Ben Chou Email & Phone Number

Manhattan Beach, Ca, Us

Manhattan Beach, California, Us

op·por·tuneäpərˈt(y)o͞on/ adjective1. (of a time) well-chosen or particularly favorable or appropriate.Opportune Impact Group (“OIG”) provides strategic and tactical corporate development services. OIG’s Principals average over 20 years experience as principals in private equity, management consulting and corporate development of Small to Fortune 500 companies, and founding CEOs of privately funded ventures. We help clients develop strategies in evaluating how to effectively build, buy or Partner and assist with tactical implementation to create high growth companies.• Shareholder in disruptive mattress recycling and waste management venture.• Advised former CEO of Vivendi Universal Net USA on potential market entry into outplacement career services industry• Raised angel financing for a mattress recycling venture founded by an ex-Bain Capital executive.• Raised $X million in equity financing for an opportunistic residential real estate investment fund• Advised two cosmetic surgery practices on operational improvement, including establishment of billing practice, HR, and marketing best practices.

New York, Us

I solve problems by bringing great folks together. No resource is as important as human capital whether building the founding management team of a new venture or selecting the next leader of a multi-billion dollar corporation. Let's work together to make your vision a reality. Representative engagements include:*Identified and placed a $6B+ revenue division CFO from Europe for a Fortune 150 enterprise*Sourced and engaged by a Fortune 500 diversified media enterprise to identify a General Manager/Vice President of an acquired, integrated lead generation and CRM operating division*Sourced and engaged by a disruptive, publicly traded technology enterprise in the Analytics, Big Data, and Cloud space to successfully place a new, world-class board director.RSR Partners does 3 things - retained executive search, board search, and management assessments as well as access into our extensive network of key decision makers as part of our value add. RSR Partners was started by the patriarch of modern executive search, Russell Reynolds II. After selling his name sake firm, Russell started RSR in 1993 to offer the best of all worlds – entrepreneurial spirit and flexibility coupled with approximately 20 seasoned partners who each average 30+ years experience working with the C-Suite, senior partners, and executives with the Fortune 1000, Private Equity and Venture Capital firms as well as top-level Government and non–profit Agencies. We have offices nationwide and abroad with approximately 60 professionals to offer both in-depth local and broad global reach as well as potentially accelerated business development.

Beverly Hills, California, Us

Acquired by Evolve Media in March 2015. Total Beauty is the world's leading beauty product review site - WebMD meets Yelp for beauty products - averaging over 12 million unique monthly visitors. My role is to evaluate and pilot entry into new markets and business development. Serving as an advisor as of November 2014.

Leawood, Ks, Us

The C2FO tech platform is the world's largest collaborative working capital exchange. Our Fortune/Global 1000 clients turn their A/P liabilities into a risk-free, income generating asset averaging 9%+ APR. Simultaneously, over 8,000 of their suppliers are experiencing an alternative to the high cost and constraints of traditional working capital finance such as Banks, Factoring companies, or Supply Chain Finance. A win-win for both parties.My responsibility is to build win-win partnerships with both Fortune/Global 1000 companies and their supplier network. I spearhead our first client engagement in 2013, a Fortune 500 retailer with over $10B+ in annual revenues.

A blog-centric, Gilt/GroupOn-like retailer for high end beauty products meets Consumer Reports-like surgeon background check service meets Hotwire/Priceline-like service for lower pricing, top quality cosmetic surgery services during off peak times meets blog on beauty news, innovations and information. Insights and Insider Deals, Including Products You Love!Become an Insider!• Created co-branding, joint marketing, and test marketing ventures with Allergan (NYSE: AGN), TotalBeauty.com (USVP funded), and FrenchTuesdays.com (Asia, Europe, and US social network).• Creatively engaged former Miss USA/Miss Universe into helping expedite the contractual enrollment and creation of a high quality, PPO-like plastic surgeon network in Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Greater Los Angeles. • Managed $11,000+ monthly marketing spend on search engine optimization, pay per click, and traditional media buys as well as personally led social media strategy and implementation utilizing forums, blogs, Facebook, and Twitter.• Managed 3 direct reports, infrastructure development, and consultants in IT, law, sales, and marketing .• Raised $600,000 in oversubscribed Series A funding in 18 months by cold calling, networking, pitching over 100 investors, resulting in closing funding with 18 high-net worth investors.Name appears either as Ben Chou or P. Ben Chou

