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New Jersey, United States

Worked closely with Chief Transformation Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and management team at prominent hedge fund, the company’s largest shareholder, to execute strategic initiatives to create value and improve margins.- Strategic Initiatives: Project managed tech-enabled transformation to digitize operations and optimize asset utilization, driving cross-functional collaboration and aligning internal and external stakeholders.- Operational Efficiencies: Identified ~$40M in labor cost savings and obtained board approval for a strategic action plan; company has realized $15M in savings to date.- Business Analytics: Led project to define KPIs and build employee productivity tracking tools; initiative transformed labor cost management and has resulted in 10% productivity increase across US locations.- Strategy Design: Secured C-Suite approval for strategic turnaround for struggling online car sales business unit, focusing on product-market fit and scalability. Per unit gross profit has turned positive as a result of initiatives.- Machine Learning: Directed the creation of internal Machine Learning risk score model to make better rental decisions; project has the potential to reduce bad debt by 7%.

Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

CETNI is healthcare provider offering innovative, previously inaccessible treatments to patients with mental illnesses in Medellín, Colombia.

Self-started and managed project to transform how REWS collects and uses data to serve clients (Google’s products).- Opportunity Scope: Conducted +30 interviews with key stakeholders; identified misalignment between business and operating models that made communication reactive and limited org’s ability to serve its clients.- Ideation Facilitation: Facilitated cross-functional ideation session; produced 8 ideas to shift from service-at-scale model to delivering differentiated value, resulting in a more proactive and aligned operational strategy.- Implementation Plan: Structured and initiated execution of implementation plan to collect and analyze client data, create customizable and cost-effective menu of options, and define criteria to evaluate new offerings.

Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

Co-founded a high-protein gelato company, developing a unique brand identity and product that resonated with health-conscious consumers. Marketed and sold the product through social media platforms and secured retail distribution in select stores in Medellín, Colombia.

Antioquia Area, Colombia

Partnered with executive at 10th largest company in Colombia to execute turnaround of real estate business unit.- Strategy & Analytics: Valued $1.2B portfolio of land assets, recommended investment/divestment decisions, evaluated offers and facilitated deal term negotiation, and designed optimal subdivision development strategies.- Business Development: Co-created an innovative deal structure that created non-compete clauses and air rights enabling the company to sell to lower density projects and maximize value.- Change Management: Played key role in transforming real estate unit into company-recognized team by driving data driven culture and cooperative philosophy; revenues increased 200% vs past years.- Deal Execution: Successfully co-negotiated deal terms and prices on +10 land assets divestments worth +$90M.- Project Leadership: Led a four-people cross-functional team project to estimate company’s externalities; presented results to board of directors. Analysis is now an integral part of the company’s filings.- Financial Modeling: Co-created financial model that maximizes land value by defining the optimal combination of land uses; model has been used to value and execute designs for large scale master plans (+4.4k acres).- Demand Forecasting: Estimated Barranquilla’s sustainable long-run demand for housing units; served as the foundation of Grupo Argos’ internal valuation for its 494 acres of residentially-zoned land in the city.- Real Estate Publication: Selected by Grupo Argos to author an urban development and land valuation manual, published to educate equity research analysts and investors to accurately value company’s real estate assets.- Investment/Valuation: Advised management team of a local $1B AUM real estate private equity fund, on investment and divestment decisions as well as portfolio valuation best practices.

Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

- Market Trends/Forecast: Conducted macroeconomic analysis, trend studies, and sectoral analysis to provide corporate executives with relevant inputs needed to guide Grupo Argos’ capital allocation strategy.- Acquisition: Co-formulated an optimal portfolio analysis that served as a key input for Grupo Argos’ $600M acquisition of Odinsa, a Colombian infrastructure concession company.- Statistical Model: Built a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium model for Colombia’s economy, notably the construction sector; model was used to estimate impacts of the 2014 Colombia tax reform.- Currency Forecasting: Co-developed a VAR (Vector Autoregressive) model to predict Colombian exchange rate; predictions made with the model were used by financial planning area to hedge foreign currency exposures.- Value Add/Compensation: Contributed to an Economic Value Added analysis of our portfolio companies, evaluating divestment opportunities and adjusting compensation bonuses for value generation indicators.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Harvard Innovation Labs: Selected Venture Incubation Program Entrepreneur. Section D Gender Equity Ambassador. Selected by faculty.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Economics

Highest GPA (4.87/5.00) among the graduating class. Award: Best thesis.

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

Highest GPA (4.84/5.00) among graduating class. Concentration in Quantitative Economics. Award: Best thesis, with thesis published.