Meredith Jones Email & Phone Number

United States

Mountain View, WY, US

• Responsible for assessing, forecasting, budgeting, planning and building a multi-year go-to-market strategy with full P&L responsibility to quickly establish an early-stage startup able to operate and scale effectively
• Developed, grew and managed a team of 65 director and mid-senior level employees, spanning sales, marketing, finance and technology enabling the organization to raise capital ($8.5M in the first three months) and.
• Served as senior business advisor across the C-suite
• Led corporate strategy and development, evaluating acquisition targets and building strategic partnerships

Seattle, WA, US

Principal Cloud Economist/ Advised CFOs and senior business stakeholders on weighing the benefits, risks and costs associated with leveraging cloud technology to drive business outcomes. Developed the AWS Business Value program and Cloud Value Framework, co-sponsored AWS's M&A Advise program, launched re:Invent CFO Forum, grew revenue by over $1 billion.

Worldwide, OO

Global M&A Leader: Led high-profile M&A and divestitures primarily in the technology and financial services sectors, with deals in $20B-$100B range. Led deal execution, contract negotiation, integration/separation planning, legal entity restructuring, finance and technology functions, data center consolidation/separation and business transformation.

Amsterdam, NL

Mclean, VA, US

Led digital transformation and development of finance software to meet changing accounting and regulatory requirements for banking and financial services clients. Developed and communicated business/functional requirements and business process mapping for SFAS 140/SFAS 156, LOCOM and SFAS 91 Amortization processes affecting a client’s $2B loan portfolio..

Mclean, VA, US

Responsible for the month-end/quarter-end Investments and Capital Markets accounting close of the $700 billion Retained Portfolio, consisting of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and other fixed-income instruments and derivatives, for the following decentralized accounting units: SFAS115 Mark-to-Market, SFAS91 Amortization, and EITF 99-20 Impairments..

Fairfax, VA, US

Led a team of consultants responsible for a large IT transformation that improved accounting, reporting, regulatory compliance and economic/financial analysis of Freddie Mac’s $700 billion mortgage-and asset-backed portfolios. Led testing of specific business and functional requirements, including the reconciliation of Unpaid Principal Balances (UPB) of.

Reported to CFO and Executive Vice President with responsibility for overall operating margin, budgeting, planning/forecasting, procurement. contract management and vendor management. Performed earned value analysis, budget and profitability analyses, cost estimates, sales analyses, and financial forecastsWrote and negotiated large contracts and proposals.

Ph.D., Economics

Bachelor Of Science, Finance, Information Technology