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Irvine, CA, US

Kuala Lumpur City, Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Developed comprehensive digitalization strategy through extensive research, stakeholder interviews, and competitive benchmarking
• Applied Blue Ocean thinking to identify innovative market opportunities in digital transformation
• Synthesized complex data into actionable recommendations
• Refined presentation skills by delivering high-stakes strategic recommendations to leadership
• Gained international business experience, managing cross-cultural dynamics in a global project

San Jose, California, United States

• Conducted comprehensive market analysis, identifying key trends and growth opportunities that informed strategic decision-making
• Performed in-depth competitor analysis, providing valuable insights that helped shape product development and go-to-market strategies
• Researched and analyzed potential target markets, helping to prioritize expansion efforts based on market size, competition, and growth potential

New York, New York, United States

• Gained extensive experience with financial modeling in Excel (LBOs, recaps, cash flow, DCF, ROE, projections, pro-forma, depreciation, debt, returns, cap tables, sources and uses, etc…)
• Represented firm in private equity deal process on both sponsor deals and institutional deals gaining experience in high finance
• Conducted due diligence for potential deals while participating in all steps of deal process (PE sponsor meetings, term negotiations with BB banks, credit meetings, strategy discussion meetings, credit approval memos.

San Jose, California, United States

• Developed ROI analysis as well as financial optimization plan with valuation models of where firm should be focused on in the healthcare space as well as optimal deal size for the next 1-2 years
• Exploratory work creating benchmark statistics for VC, PE, and IB
• Developed a lean ROI analysis and created recommendations to optimize financial investment
• Presented details to VP of Healthcare Innovation

Pomona, California, United States

• Performed wide range of functions working in financial planning and analysis department displaying flexibility and ability to learn new things
• Gained experience in strategic development by helping implement a new strategy in department
• Created and used financial models in Microsoft Excel utilized by senior management for business planning
• Performed financial analysis of revenues and expenses and created reports for management
• Conducted cash-flow analysis and utilized sales forecasting to determine revenue retention strategies
• Conducted market research on competitor's prices and collaborated with senior management to determine competitive market pricing

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Finance, General, 3.9

Activities and Societies: President's Scholar, Summa Cum Laude Graduate, Gary J. Sbona Honors Program Student Ambassador, Member of the.

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Finance, General, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Exchange Student