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Austin, Texas, US

Los Angeles, CA, US

-Founded a combat sports equipment and apparel brand with my brother, inspired from our lifelong training journey in fight sports.-Bootstrapped the business for the first year before securing seed capital from a top VC and respected angels in the consumer space.-Built a lean and mean team across Los Angeles and Chicago to develop premium training products.

-Led a team of twelve across multiple functions (accounting, FP&A, HR, inventory planning, wholesale, operations, customer service, and legal). A focus on team development and accountability facilitated five manager+ promotions in 2019.-Drove long-term and annual planning process, which informed company resourcing decisions.-Oversaw domestic and.

-Led internal fundraising efforts from preparation phase (financial model, data room, pitch decks) through execution (pitch meetings, due diligence, contract negotiation, deal close). Our process culminated in being acquired by the Movado Group for $100M plus $100M earnout in October 2018, allowing for a great exit for our founders/employees as well as.

Chicago, IL, US

-Led FP&A, accounting, and finance operations functions for a retail start-up that scaled 25x since joining the team in November 2011.-Oversaw a team of 12 and reported directly to the co-founder/COO.-Emphasized team members' individual development and career progression, resulting in six promotions and four role rotations within Trunk Club finance and.

Chicago, IL, US

-Partnered with CFO and external counsel to complete due diligence process, merger agreement execution, and transaction closing for Nordstrom Inc.’s $350M purchase of Trunk Club in August 2014.-Managed the integration of Trunk Club as a separate business unit into Nordstrom’s accounting, FP&A, treasury, and tax processes, which involved execution on a 50%.

Chicago, IL, US

-Joined as third finance employee and fourteenth corporate employee following Series A venture capital funding.-Established formal accounting department as replacement for third-party solution. Created monthly close process and related financial and operational controls.-Developed financial statement framework, converted financials from cash basis to.

Chicago, Illinois, US

-Prepared public financial filings for a global online travel company.-Partnered with various groups (including accounting, consolidations, financial planning, treasury, legal, and tax) to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.-Collaborated with business unit accounting teams to understand segment results.-Consolidated variance analysis for total.

Worldwide, OO

Worldwide, OO

-Major clients included two publicly traded metal distributors, a publicly traded pharmaceutical company, a privately held electronics manufacturer, and an airline terminal operator.-Performed year-end financial statement audits and quarterly reviews.

Worldwide, OO

Bba, Accountancy

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