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New York, NY, US

San Diego, CA, US

South Orange, New Jersey, US

New York, NY, US

• Collaborate with the CEO to lead a strategic plan to create and build the leading AI and technology platform for what is now 30,000 recruiters, the world’s largest recruiter network.
• Build public market cap and enterprise value by educating the management team on internal drivers, metrics, and business models
• Encouraged a discipline of focusing on higher-tech, recurring revenue businesses. Focused M&A on tech (AI) oriented firms. Repackaged part of the revenue and services as subscriptions.
• Drove the successful process to list on Nasdaq, designing strategies to meet all financial, legal, and regulatory requirements
• Participated in all aspects of six acquisitions. Vet targets, perform valuation analysis, deal structuring, legal documentation, and post-deal business integration.
• Helped raise $12M in capital to fund future growth and meet Nasdaq listing requirements

• Advising on a successful strategic plan to drive change, build profitability, capital, and asset growth
• Recommended the company find a merger partner to create the most value. Vetted bankers and attracted multiple suitors. Signed a merger letter of intent.
• Rallied to reducing the bank’s cost structure while maintaining growth and protecting the capital base
• Employ realistic budgeting goals and helped maintain compliance with FDIC metrics
• Craft communications in press releases and quarterly filings to accurately convey the company’s financial condition and prospects. Improve investor relations through effective messaging.
• Leverage prior board experience, providing expertise on the audit, nominating, and the newly formed M&A committee

New York, New York, US

• Develop business for this venture stage app disrupting how consumers and businesses embrace charitable giving
• Generate leads for business partnerships to drive adoption. Introduced the company to several direct-to-consumer businesses. One of them established a partnership and saw a 150% increase in campaign results.
• Helped the company raise venture capital
• Advise on the development of KPI’s, the financial business model, and capital raising

Austin, TX, US

• Collaborated on and executed the development of an action plan which shed noncore competencies and delevered the balance sheet, allowing focus on growth in critical, higher-value areas
• Sold the legacy print management business to its main competitor, eliminating all debt and freeing growth capital to invest.
• Refocused the company to position it as a pure-play in healthcare cybersecurity to enhance enterprise value and clarify M&A objectives
• Strengthened company management as a member of the CEO search committee. Coached and advised the new CEO on messaging and positioning the company in the public markets. Cultivated and educated prospective investors.
• Member of the audit, governance, and nominating committees

New York, US

• Led growth initiatives for this innovative digital media and enterprise software security company to broaden revenue and profitability through partnerships and M&A
• Identified a potential acquirer and several prospective merger partners

New York, US

• Led teams in accounting, operations, financial reporting, forecasting, regulatory requirements, and human resources
• Partnered with the CEO, CTO, CMO, and board members to develop strategies for capital allocation, internal growth, and M&A
• Oversaw integration and cost rightsizing post the merger of PeerStream (formerly Snap Interactive) with Paltalk. Tripled the company’s revenues through the business combination and new product launches.
• Initiated value creation opportunities through innovative ideas to repurpose company video technology while broadening the addressable market. Identified a unique use case to use blockchain to deliver secure online.
• Spearheaded investor relations and represented the company collaboratively at all investor conferences

• Developed a game-plan to preserve and raise cash and achieve profitability
• Found a strategic reverse merger partner to increase scale, access better technology, and improve profitability, buying a business almost twice the company’s size
• Enhanced messaging and relationships with existing and prospective investors in collaboration with an external investor relations firm
• Valued member of all Nasdaq-required committees for corporate governance and compliance

• Managed a portfolio of small-cap public securities. Led security selection process, including deep fundamental analysis, portfolio construction, and thorough management and valuation assessment, achieving annualized.
• Maintained strong, collaborative relationships with the C-suite of current and prospective company investments, consulting on growth, capital allocation, and investor relations direction and outreach
• Grew AUM from $25M to $150M, assisting in fund marketing to potential investors, including fund of funds, consultants, and high net worth individuals
• Leveraged findings from research and market analysis targeting individual public companies to create SPV partnerships, including Arctic Cat. In that situation, established a position as one of its largest institutional.

Purchase, New York, US

• Managed institutional accounts and sleeves of small-cap hedge funds for this research-driven asset manager with $6B in AUM
• Served as an invaluable resource for investment ideas and recommendations for firm-managed mutual funds, notably instilling a greater sell discipline. Envisioned, developed, and deployed short-term trading and.

New York, NY, US

• Responsible for a long/short-small-cap portfolio for this multi-strategy investment firm with $1B in invested capital
• Long-term track record of double-digit returns. Founded and managed a long/short-small-cap hedge fund.

B.S., Finance

Mba, Finance, Accounting