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Sole proprietorship offering strategic consulting services. Advise clients on business growth and operations; objectives and key results (OKR) strategies; legal matters; negotiation positions; stakeholder development; and project financing.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• A boutique legal and business advisory firm, Troca Global Advisors, grew out of various Troca companies involved in the hospitality development and management industries. A strong focus was placed on being general.
• Restructure and streamline business operations.
• Identify development opportunities.
• Negotiate and draft transactional agreements.
• Business capitalization and recapitalization.
• Obtain state and local entitlements.

• Throughout my career, achievement of project objectives very often required a shared commitment from both the public and private sectors, and working for North Andover gave me a critical understanding of the public.
• Replaced outdated planning programs with sustainable, long-term community and economic development strategies.
• Helped Town achieve a "AAA" bond-rating from S&P Global Ratings.
• Developed a comprehensive, 20-year master plan through extensive public input and consensus building to create a contemporary, comprehensive vision and strategy that will define and direct the future growth of North.
• Negotiated a site donation plan for the construction of an $8M, 13,550 sf Senior Community Center.
• Oversaw public efforts to successfully repurpose over 600,000 sf of mill space - bringing over 1,500 jobs, multi-family housing, and rapid expansion at Merrimack College, during which time its enrollment numbers jumped.

• Forming Gateway Strategies, I returned to consulting for C-Suite and other project leaders serving as their point of contact and principal advisor on interesting and complex projects. Work involved setting priorities.
• Led teams of legal, financing, engineering, technical advisors through planning and horizontal construction stages of a $1.5B mixed-use development project involving, 2,850+ residential units; 2M sf commercial space.
• Produced a 30-year, $288M public financing/bonding program to achieve land acquisition/disposition; transportation and utility infrastructure; and environmental restoration and preservation.
• Leveraged $47M+ in capital improvement projects to drive $100M+ expansion and modernization of 1.5 million square feet of commercial, residential and hospital campus space.
• Redefined a $10M+ project made unachievable and unsafe by unexpected field conditions by adapting work procedures and gaining regulatory direction and approval.
• Prevented loss of business/tenancy for 320,000 sf commercial facility.

Weymouth, MA

• While serving as its lead consultant, the Board of Directors of this State-designated authority asked me to step in and lead the corporation through a critical period of transition from a planning agency to a.
• Worked with State officials and Master Developer to define a $450M public/private funding strategy for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of all public infrastructure and municipal services.
• Managed day-to-day operations, staff, and consultants, including teams of legal, financial and technical advisors.
• Drafted and implemented $2.5M+ operating budgeting, including prioritizing drawdown of funds.
• Secured $46M State bond for parkway construction.
• Solved financing and operational constraints created by unanticipated project delays and repositioning by revising authorizing legislation to extend and enhance the corporation’s quasi-municipal powers.

Boston, MA

• A public relations and government affairs firm working with public, private, and non- profit clients, Liberty Square helped broaden my professional career in a larger, more active market area. As the primary lead for a.
• Expanded services to strategically grow a two-person shop into an established communications firm.
• Authored and secured federal and state appropriations and grant funding for variety of clients, including educational institutions, municipalities, financial institutions, and private entities.
• Gained critical approvals from three adjacent host communities allowing for the construction of a shared multi-purpose development.
• Drafted and negotiated firm's professional service contracts, leases, and other legal documents.Prior to joining LSG, I worked as a lead consultant on large-scale redevelopment and site restoration projects; creating.
• Jumpstarted a $500M+ master plan by getting the buy-in and involvement of residents, businesses leaders, elected and government officials, and other stakeholders.

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A.B., History, Political Science

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