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New York, New York, United States

Keystone is an innovative strategy, technology, and economics consulting firm dedicated to delivering transformative ideas and cutting-edge solutions to Fortune Global 500 companies, top law firms, and government agencies. Our unique expertise in technology-led strategy, AI-driven digital transformation, product development, healthcare, finance, antitrust.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Performed a network strategy assessment for a global insulin pump manufacturer by incorporating 60+ qualitative and quantitative criteria (labor cost & access, political stability, etc.) across 15+ countries to design.
• Conducted a manufacturing operations diagnostic to assess production efficiency for a biopharma company, identifying $XXM+ of waste reduction and leading to an additional process improvement program across the entire.
• Supported a global biopharma company in developing and deploying an integrated strategic roadmap for their $45B Product Supply and Development business facilitating alignment of cross-functional interdependencies and.
• Spearheaded revenue revitalization efforts for a ~$X.XB Classic and Established Products portfolio of a global pharma company identifying opportunities via strategic divestment and product pricing & go-to-market.
• Overhauled the freight logistics pricing process for a US automotive company generating ~$XXM in annual cost savings
• Restructured the inspection and reconditioning process for a US used car retailer by standardizing steps of the end-to-end repair process and establishing centralized in-house vs. sublet decision rules, uncovering.

• Designed and deployed customer feedback system incorporating cross functional priorities from over a dozen practice areas
• Formed workplan to be used as process roadmap for scalable project expansion; conducted due diligence on future rollout and implementation protocols
• Collected, analyzed, and evaluated feedback from more than 36,000 individuals; presented insights to Finance leadership team and other key stakeholders

New York, United States

• Managed 18 colleagues across 30+ client accounts supervising concurrent workstreams and leading engagement management initiatives for projects generating $7-10M in annual revenues
• Directed transfer pricing negotiations between IRS and client teams for 12+ multinational companies and over $3.2B in tax benefits/effective tax rate impact
• Facilitated 5 policy discussions with stakeholders from IRS and US Treasury leading to revisions to final interpretation of US tax regulations for global financial institutions and multi-billion-dollar industry wide.
• Mentored and advised 10 analysts/senior analysts in their professional development and career goals, coaching 4 to be workstream leads and supporting promotion case for 3 others

Greater New York City Area

• Spearheaded multi-jurisdiction $4M tax litigation due diligence project by facilitating workstream management and directing informational exchange between parties to accelerate analysis and negotiation process for 6.
• Expedited time to finalize Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) by 14 months and contributed to a potential $1.6B tax benefit to client, serving as engagement manager and primary contact between IRS and client team members.
• Initiated transformation and improvement process for EY’s ERP system; collaborated with 7 partners & SAP programmers over 16-months to streamline billing and engagement management process resulting in reduction of.

Greater New York City Area

• Provided advisory services related to due diligence, implementation, operational strategy, planning, documentation, and controversy strategy to clients in the financial services industry with a specialization in.
• Served as a key team member in over a half dozen financial services focused advance pricing agreement negotiations from pre-filing through submission.
• Performed various valuation and benchmarking calculations in analyzing client transfer pricing policies in ensuring arm's length compliance.
• Conducted statistical, regression, and valuation analysis to evaluate and price financial transactions; findings served as key support for reports provided to tax authorities for 50+ financial services organizations
• Oversaw fact finding interviews with C-level representatives to conduct functional analyses of clients’ businesses and markets in which they operate; synthesized results served to corroborate pricing of transactions.

• Evaluated corporate strategy within the local commercial bank
• Collaborated with a team of 4 other analysts to stimulate client base by 10%
• Conducted research to gain insight into customer demographics and areas for improvement
• Devised written proposal for future strategy for improving student client relations

London School Of Economics

• Analyzed industry and market trends as well as investment opportunities
• Presented investment ideas to senior management of multiple investment banks
• Led discussions related to equities in the S&P 500
• Produced reports on various companies such as Phillip Morris and Tesla

London, United Kingdom

• Sorted and cleaned large datasets (on Reuters Eikon and in Microsoft Excel)
• Performed economic and benchmarking analysis to justify transfer pricing policy for clients
• Prepared five client presentations and presented research for more than 30 firms
• Researched economic impacts of new OECD policies
• Produced and presented research and analysis for more than 30 clients

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics, Magna Cum Laude

General Course, Economics, First Class Honors

Activities and Societies: LSE Investment Society, LSE Consultancy Society, LSE Virtual Fund, Mens 1st Basketball Team, LSE Cross.

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