First Strike Capital is a multi-strategy hedge fund that manages two separate funds.• The flagship fund is a Long/Short Equity Fund that has the primary objective of capital appreciation of investor capital.• The second fund is a Fixed Income Fund that has the primary objective to maximize current income through bond interest payments (coupons) and stock dividends.

• Provide mergers and acquisitions consulting services by advising clients throughout the transaction lifecycle. • Sector/industry expertise across life sciences, advanced manufacturing, transportation, consumer packaged goods, and government & public sector. • Functional expertise across regulatory affairs, supply chain strategy & operations, and contracts separation.

Strategy and Transactions.• Advised clients through buy and integrate, and sell and separate services.

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A): Transaction Advisory Services

• Advised a global industrial goods manufacturer through an ERP transformation across manufacturing and business operations that span 20+ countries. • Led a manufacturing improvement workstream at an aircraft manufacturer that focused on workflow optimization, production planning/scheduling, and performance analytics that improved cost and schedule KPIs.• Advised executive leaders on transformational opportunities that refocus business lines to best provide a strategic supply chain advantage across a diverse range of global customers. Facilitated the development and analysis of growth and divestiture initiatives. Growth initiatives focused on driving down costs, improving efficiencies, expanding into new markets, and increasing revenues. Divestiture initiatives focused on enabling resources to be reallocated to core services and to strategic customer segments. • Led the client engagement to develop a mobile capabilities strategy that maximizes value across supply chain functions. The strategy included mobile technology roadmaps that incorporated supply chain digitalization, network design, mobile application development platform, and mobile device security.

Raytheon: Intelligence, Information and Services• Led supply chain proposal activities and contract negotiations in support of new cybersecurity and special mission sales efforts that cumulatively exceeded $300M.• Forcepoint LLC (formerly Raytheon Cyber Products) - Led post-merger supply chain integration efforts by expanding the supply base and improving financial controls to support commercial sales growth.• Led B2B negotiations with a renewable energy and power generation company, closing a $12M contract at 10% below the cost target.

Post-MBA, Supply Chain Leadership Development Program:Raytheon: Corporate HQ Supply Chain (Washington, DC Metro Area)International Supply Chain Manager• Developed the international supply chain strategy, created enterprise training, and led due diligence assessments on international suppliers to mitigate corporate risks and comply with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.Strategic Commodities Manager • Created an enterprise-wide strategic commodities forecasting model that improved the forecasting accuracy of more than $1B of annual spend.Raytheon: Integrated Defense Systems (Andover, MA)Logistics Manager• Analyzed at-risk customer contracts to provide actionable information that prevented rework, resulting in the on-time sale of $217M of finished goods.• Patriot Missile Program - Increased supply chain velocity over 15% for kitting and manufacturing operations.• Achieved cross-functional alignment across logistics, manufacturing, engineering, union labor and the 3PL to implement lean supply chain practices, reducing material handling requirements.• Led a virtual team to standardize process controls, ensuring compliance to corporate and government standards, improving the operational efficiency of a decentralized warehousing network exceeding $1B of inventory.Raytheon: Missile Systems (Tucson, AZ)Supplier Relationship Manager• AMRAAM Missile Program - Developed strategic B2B relationships for technology sub-assemblies/components, ensuring the schedule, quality, and costs of production material.• Stinger Missile Program – Led B2B negotiations for proprietary information agreements, supplier statements of work, requests for proposals, competitive & sole/single source bid analyses, and strategic source selections.

• Conducted market research on helicopter programs, recommending the strategic approach to executive leadership that shaped business development efforts.• Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles – Provided operations strategy advise to the manufacturer, improving production service levels, fulfillment goals, and customer performance ratings.

• Directed all tactical communications planning, training, operations, execution, sustainment, and equipment maintenance support for nearly 2,500 personnel in support of combat pre-deployment training.• Led team of 45 resources in providing IT and communications capabilities for an organization of 1,000 resources.• Managed $18M of equipment throughout a 33,000 square mile combat zone.• Planned, installed, operated, and sustained the IT architecture in support of combat units while engaged in hostile environments, to include convoy operations, a 24/7 data center, a user help desk, and an operations center.• Awarded by Senior Leadership for sustained professional achievement in direct support of combat operations.