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United States

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

Drive strategic and business development initiatives by overseeing end-to-end finance and operations functions, including team efforts to assess brand, studio, and streaming services partnerships and M&A targets. Establish platform distribution partnerships and build exhibitor relationships to foster business growth. Create and present partner, board, and investor updates, while conducting data-driven ad-hoc analysis with cross-functional teams to enable effective decision making. Support the end-to-end user journey by leading operations and customer service teams.Key accomplishments include:- Generated over $150M equity and debt financing across five funding rounds for the start-up movie ticketing platform; created investor pitch materials and corporate financial models and liaised with stakeholders during diligence. - Successfully negotiated over 120 exhibitor distribution partnerships representing more than 80% of demand-weighted U.S. Box Office, while also spearheading relationship management efforts. - Worked with internal stakeholders to develop and manage brand partnerships across multiple verticals, including telco, financial services, tech, and retail, delivering millions in annual revenue. - Installed the company's initial financial planning and analysis systems; simplified annual budgeting and implemented quarterly resets across seven core teams that enabled continued oversight. - Drove 25% cost savings across operations and customer service teams, optimizing internal and outsourced resources responsible for partner integrations, vendor management, customer support, fraud, and gift cards. - Represented company on panels and presentations at various conferences, including CinemaCon (2019), ShowEast (2016, 2019), CineShow (2018), Columbus Startup Week (2018), TEXPO (2018), and TONE (2017).

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

Supported the development and execution of annual slate strategy and planning process, while carrying out detailed industry analysis and providing recommendations to senior leadership informing overall slate mix and release date timing. Managed a 100+ film financial model portfolio from project conception to theatrical release. Participated in negotiation of talent deals and film festival acquisitions. Examined the initial viability of accepting Bitcoin and other NFTs as payment methods for Lionsgate’s Home Entertainment team.Key highlights:• Directed deal analysis of 10 worldwide output partnership agreements, which maximized production capacity increases ranging from 25% to 40% across various foreign countries.• Led the development of Lionsgate's Motion Picture Group's financial models and greenlighting process, while supervising a collection of titles that grossed more than $1B at the North American box office.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Devised planning model for theatrical group executives to create future year film slates and forecast revenue and net income performance for individual slates and cumulative fiscal years. Analyzed the competitive landscape of short form digital production across distribution platforms and modeled the potential financial opportunity for the studio.Key highlights include:• Catalyzed attainment of set revenue targets in the annual budget process by identifying over $50M in incremental revenue opportunities for Home Media’s international television licensing business.• Developed a senior executive presentation evaluating the emergence of 4K HD consumer electronics technology, detailing the financial impact to the studio and outlining a set of recommendations to take advantage of the opportunity.• Conducted statistical analysis of industry-wide box office performance according to genre and budget and assessed success of internal titles’ greenlight projections compared to actual performance.

Gb

Analyzed business challenges while applying data-forward analysis and delivering recommendations to clients. Managed client interactions through robust project management, often leading multiple work streams in collaboration with internal and external executives.Key highlights:• Developed an integrated loaded cost model for a bulge bracket firm's retail banking group that forecasted approximately $300M in costs at the end of a proposed five-year target state strategy. • Uncovered over $90M in potential savings for the above five-year target state strategy by considering incremental revenue opportunities in collaboration with senior executives.• Proposed future action strategy in the recovery plan of a leading global bank prescribing steps to raise billions in capital and liquidity through M&A, divestitures, and joint venture opportunities in the event of a stress scenario for the Federal Reserve and the OCC. • Modeled financials for a $6.2M client engagement and forecasted budgeting requirements. • Examined the current state technology platform of a top national retail brokerage firm and provided recommendations, prioritizing over 350 enhancement projects that shaped the firm’s future state platform. • Produced documentation defining the development requirements for $4.5M in technology and operations capabilities, supporting a new financial services product.

Amsterdam, Nl

• Created financial analytical models for a commercial bank that recommended approximately $16M in potential annual revenue increases and investigated current state practices, which aligned the group to industry-wide best practices.• Conducted due diligence in obtaining primary dealer status for a top custodian bank’s capital markets group identifying over $10M in potential revenue.• Led a client team in designing technology and operations process flows for an international business expansion and presented the final deliverables to client management.

New York City, New York, Us

• Created and presented materials concerning new business developments• Examined and evaluated potential prospective clients• Produced weekly news reports with pertinent information concerning clients

• Coordinated 65 interns from 65 agencies• Developed database of all interns’ demographic and contact information• Created evaluation tools for two Development Seminars• Assisted in compiling Year-end Business Report for Exxon Mobil• Maintained relationship with Exxon Mobil representatives• Conducted agency site visits and interviews of both interns and supervisors• Planned Intern Social Event

Mba, Strategy, Entertainment

Ba, Economics, Political Science