prime brokerage clients, including hedge funds and financial advisors, demonstrating the material advantages of IB’s electronic brokerage platform, competitive differentiators and the company’s financial strength• Coordinate and attend industry conferences to promote brokerage platform to institutional customers

· Developed and executed the company’s global investor communication strategy following its 2007 IPO· Cultivated relationships with financial analysts, current/prospective shareholders and rating agencies· Led development of presentations for conferences, road shows and rating agencies and scripted CEO speeches for earnings calls· Liaised with finance and accounting teams in the preparation of earnings releases and SEC filings· Developed annual reports, managed proxy process and annual meeting of shareholders· Partnered with the CFO to set up a new brokerage and market-making business in Brazil by i) generating a business plan for the Central Bank and ii) implementing and supervising business activities including accounting and payroll, human resources, contract negotiations and operations

· Directed the Accounting and Financial Analysis research practice servicing a wide range of clients including hedge funds, mutual funds, private equity firms, strategy consultancies and corporations· Supervised a team of research managers, identified new sales opportunities and serviced existing clients· Collaborated with clients to understand their research needs on topics including fundamental equity analysis, technical accountingissues, quantitative investment strategies and corporate sales intelligence· Identified timely topics of interest for seminars and coordinated with industry experts to develop content· Partnered with a large global mutual fund in developing their learning program for new hires; recruiting top academics and professionals to host seminars

• Managed all functions of the Investor Relations Department • Managed the company’s strategic communications by serving as primary spokesperson, interacting daily with shareholders, buy-side and sell-side analysts and prospective retail and institutional investors• Served as public relations consultant to senior management by preparing executives for media conferences, monitoring company and industry news and researching sector trends and competitors’ activities• Reported monthly progress of the investor relations program to the Board of Directors • Responsible for media relations, production of annual report, preparation and filing of all press releases, creating corporate literature, coordinating the annual general meetings of shareholders, and maintaining the corporate website• Planned and attended marketing tours and trade shows and developed corporate presentations• Coordinated and hosted international analyst events, including tours to key operations

• Responsible for all accounting functions, including the preparation of monthly financial statements and budgets for management, the evaluation and implementation of accounting and internal control systems and the supervision of accounting staff• Participated in raising capital for operations• Selected and implemented a new accounting software package, which included analyzing the company’s accounting and reporting needs, interviewing various ERP software companies, and negotiating features and prices • Directly in charge of the annual financial audit, performed a substantial portion of the independent accountants’ procedures

• Responsible for the planning, execution and wrap-up of financial audits of medium to large companies in various industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, gaming, not-for-profit, technology and wholesale• Managed simultaneous assignments, which demanded a high level of organization, and supervised staff throughout the performance of various aspects of the audit• Served as office recruiter in the hiring of prospective accounting staff, and performed on-campus interviews• Contributed time as a seminar instructor at the National Judicial College teaching accounting related topics to judges