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New York, Ny, Us

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Us

Provided strategic and tactical leadership, process structure, and project management as the Corporate Development Lead for a fast-growing, private, fintech company. Worked closely with C-suite and senior management to identify areas for strategic growth through acquisitions or partnerships. Solely responsible for sourcing targets, developing project business rationales, and financial modeling of transactions. Pitched acquisition proposals to executive management and authored BoD investment memoranda. With effective cross-functional leadership, managed LOI negotiations and due diligence processes. In partnership with PMO, managed post-deal integrations to ensure strategic objectives and synergies are met. • Implemented a pro-active Corporate Development practice with a goal of 20% annual, inorganic revenue growth. • Broadened M&A focus beyond market consolidation to include product suite expansion, technology enhancement, and international market presence. Instituted best-practice sourcing, due diligence, and integration processes.

Fetch the Day is dog-speak for carpe diem - better said as barke diem! We are a specialty apparel company that takes the ever-positive canine perspective on life. Our mission is to inspire people to ignore the small stuff, chase big prizes, and seize every day. Utilizing strong business acumen, transformed a unique brand idea into a start-up business. Established the infrastructure for day-to-day operations, including banking, insurance, website, and e-commerce accounts, and supplier relationships.• Developed the business model and go-to-market strategy for this specialty retail, start-up company. • Led product development and sourcing to create an apparel line that leveraged FTD’s unique branding. • Established strategic points of sale to promote a desired branding affect while balancing risk and return.

Arlington, Va, Us

DRS is a leading provider of advanced defense electronics to the U.S. military. The company became a subsidiary of Leonardo Defense, f/k/a Finmeccanica, in October 2008, and moved its headquarters from Parsippany to Washington, D.C., in December 2012. I chose not to relocate.Leveraged research expertise and deep industry knowledge to become integral to the development of DRS's corporate strategy and annual budget. Analyzed business segment inputs and industry trends to develop annual growth strategy and rolling five-year corporate budget, including allocations for strategic investments. Developed, and presented to executive management, business cases supporting corporate development initiatives. Responsible for business case financial and valuation analysis. • Actively analyzed Company’s extensive portfolio of businesses to ensure optimal operating structure and identified strategic growth opportunities, acquisition targets, and divestiture candidates relative to current market trends. Reviewed up to 15 transactions per year; performed full due diligence on 20-25% of those. • Provided cross-functional leadership to due diligence processes. Partnered with executive management in valuation and transaction negotiations. • Developed and managed internal teams responsible for post-transaction integration and reporting. • Responsible for all DRS-related Investor Relations activities in coordination with Finmeccanica.

Arlington, Va, Us

Utilized extensive capital market knowledge, and financial communications and marketing expertise to develop a dynamic investor relations practice that broadened the company’s investor base and increased its sell-side research coverage. Proactively and effectively communicated DRS’s growth strategy to institutional investors and Wall Street analysts. As primary point of contact for the financial community, was responsible for the development of corporate messaging. Integral to the quarterly earnings reporting process: responsible for creating executive presentations, identifying pertinent discussion topics for conference calls, developing question and answer scenarios, and updating IR portion of website. Assisted in developing the earnings press release and conference call script. • Directed executive management through the financial communications strategy for one of the largest, international, public mergers of 2008 ($5.2 billion sale of DRS Technologies to Finmeccanica). Developed and delivered investor presentations for international roadshow that raised $3.2 billion in equity to fund the transaction.• Developed and implemented aggressive institutional investor and sell-side analyst targeting programs that included monthly non-deal roadshows. Analyst targeting program led to new coverage from four firms in less than 18 months. • Increased IR department’s visibility by expanding and improving internal communication products through the development and authoring of daily, weekly, and quarterly reports discussing stock performance, industry valuations, and capital market activity.

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Led the development and marketing of investment theses and research products associated with coverage of small- to medium-cap growth companies in the Homeland Security and Defense industries.

Amsterdam, Nl

Responsible for the U.S. and European regional coverage of the commercial satellite communications industry. Actively marketed to Europe-centric investors based both abroad and in the U.S. Significantly expanded European client base through aggressive marketing campaign. Collaborated with investment banking team to develop and market corporate finance strategies. Led the research team due diligence responsibilities associated with investment banking transactions.

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Responsible for the U.S coverage of the commercial satellite communications industry.Initiated investment banking relationships through the introduction of prospective clients to CEUT. Effectively led the execution of banking pitches to clients. Advised corporate finance clients on equity offerings and M&A transactions. Integral to growing a highly respected research practice that received “Best Up & Comer” in Institutional Investor Magazine’s 2000 buy-side survey.

New York, Ny, Us

Bs, Finance

Rutgers University Center For Management Development, Certificate, Biopharmaceutical Corporate Development