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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

FundLedger is a complete private equity fund accounting and portfolio monitoring solution, using 'assisted intelligence' (machine learning and natural language processing) to streamline and automate funds' accounting, data management, and reporting.

London, Gb

Advised hedge funds, prime brokers, private equity fund managers and asset servicers on defining and implementing target state service offerings, operating models and technology architectures. Sample engagements include:+ Advised a top-tier private equity firm during their implementation of the Investran fund accounting and reporting platform, including the development of the data migration strategy and requirements gathering for the development of significant accounting automations and data interfaces.+ Assisted a global asset servicer with the onboarding of a major hedge fund client. Facilitated efforts to rationalize accounting and operating processes and coordinated and facilitated workshops to prepare for testing and production parallel.+ Advised a top tier Investment Bank’s Prime Brokerage and Securities Lending divisions in assessing their current state infrastructure. Led efforts to prepare the client's Swaps and Sec Lending desks for operating and technology rationalization workshops.+ Advised a large asset servicing institution on their go-to-market private equity, hybrid and real estate fund administration strategy.+ Advised a top-tier private equity firm on their firm-wide current state processes and technologies.

Miami, Florida, Us

Developed fund accounting and reporting automations for the AltaReturn Fund Accounting platform. Designed, developed and implemented waterfall automations, debt interest income accrual calculations, management fee accounting automations, and break period allocations using C# and F#.Customized and implemented the AltaReturn accounting and reporting platform at a number of clients in New York, Boston, and Fort Worth.

Wayne, Pa, Us

Managed implementation engagements of the Investran suite of asset management accounting and reporting software. Sample engagements include:+ Implemented Investran for a large family office manager in the midwest region. Designed and implemented the family office structure, tax reporting and automation, and led the data conversion effort. + Led a team of consultants during the implementation of Investran at a large institutional client in Boston. Managed the effort to customize Investran’s processes to fit the client’s accounting, reporting and automation needs.+ Assisted a large insurance institution's real estate investment group with the implementation of Investran for the management of their real estate portfolio. Customized processes, automation and reporting capabilities to fit the real estate portfolio requirements.+ Assisted a top tier private equity client in Washington D.C. during their implementation of Investran for their real estate and mezzanine investment groups. Analyzed and designed automated accounting solutions for handling waterfall allocations and fund subsequent closes.

Assisted technology firms in New York and Washington D.C. during their systems integration efforts using Vitria and TIBCO enterprise application frameworks. Responsible for analyzing and documenting proposed technology solutions and developing custom workflow and data-integration processes using Java.

Gb

As Senior Assurance Associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers, led teams during annual and quarterly audits of large publicly traded companies in Southeast Florida. Served as team lead during the quarterly and annual audits of large railroad, manufacturing, and government services companies. Led audit teams at clients' headquarters and coordinated audits conducted by supporting offices.

Master Of Science In Computer Science, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science, Mathematics

Bachelor, Accounting, Finance