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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 operate seamlessly through critical stages of development in a highly competitive sector• 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 annually, and served as a strategic economic advisor to over 300 successful cloud migrations.

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 initiatives. Served as strategic advisor to CEO, CFO, CIO and Board of Directors. Delivered seamless day 1 and early synergy attainment.

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. Managed reporting for SFAS 91 Amortization, accounting for sales and securitizations, accounting for deferred fees and costs, accounting for mortgage servicing rights (MSRs), LOCOM and regulatory reporting on mortgage loans to ensure compliance with GAAP and other accounting standards and business requirements.Ensured delivery of all contract-required documentation, including project schedule, status reports, final analyses, invoices, issues logs, risk-assessments, and budget requests.Reduced days sales outstanding from 90+ days to 30 days or fewer.

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. Developed and presented reports relating regulations and economic trends to portfolio performance. Increased the scope of financial reporting and analysis with the development of a comprehensive analytics package that included metrics relating to monthly investment accounting operations and analytical reviews of activity, yields, valuations, and overall portfolio trends for presentation to senior management and CFO. Reduced the monthly accounting close period from 26 days to 16 days in support of Freddie Mac’s goal to meet SEC guidelines, receiving Freddie Mac’s Crystal Recognition Award for the accomplishment.Responsible for the $30 billion divestiture of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) mandated by Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO).Implemented internal controls and executed management self-assessment procedures under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) in coordination with relevant control and oversight units.

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 $70B in the Liquidity and Contingency (L&C) portfolio and $670B in the Retained portfolio to the PeopleSoft general ledger for the EAGLE systems implementation. Automated process to extract data from the MBS portfolio sub-ledger system to reduce run time for the monthly Price Shock Analysis from two days to two hours, and to create and test the complex interest accrual process for month-end-reconciliation.

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 for federal government and defense agencies, foreign embassies, hospitals, and commercial accounts.Prioritized budget funds, managed all accounts receivable and managed financing arrangements and decisions. Selected and successfully implemented a new ERP system for supply chain management, human resources, financial reporting and project management.

Ph.D., Economics

Bachelor Of Science, Finance, Information Technology