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New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

• Yurgosky is an expert analytics, strategy and technology development company focused on nonprofit, higher education, and social enterprise clients.
• Managed numerous concurrent, multi-stakeholder projects for non-profit and foundation clients
• Delivered multiple successful Salesforce implementations on projects budgets ranging from $500k+ - $5k
• Directly supervised a team of employees and led project teams with multiple engineers and analysts to deliver end-to-end Salesforce implementations
• Experienced in client discovery, requirements gathering and user stories, used to create frameworks for successful custom Salesforce developments
• Analyzed and recommended strategic changes to management process for non-profits across numerous industries including poverty alleviation, medical research, workforce development and K-12 education

Greater New York City Area

Excel Financial Modeling - Assisted two NYC fashion start-ups secure over $100k in seed funding.

Greater New York City Area

• Unity Development Group (http://unitydevelopmentgroup.com) is an investment and advisory firm committed to improvement of quality of life people through thoughtful economic development. UNITY is concentrated on.
• Engaged funders and investors to raise $90m in EOI’s for international infrastructure projects
• Researched and produced political risk analysis white paper, used as an integral part of fundraising
• Innovated use of benefit corporation structure for drone delivery company in Rwanda

Greater New York City Area

US Foreign Policy - Undergraduate CourseWar, Peace and World Order - Undergraduate CourseAmerican Constitutional Law - Undergraduate Course

Greater New York City Area

• Lead a team of interns in preparation for, and during the 5th UN Biennial Meeting of States (BMS5)
• Wrote, edited and compiled 14 daily reports from BMS5 for IANSA’s global network
• Organized, facilitated and live tweeted side events at BMS5
• Updating and managing the website, including increasing their social media presence

London, United Kingdom

Canaccord Genuity is a global, full-service investment bank, with operations in 12 countries worldwide. The UK Debt Markets team provided funding advisory and origination services for retail and wholesale bonds, as well as debt and derivative advisory services to UK housing associations.As an FCA approved financial adviser, I engaged in treasury and.

London, United Kingdom

Evolution Securities was a leader in investment banking activities for UK small and mid cap companies and institutional investors.Investec acquired the Evolution Group in December 2011.The UK Debt Markets team moved from Evolution Securities to Canaccord Genuity in February 2012.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Publicized ethical investment opportunities.Administered client participation in various investment products.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

The Warehouse is a South African NGO working primarily in township communities to address poverty, injustice and inequality.Specific projects include; teaching micro finance, creation of a food bank and working with high risk youth to reduce gang violence.

London, United Kingdom

A leading hedge fund and private equity consultant.-- Quantitative analysis of funds to be used in conjunction with senior analysts qualitative analysis to provide ratings.

Master'S Degree, International Relations And Affairs

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Economics