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C-Level executive with over twenty five years’ experience in finance, operations, strategy, and M&A at companies ranging from Fortune 500 (Disney, Netflix) to independent production companies (New Regency Production and Illumination Entertainment). Creative deal-maker and strong financial and business leader equally comfortable in tech focused, direct-to consumer businesses, traditional studios, or entrepreneurial companies. Recognized for problem-solving and bottom-line orientation and as a trusted delegate for the CEO. Key areas of expertise include:Deal Making - Identified, structured, negotiated and closed complex transactions such as the Illumination-Nintendo agreement for Super Mario Bros. Secured financing and executed an MBO of Groundswell leading to improved outcomes for the company and financial backers. At New Regency, executed first of its kind global licensing deal for the majority of the company's library with Amazon Prime Video leading to substantially increased revenues.Leading change - Led a significant financial turnaround effort while COO at New Regency. Managed a $500M credit facility and multiple capital restructuring rounds, including early repayment. Along with CEO, revamped senior management team and established new and essential creative relationships, while also managing the company’s film financing and distribution efforts, leading to 5 Oscar-winning films from highly profitable films. At Netflix, established and ran greenlight process, leading to better, more informed decision making, then adopted across other divisions. Oversaw the reorg of Illumination’s Paris animation studio, allowing the company to maintain its creative focus with rational economics.Finance and Ops - Ran strategy, FP&A and Production Finance for Netflix Films, while the group was producing more than 2x the output of any other studio. Managed and oversaw finance, biz and legal affairs, HR, marketing and distribution for New Regency, Illumination and Groundswell. Strengths: negotiations; business development; identifying, structuring & completing deals; operations; finance; strategy; executive leadership; analysis; collaboration

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  Stanford University

  Economics