Providing detailed industry- and company-level analyses got the ball rolling, writing research reports and articles fanned the flames. Before long, the ship had sailed and my appetite for the sports and gaming industries had become insatiable. Mixing metaphors? Just a hobby.The formal story spans more than a decade in finance, plus a couple of years at a top video game company. I have experience in investment banking, equity research, risk management, and anti-money laundering (AML) and KYC. I’ve analyzed deals, valued portfolio companies and identified actionable situations as a member of the Financial Sponsors Group at Goldman Sachs. I once had not one, but TWO Xboxes on my desk. I’ve worked at a boutique investment bank and an internet startup. I’ve planned, managed and reported on projects at Citi, HSBC, Itau Unibanco, PayPal, and Natixis, collaborating with teams across Europe, Asia and Latin America. Every bit as important? My independent work: building models and maintaining databases focused on activity in industries about which I’m most passionate: Sports, Casinos/Gaming, Private Equity. This includes case studies and growing databases of: gaming transactions (M&A and other) and properties (parent company/tribe, machine/table counts, RevPAR/ADR…); private equity in Southern Europe (thus far primarily Spain); and sports-related transactions (team sales, stadium financing/expansion, broadcast deals, revenue sharing, player contracts/transfers). In essence, I've laid the groundwork for a research outfit in my spare time.I’ve written about FC Barcelona on SB Nation’s Barca Blaugranes… and recently began to do so again! Once upon a time - and, once again, in the near future! - I wrote quite a bit about NBA basketball (on www.hardwoodhype.com, and Forum Blue & Gold, ESPN's Truehoop Network's Los Angeles Lakers site, and was featured on Yahoo’s "Ball Don't Lie", SI.com," Truehoop, LATimes.com, and several prominent team-specific sites.
Listed skills include Financial Modeling, Equity Research, Bloomberg, Market Research, and 44 others.