Michael Birnbach Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

Los Angeles, CA

Culver City, CA, US

I lead the Finance and Accounting functions for the XPRIZE Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that designs and hosts global competitions to solve the world’s greatest challenges. The XPRIZE mission is to bring about "radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity" through incentivized competition.

Culver City, CA, US

• Reporting to the CEO and the Board.
• Key member of the executive leadership team, partnering with C-level peers to develop all aspects of the foundations strategy and organizational development.
• Lead all finance functions, internal team, and consultants, including FP&A, forecasting, business intelligence, banking and investment relationships, accounting, donor relations, audit, and corporate and tax filings.
• Streamlined and automated processes and systems foundation-wide for budgeting, expense reporting, accounts payable, purchase orders, purchase requests, accounts receivable, KPIs, and data visualizations.

• The Common Crawl Foundation is a California 501(c)(3) registered non-profit founded with the goal of democratizing access to web information by producing and maintaining an open repository of web crawl data that is.
• Manage all foundation finances, non-profit registry, and tax filings.
• Negotiate and execute all foundation agreements.

• Successfully represent owners' interests on a broad range of projects from custom estates to commercial buildings in Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, and San Francisco.
• Source, vet, and liaise with architects, designers, inspectors, engineers, consultants, and construction companies on renovations, design-build, and ongoing estate maintenance.
• Broker residential and commercial real estate deals in Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, and San Francisco.
• Review, negotiate, and approve bids/proposals, contracts, change orders, and invoices for accuracy, serve as signatory on proposals, bank accounts, and contracts, and provide oversight of work being conducted.
• Lead legal, insurance, accounting, finance, and payments on all projects.
• Collaborate with city officials, expediters, designers, architects, bankers, lawyers, brokers, and consultants on all aspects of projects, including design, furniture and material selection, construction and renovation.

• Supervise estate-wide organization, budgets, purchasing, payments, and maintenance.
• Setup and manage private corporate entities, including insurance, accounting, and corporate and tax filings.
• Source, manage, and collaborate with designers, architects, contractors, engineers, bankers, lawyers, accountants, brokers, and consultants on all aspects of family office needs and projects.
• Act as Trustee on investment accounts and manage banking, accounting, and audits for private entities and family foundation.
• Source and broker residential real estate deals in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills for multiple family members.
• Responsible for legal, insurance, accounting, finance, and payments on all projects and ongoing estate maintenance.

Austin, TX, US

• Responsible for building and implementing the finance and accounting function to scale the company.
• Led all finance functions, including FP&A, forecasting, business intelligence, banking and financing relationships, accounting, audit, and corporate and tax filings.
• Responsible for oversight over company-wide budgets and policy development.

New York, NY, US

• Factual merged with Foursquare April 2020
• Responsible for building and implementing Foursquare's overall internal operational strategy for post-merger integration.
• Led cross-functional initiatives across the organization to help streamline and create processes to help drive Foursquare's operational excellence and accelerate its growth.
• Responsible for all business operations with oversight over company-wide budgets and policy development.
• Led and managed international operations.
• Key member of the team that led the integration of the companies post-merger.

Los Angeles, California (Southern), US

• Factual merged with Foursquare April 2020
• Led a successful merger and integration.
• Instrumental in growing the company from pre-revenue to high revenue growth, and from 25 to over 200 employees globally.
• Key member of the executive leadership team, partnering with C-level peers to develop all aspects of the business and organizational development.
• Led and developed a team of 20 people across FP&A, accounting, legal, people operations, recruiting, HR, business intelligence, sales ops, and privacy.
• Led all finance functions including FP&A, forecasting, business intelligence, banking and financing relationships, accounting, investor relations, equity plans, audit, and corporate and tax filings.

• The P&F Group managed private investments and real estate portfolios in the Western United States.Specialties:Private investment, Commercial and Residential Real Estate Development, Real Estate Consulting and valuation.
• Created the organization, strategy, and infrastructure for a real estate development and investment company.
• Identified growth opportunities, arranged financing, negotiated and purchased several properties in California and Arizona for land and building development and successfully sold them for a profit.
• Planned and successfully managed profitable construction projects in California from start to final sale.
• Managed a portfolio of developed and undeveloped residential and commercial properties in California and Arizona.
• Developed and implemented the company’s expansion strategy into new markets in Arizona and Texas.

New York, NY, US

• Designed portfolios and managed assets of high net worth individuals and Fortune 500 companies that outperformed their benchmarks. Calculated theoretical analysis and monthly asset valuations for portfolio performance.
• Analyzed and researched financial balance sheets and income statements to provide a framework for tailored financial plans. Advised CEOs, CFOs, and accountants on investment strategies, cash management, and risk.
• Specialized in 401K set up and administration, financing, non-profit foundations, endowments, aircraft and art lending, private equity, estate planning, alternative investments, credit risk, and corporate stock option.
• Doubled group’s asset base in first six months to $150 million, cross-selling new services and growing assets.

New York, NY, US

Private Wealth Management

The McElwaine/Hayes Company - film and television production company with Guy McElwaine, writer Terry Hayes, and Brandon Tartikoff

Los Angeles, California, US

Worked with Guy McElwaine, Vice Chairman, and Mort Viner

Dallas, TX, US

Commercial Real Estate - Office Specialty