Michael D'Auria Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

London, England, GB

Los Angeles, California, US

Los Angeles, California, US

Los Angeles, California, US

New York, NY, US

• Starts and manages outstanding urban charter public schools that close the achievement gap and prepare low-income students to graduate from college.
• Develops regional systems, policies, and structures for growing portfolio of 21 schools serving 6,000 students and employing 600 staff
• Directly oversees ongoing school operations and manages and evaluates school leaders
• Directs regional strategic planning and manages key functions including technology, data analysis, external relationships and development, personnel, finance and procurement, regulations and reporting, assessment.
• Creates and delivers professional development for school leadership and external audiences
• Builds school leadership capacity and facilitates knowledge and information sharing across schools and regions

US

• Co-led a top rated middle school in New York City serving 296 students in 2011-12 (87% free and reduced priced lunch)
• Created and implemented a data analytics program to track academic growth and monitor student achievement for NYC region
• Developed and controlled the school’s $4.4 million budget, oversaw all purchasing and negotiated all contracts with vendors
• Managed school based staff of 33 in addition to supervising custodial staff, office staff, director of special projects, and other support staff
• Organized community outreach campaign that produced 977 applicants for 81 seats for incoming 5th grade class
• Recruited and oriented new hires and performed all HR functions

Boston, MA, US

• Received top performance bonus and promoted to Senior Associate Consultant; managed projects and personnel
• Drove innovation of new print-based media formats and strategies targeted at increasing ad revenue for a large media company
• Performed due diligence for numerous firms while staffed in Bain’s private equity practice; created detailed financial models, launched and analyzed broad based consumer surveys, and executed expert interviews
• Evaluated a twenty billion dollar telecommunications business unit, generated current course revenue and profitability forecasts, and developed specific growth initiatives to improve future performance
• Assisted in the structuring of a merger vision and post-merger integration execution for a major financial services firm, resulting in the creation of a new business unit and over $500 million in market value
• Optimized fertilizer distribution in Malawi for the Clinton Foundation by streamlining the value chain and negotiating with local transporters

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Created a business plan for exporting fresh produce from local commercial scale farms to South Africa and the Middle East
• Teamed with agriculturalists, entrepreneurs, and state officials to identify high potential crops and develop an enterprise financial model
• Determined market demand while forging relationships with key executives at South African produce purchasing companies
• Partnered with 7,500 small-scale coconut farmers to market previously discarded husk and shell portion of coconuts for biofuel

Cambridge, MA, US

• Assisted in developing energy storage devices alternative to conventional battery power via carbon nanotubes
• Designed, managed, and executed experiments to grow and test carbon nanotube energy storage devices

Newark, NJ, US

• Analyzed market potential of nano-scale self-assembling ordered structures in nano-etching processes
• Designed /engineered prototype device for an etching mask; devised a “go-to-market” strategy for the new technology
• Developed a patentable process to efficiently create a grayscale photomask for use in photolithography
• Expedited the R & D process that led to the production of a new technology twelve months ahead of schedule

• Assisted in development of program curriculum and camp structure; negotiated press coverage with media outlets
• Instructed athletic administrators, media representatives and athletes on cultural integration and basketball strategies

Bs, Materials Science And Engineering

Certificate In Business Excellence, Senior Leaders Program, Executive Education Programs In Social Enterprise