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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chief of Staff for Illinois State Senator Javier Loera Cervantes. Responsibilities include:• Manage day-to-day operations and financials of the district office, building out the district staff by recruiting and hiring employees within budget limits • Advocated for and distributed +$10MM to local businesses and nonprofits across the 1st Senate District• Lead district outreach strategy, fostering and maintaining strong working relationships with local stakeholders• Communicate and market the Senator’s legislative priorities in the district, keeping the Senator’s community engagement and legislative priorities on track, proposing innovative legislative ideas for bill/law introduction

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Manage the John W. Rogers, Jr. Internship Program in Finance, a program focused on preparing students from underrepresented backgrounds for internships in the endowment and foundation (E&F) industry, placing 50+ students directly into the industry, growing the program by 32% placements YoY• Introduced innovative initiatives to the program such as professional training bootcamps, quarterly executive speaker series, treks to NYC and SF, and a student ambassador program • Successfully met goal of 100% placements for all undergraduate grades, leading advising for students interested in finance with industry resources and interview preparation• Helped raised +$150k in corporate sponsorship for flagship events such as ‘Night on Wall Street’, ‘Diversity Summit’, and ‘Taking the Next Step’

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Limited Partner and finance team member supporting the office of the CFO in a high-growth Healthcare IT/FinTech/EduTech SaaS company backed by Thoma Bravo and Madison Dearborn Partners, doubling ARR, improving EBITDA margins, and maintaining a healthy balance sheet• Responsibilities included Board reporting, budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, M&A, commissions, cash management, procurement, strategic planning, and system upgrades and rollouts• Special projects included:- Planning and execution of a double carve out with two transition services agreements- Standing up new company systems, reporting, and processes- Transitioning to GAAP ASC 606- Acquisition integration (TBS, Retikal, Connected Analytics)- Financial modeling for building new products and Fiserv (NASDAQ: FISV) and Ellucian partnershipsPreviously part of Kaufman Hall, in June 2020 Syntellis was created by combining Kaufman Hall’s Software Division with Change Healthcare's Connected Analytics business (NASDAQ: CHNG); Syntellis was acquired by Roper Technologies (NASDAQ: ROP) in August 2023 for $1.4B

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

Mexico City Area, Mexico

• Direct report to GE Mexico's Chief Financial Officer & Managing Director of Commercial & Project Finance• Successfully met quota of $500MM+ for the country by structuring tailor-made customer financing solutions across different verticals such as wind (energy), healthcare, and lighting • Aided in winning GE Wind’s largest wind turbine contract in the country in an open auction market, securing $300MM in net new revenue for the business• Worked hand-in-hand with the Mexican government to retrofit and update 20+ hospitals with the latest GE Healthcare equipment, securing $80MM in net new revenue for the business • Supported business development efforts by preparing 10+ economic models and 20+ presentations to be used in meetings with customers, investors, and GE executives

Greater New York City Area

Completed a two-year corporate finance leadership and training rotational program comprising of four rotations performed in different GE businesses and four tutorial semesters of corporate finance & valuation, strategy, controllership, and leadership. GE Transportation HQ (Bubble Assignment) | Chicago, IllinoisGE Global Growth Organization - Latin America HQ (4th Rotation) | São Paulo, BrazilGE Capital - Energy Financial Services - Global Markets (3rd Rotation) | Stamford, Connecticut GE Corporate Audit Staff – Corporate HQ (2nd Rotation) | Fairfield, ConnecticutGE Ventures – Licensing (1st Rotation) | Albany, New York

Greater New York City Area

Completed two 3-month internships under the Corporate FMP Internship program, successfully securing a full-time position.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Public Policy Analysis

Bachelor’S Of Science, Corporate Innovation & Entrepreneurship