Investment in single and multi-family properties. Acquire, renovate and rent-out real estate properties.

• Strategic leadership for the company - Prepare strategic plan and 3–year budget for the company, including the financial model to plan for the capital and funding needs.• Providing leadership to the financial and accounting team at the company.• Managing relationships with investors, creditors, shareholders and other constituencies.• Leading discussions with banks and potential outside investors.

Founding Board Member at "California Collegiate", a Charter school in Los Angeles

• Head of the Financial Institutions Group in Los Angeles responsible for business development and coverage of financial services companies.• Coverage universe included financial services companies in the following sectors: - Depositories: Large / mid / small cap banks & thrifts, community banks, Asian-American banks. - Specialty Finance: Aircraft leasing, mortgage, consumer / commercial lending companies. - Insurance Companies: Title insurance, P&C / disability insurance companies. - Asset Management Companies• Provided strategic and financial advisory services to the “C-level” management of the client companies.• Experienced in various products, including buy- and sell-side M&A, recapitalizations, equity and equity-linked products (IPOs, secondary offerings, convertible securities, hybrid securities, preferred stock), and fixed income securities (investment grade / high-yield). - Advised clients on transactions worth over $75 billion for acquisitions / sales / divestitures over a 12 year period. - Worked with investors, both institutional and high net worth, to help raise private and public capital for client companies.• Conducted strategic and financial review of businesses / business lines and presented recommendation to management and Board of Directors to help in the formulation of a successful business strategy for shareholders.

• Executed and originated corporate finance and M&A projects in the Financial Institutions Group. - Coverage of financial services companies, including Depositories (banks), Specialty Finance companies (mortgage companies and consumer / commercial lending companies), Insurance companies, Business Services companies, financial software /services, and Asset Managers.• Managed the execution of transactions in both middle market and global large cap segments. - Performed and led due diligence efforts, negotiated key terms and definitive agreements, created valuation models, coordinated efforts of the banking team.• Select managerial / administrative responsibilities: Staffing coordinator for the analysts and associates; Captain of UCLA recruiting team, Mentor for junior bankers.

• Developed software for computer simulation of fluid dynamics and heat transfer processes.• Originated, marketed, and successfully completed consulting projects for automotive, aerospace, chemical, semiconductor, and biotechnology companies (consulting projects completed worth more than $5mm).• Managed support function for the computational fluid dynamics software.

• Developed finite element computer software for application primarily in the automotive industry.• Designed automotive parts using computational finite element software.

• Conducted research sponsored by the U.S. Navy ($2mm grant) in the area of computational fluid dynamics.