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Orlando, FL, US

Orlando, Florida, US

Founded and direct a boutique law firm with focused practice areas of business planning, international and domestic transactions, corporate services, tax services, financial recovery and turnaround services, franchising, strategic management consulting, due diligence, and venture capital. The firm also is strategically aligned with other law firms to other.

Tampa, Florida, US

Tampa, Florida, US

Serve on the faculty at the University of South Florida's Center for Entrepreneurship at the USF Muma College of Business, where the Master of Science in Entrepreneurship in Applied Technologies program is ranked 9th in the United States by the Princeton Review. I teach graduate courses in Intellectual Property, Business Planning, The New Space Economy.

Founded and direct all operations for a middle market mergers and acquisitions advisory firm with the following practice areas.Corporate Strategy and Exit Planning: Development of strategic objectives, raising growth capital for middle market companies and start-ups, prepare companies for liquidity events, develop business plans, provide accounting and tax.

Serve as General Counsel for an entity owning and licensing intellectual property, including a portfolio of nanotechnology patents.

Winter Park, FL, US

Founded and directed a business brokerage firm, providing buy-side services to international investors, primarily from South America, including due diligence.

Directed all operations for a start-up full service insurance agency offering property and casualty, liability, business, automobile, life, and health insurance products. Structured and negotiated the company's sale in 2008.

Managed a law firm with partners in Orlando and Boca Raton, Florida, including overseeing all firm-wide operations such as recruiting and hiring new partners and staff, structuring compensation, leases, advertising, and all administrative functions of the firm.Directed the corporate, international and tax practices of the firm, including structuring.

Directed all operations for a start-up title insurance agency including business development, recruiting, oversight, and management of employees, raising seed capital, and managing the financial reporting function.

Directed all legal and financial functions of a start-up steel trading firm with an international supplier and customer base.Oversaw the growth of the company from it's inception to a stable annual revenue base of more than $5M and trading margins of more than double the industry average.Established internal controls and transaction analysis and approval.

Directed the financial and legal affairs for a steel trading firm as part of a turnaround since the firm was in default of a significant amount of debt to steel mills and other suppliers as a result of the bankruptcy of a major customer.Restructured a significant portion of debt with suppliers, including negotiating workouts with steel mills and other.

Directed the financial affairs and the operations for an early stage enterprise that developed an innovative all-natural line of skincare and sunscreen products.Raised over $2 million from private investors, including seed capital and second-stage investments, which fueled a 1,000% growth in revenue and an investment valuation and market capitalization.

London, GB

Provided a variety of valuation and due diligence services to financial institutions, real estate developers, and government agencies in the real estate and financial services industries. Estimated the investment value of an international portfolio of commercial properties for a Swiss bank. Served as lead senior of a consulting project for the U.S..

Performed appraisals single family and multifamily residential real estate. Completed Appraisal Institute or equivalent training courses in Income Capitalization, Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, Appraising Single Family Residential Real Estate, and Appraising Complex Properties. Developed an econometric model to predict housing starts.

Provided a variety of consulting and assurance services to clients primarily in the financial services and real estate industries. Planned and supervised audits of financial institutions, asset managers, hotels, real estate developers, and non-profit organizations. Participated in and led consulting engagements, including operational consulting for hotels.

Juris Doctor

Master Of Science In Entrepreneurship In Applied Technologies

Master Of Accounting, Forensic Accounting

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Science, Accounting

Bachelor Of Science, Finance

Certificate, Ethics Of Artificial Intelligence

Certificate, Oxford Artificial Intelligence Programme

Certificate, Oxford Entrepreneurship: Venture Finance Programme

Certificate, Digital Transformation: From Ai And Iot To Cloud, Blockchain, And Cybersecurity

Certificate In Artificial Intelligence: Implications For Business Strategy, Mit Sloan School Of Management And Mit Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab

Certified Exit Planning Advisor Program - Exit Planning Institute

Certificate, Mergers & Acquisitions

Certificate, Entrepreneurship Development Program

Certificate In Chinese Law

Certificate In Dispute Resolution

Certificate In Mediation

Foreign Direct Investment And Legal Institutions Of The Commonwealth Caribbean