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Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Continued to oversee Fareportal's Merchant credit card activities working remotely.• Fareportal management requested that I step in as interim controller for a few months. I assisted in the transition to a permanent controller.

Greater New York City Area

Fareportal is a travel technology company powering a next generation travel concierge service with annual sales of $4.5B+ year across global online and offline channels. Utilizing its innovative technology and company owned and operated global contact centers, Fareportal provides customers access to over 450 airlines, 1 million hotels, and hundreds of car rental companies around the globe, selling over 10mm airline tickets annually. With a portfolio of consumer travel brands including CheapOair and OneTravel, Fareportal enables consumers to book online, on mobile apps for iOS and Android, by phone, or live chat.I re-architected the company's merchant credit card processing operations, re-negotiated most agreements, contracted with a new global processing company, and led the successful implementation of multiple alternative payment providers for both merchant credit and installment loans. • Worked on departmental budgets, forecasts and monthly management financial updates.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• I worked closely with the CEO of RISE and outside legal counsel to compile due diligence information, provide insight on contract negotiations, and legal documentation for this successful merger. Surf Air is a membership based all-you-can-fly airline founded in 2012 to fly mostly 9-seater scheduled service flights. In June 2017 Surf Air announced its acquisition of Texas-based air travel provider RISE, expanding its service across both Texas and California and increasing its member count to over 5,000. • Created a business plan, legal structure and cashflow projections to establish a B to C distribution channel on behalf of an all-inclusive Caribbean based luxury resort travel company with multiple locations and over 1,500 rooms and villas.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

After transitioning the teams I managed at CheapCaribbean, I was hired by Apple Leisure Group “ALG” (CheapCaribbean's parent corporation) and Travel Impressions’ “TI” management team to build enhanced financial reporting tools for the TI division. I reviewed and analyzed all existing management reporting, utilizing Excel, Crystal Reports and Tech 7 software applications, and worked with the ALG Business Intelligence team to build reporting capabilities in Qlikview. I created a comprehensive dashboard and instituted weekly business reviews with ALG and TI management.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Initially brought in to create a strategic event, I built a revenue management team, a financial, planning and analysis team, developed a 5 year forecast model, oversaw the capital and expense budgeting process and made regular financial disclosures to the Board.I acted as company point person, assisting a Board member, for transaction negotiations that led to a successful sale to a Bain Capital controlled vertically integrated travel company within 6 months of my start date. I managed the financial model upon which the transaction was based, set up and administered the Sharepoint dataroom and, in conjunction with the Chief Accounting Officer, managed all aspects of the due diligence process. Post-closing, my team and I developed enhanced reporting for revenue management and financial performance and conducted weekly updates with Bain and corporate management. I took over responsibility for the Web Analytics and Hotel Contracting groups and, with my team, provided integrated reporting on Site Analytics and Marketing Channel spend analysis.CheapCaribbean.com is the number one online U.S. provider of luxury beach vacations to the Caribbean and Mexico. The Apple Leisure Group is one of the largest vacation wholesale companies in the U.S. market.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Sierra Auto Finance: Advised on the establishment and successful capital raise ($50mm equity & $75mm debt) for a sub-prime auto finance company. Prepared presentations and due diligence materials for equity and debt providers. Developed and managed the financial model, incorporating detailed financial scenarios, operational parameters and financial costs.FalconVue Mobile Security: Co-founder of an early stage company developing a next generation wearable video device targeting the police and other first responder markets.

Austin, Texas

Established and managed global proxy voting and class action filing activities for a $200B mutual fund. Responsible for maintaining proxy voting policy and guidelines, analyzing votes for proxy contests, mergers/acquisitions and other significant shareholder issues. Oversaw voting of more than 175,000 ballots at 17,000 meetings in 25 countries, and the annual filing of more than 800 claims in over 100 class actions.

Dallas, Texas

Executed private capital raisings, mergers/acquisitions, and advised on general corporate issues. Provided valuation opinions and expert testimony. Served as Chairman of the Strategic Initiatives Committee; and member of the Audit and Compensation Committees, for a public company that I was given primary responsibility for taking private.

Dallas, Texas

Developed coursework and taught “Structuring Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Hedge Funds”, a 3rd year law course which analyzed the structures under which investment funds raise capital and “Structured Finance” a 3rd year law course which analyzed Residential and Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities, Consumer and Corporate Asset Securitizations, Collateralized Debt Obligations, Project Finance, Master Limited Partnerships and Real Estate Investment Trusts.

Dallas, Texas

Chairman of Strategic Initiatives Committee, member of Audit Committee and Compensation Committee for this public medical R&D company.

Dallas, Texas And St. Louis, Missouri

Completed multiple transactions including a private placement for a refrigerated freezer warehouse company, and sell-side M&A transactions for a fixed wireless equipment company, a telecom service company, and an ATM network.

Dallas, Texas

Established a telecom practice focusing on Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) and Broadband Fixed Wireless. Instituted a marketing program, and assisted in the creation of industry research pieces.

Dallas, Texas

Established an asset securitization finance office in Dallas to market and execute securitization transactions with management responsibility for seven people. Specific areas of focus included technology, telecom, energy, retail, money managers, sports, healthcare and food/agribusiness.

New York, New York

Primary responsibility for marketing and executing innovative structured financings including the first public trade receivable transaction, a Master Trust securitization facility for a large technology company that accessed both the commercial paper and term asset backed market, and an auto lease securitization.

New York, New York

Marketed and arranged structured financings for corporations and financial institutions; including a warehouse financing for a medical equipment lessor, which was refinanced by multiple, privately placed, capital markets transactions.

New York, New York

Founding member of the Consumer Asset Backed Group. Developed rating criteria, negotiated documentation, and obtained internal policy approval for many of the initial public asset backed securitizations including the first credit card, auto loan, auto lease, and manufactured housing transactions.

Austin, Texas Area

Taught two full courses per semester of introductory Micro-Economics, to 30 to 40 undergraduate students per class.

Lafayette, Louisiana Area

Began as a floor hand (chain thrower) promoted to derrick man on an oil rig that primarily serviced and drilled wells in the swamps, bayous and bays off of southern Louisiana.

Jd, Corporate Law

M.A., Economics

Ba, Political Science

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