Dustin Douglas Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

United States

Actively sourcing, conducting due diligence, and pitching deal flow to Investment Committee and Principal Group.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Actively conducting due diligence and acting as point of contact for deal flow

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago:Blend Venture Fellows is a four-month initiative by Chicago:Blend designed to pave the way for underrepresented individuals aspiring to venture into the VC domain. As a part of this fellowship, I'm actively engaging with founders and sourcing startups to present to VCs and investors in the Chicago region.The industry sectors that captivate me the most are:Cleantech: This encompasses climate tech solutions aimed at mitigating environmental challenges, innovations in renewable energy sources, and initiatives driving sustainability.URM Investments: I'm particularly interested in startups led by underrepresented minorities. This includes ventures that not only have URM leadership but also those that tap into and unlock potential markets within URM communities, creating opportunities and bridging gaps.I believe in the transformative power of these sectors and am eager to explore and support ventures that align with these interests.

Leverage emerging technology to cultivate unconventional opportunities. Source and manage the pipeline of inbound leads. Coordinate the development or implementation of budgetary control systems, recordkeeping systems, or other administrative control processes.• Fundraise and built a consortium of 8 investors to purchase leading cryptocurrency mining assets• Direct and coordinate the organization's financial and budget activities to fund operations, maximize investments, and increase efficiency

New York, Ny

Track market developments. Lead innovation in Treasury functions. Identify and track operational key performance indicators. Perform due diligence, develop corporate strategy, and assess new business lines. Lead marketing associates and strategy discussions, including margin and revenue expansion initiatives. Manage prospective clients and negotiate deals. Establish and implement departmental policies, goals, objectives, and procedures.• Source and secure our largest client, approximately 30% of capacity, by acting as lead project manager on facility expansion• Lead primary research on competitors and offerings, assessing competitive yet profitable price for flagship services

Boca Raton

Manage daily firm risk and performance. Monitor developments & opportunities in the fields of technology, business, finance, and economic theory. Oversee operations of the company, including technological developments, regulatory requests, vendor negotiations, and disaster recovery. • Lead macro/hedging discussions during France shootings, 2016 Elections, and Yahoo/ Softbank Spinoff• Oversee the prime broker relationship regulatory requests including compliance and margin inquiries, empowering our traders to invest in larger more complex deals which lead to banner quarterly profits• Negotiate and deploy new trading software to improve functionality, reliability, and lower execution costs by +20%

New York

• Profile potential portfolio managers, leading the initial diligence process by assessing management stability, strategy, and strength of infrastructure• Assess firm-wide and individual portfolio manager risk, providing judgment on any outsized capital risk• Value potential stock investments through the use of financial statement modeling • Lead the daily morning meeting, discussing market trends, individual stock developments, and emerging opportunities• Manage over 20 portfolio managers in prompt and effective execution in times of extreme volatility or any other adverse events

• Streamlined all processes through the use of Excel and VBA coding• Automated futures trade reconciliation report using Excel VBA, consistently reducing a 4-hour task to a 30-minute task• Optimized trade clarity and order accuracy by collaborating with clients including Invesco, Calpers, Fidelity, and the Commodity Sales Group

• Provided two way markets physically and financially for electricity, one of the most volatile asset classes in the world• Developed proprietary research, and an application to capture NYISO prices allowing the preservation of a $1-2mm profit center • Optimized locational spreads in the California ISO, New England ISO, New York ISO, and PJM Markets concurrently• Developed expertise in moving physical power throughout the western coast of the United States

• Analyzed, modeled, and priced exotic notes and other derivative structures to ensure overall competitiveness in Barclays notes, funding levels, and product offerings• Worked with Barclays Investor’s Solution Sales – Equities Latin America, U.S. Market Structure and Commission Management, Prime Services – Client Services, and FX Institutional Sales businesses • Ranked fourth out of 52 in the Barclays FX Spot Trading Contest

• Assessed department hardware and software needs and secure appropriate solution. • Installed and maintained critical systems and databases.• Designed programs to generate needs based departmental reports.

• Collaborated with the accounting staff of subsidiaries to ensure financial reporting accuracy of quarterly and annual filings• Calculated average stock option exercise prices for use in proxy materials.• Created excel-based program providing real time access to company’s standardized foreign exchange rates.• Responsible for updating corporate pension and post-retirement plan reports to assist operating companies in allocating appropriate expense and contribution requirements.

Cohort 10, Venture Capital

Completing(ed) a comprehensive, 16-week educational program covering fundamentals of venture capital, in courses led by industry veterans

Bsba, International Business & Finance

Education record

Activities and Societies: Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), INROADS, Write for Rights.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Judo & PhotographyPhilosophical Approaches to Buddhism, Japanese Language Course, Comparative Art History.