Led business development in bringing top tier, Fortune 500 management consultant expertise in strategy, marketing, operations, and financial advisory to private businesses and venture financed start-ups in healthcare, finance, consumer, and business services sectors. We bring together seasoned professionals formerly with McKinsey & Co., BCG, The Hay Group, HP, Neutrogena, Mattel, Merrill Lynch & Co. at affordable rates through our extensive network to enhance business operations and evaluate new market opportunities to increase bottom line results through advisory and interim/hands-on management services. Attempted acquisition led to creation of Beautiful Information/The Surgery Insider. •Led seven engagements, ranging from a nine person ‘angel’ financed healthcare IT services firm, to late stage venture funded enterprise software firms, to 16 year old, 150-person professional services firm. - Advised public Japanese company on divestiture of US assets, including successful sale of a $40 million asset.- Assessed, structured, and assisted implementing organizational structure change to optimize management administration, communication and performance.- Refined overall business strategies and financial projections incl. marketing and sales strategy creation as well as new market entry.- Led, structured, and/or negotiated letters of intent with Visa, AOL, Nova Corp. (NYSE: NOVA), Sage Software (LDNSE: SGE.L).Name appears either as Ben Chou or P. Ben Chou

Chantilly, Virginia, Us

Co-managed Strategic Growth & Development Group on behalf of this $3+ billion annual revenue, global engineering infrastructure firm with approximately 13,000 employees in over 80 international and 40 US offices. Reported directly to President and COO.• Created and presented acquisition financing strategy proposal and valuation proformas for C-level executive committee and operating business units.• Led new ventures business development initiatives. -Identified, structured and executed joint venture and strategic alliances with a VenRock/Viventures-backed technology firm that became a profitable business unit for Parsons Commercial Business Unit; an environmental ASP; and a 3-D laser imaging subsidiary of Leica Camera AG.-Structured $2 million venture capital investment proposal with a 3-D CAD/CAE start-up; a co-marketing and $500,000 venture capital investment proposal in Flexcar, a shared-transportation services company later sold to Zipcar (NASDAQ: ZIP). • Initiated and led Homeland Defense partnership discussions with venture capital firms; participating member of Emerging Technologies Committee.• Developed strategic planning process proposal through the creation of long-term business planning processes and proformas.Name appears either as Ben Chou or P. Ben Chou

Promoted from Associate to Senior Associate at this $550 million North America-focused middle market private equity fund.•Sourced and executed the acquisition of $20 million industrial building portfolio, realized 35%+ internal rate of return; recognized for business development initiative.•Co-led acquisition of a $102 million senior note on a retail real estate portfolio - Restructured over 250 limited partners’ equity positions, restructured existing debt, and brought new entity out of bankruptcy.•Supported closure of 10 private equity investments and debt restructurings totaling over $250 million in aggregate value as well assessed several hundred potential transactions.Name appears either as Ben Chou or P. Ben Chou

New York, Ny, Us

Performed due diligence, financial and market analysis, and prepared various investment memorandums for high yield debt and M&A offerings.Name appears either as Ben Chou or P. Ben Chou

Performed due diligence, financial and market analysis, and prepared various investment memorandums for The Prudential's wholly owned assets totaling in excess of $2 billion.•Supported $2 billion asset management portfolio and business development through weekly reports, valuations, and five divestitures totaling $64 million.Name appears either as Ben Chou or P. Ben Chou

Dallas, Tx, Us

Summer intern and full time employee at this Regional Bell Operating Company.•Managed 14 employees and improved team productivity rank from 15 to 5 within six months.•Negotiated directly with labor union representatives and enforced disciplinary actions.•Reduced division wide costs by $600,000 in annual costs by examining and bidding out/re-negotiating service contracts. •Performed competitive market analysis for General Manager.Name appears either as Ben Chou or P. Ben Chou

Mba, Finance And Organizational Behavior

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Diploma, General Studies