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Providing strategic consulting services primarily for financial services and technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) situations and related areas with respect to:● Turnaround strategies and operational/debt restructuring, particularly for situations impacted by disruption occurring as a result of creative destruction, Cloud services and the sharing economy. ● Business and digital transformation, machine learning and AI opportunities, strategic innovation and outsourced project management services.

Passion project leveraging the dramatic technology and business process disruption occurring in the music industry to create a specialty purpose music label to develop new ways to entertain, educate, inspire and unify Americans in structured, meaningful and actionable ways. ● Conceived, created and built the company’s core property, the nationally known musical act, Madison Rising (America’s most patriotic rock band) which has an especially strong following in the military and veteran communities. The band has performed at over 300 events including NFL half-time shows, NASCAR, Sturgis and other major venues, and opened for rock legends Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Steppenwolf, Kansas, Weezer, Godsmack, Toby Keith and others.● Strategically defined the brand, mission and message as well as all elements of the marketing, promotional and distribution strategies in order to completely circumvent the traditional music industry.● Utilized agile project management methods and sprints to reduce development time over multiple processes (including auditions, training, writing, recording, production, videos, marketing and distribution) from years to months.● Produced three albums and best-selling rock rendition of the Star Spangled Banner (over 8 million views on YouTube) that has sold nearly 200,000 copies, reaching #1 on the Amazon rock charts. Nearly 2 million minutes of our music is streamed each year.● Transitioned day-to-day operations to professional management company in 2016.

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Provided restructuring advisory services for distressed situations. ● Developed detailed financial and operational projections, business strategy, 13-week cash flows, liquidation analyses, asset sales, valuations, and the development and negotiation of plans of reorganization.

Launched 1st generation mobile software service which was acquired by Yahoo! for integration into their next-generation mobile offering. Capitalized on the disruption occurring in the mobile communications space as a result of the widespread adoption of 3G Standards to create a new wireless communications technology that expanded the capabilities of social networking services to real-world situations. ● Led and managed the development of a Java/J2ME based system, integrating cellular, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi technology (US Patent Number 7,545,784) that I had invented and architected.

Silicon-Valley startup developing integrated optical technology to provide dramatic improvements in speed, cost and power to next-generation telecom networks. ● Defined and implemented all elements of company strategy including business plan, budgets, financial projections and partnerships. Secured over $5.0 million in financing and NRE revenue. ● Managed all day-to-day operations. Hired and managed over twenty employees including PhD physicists and senior CAD software developers. Led project management as well as the development of relationships with customers and strategic partners including Stanford University and Nortel Networks.● Negotiated and completed the sale of the company’s core technology to a major semiconductor equipment manufacturer despite a dramatic meltdown in the telecommunications industry.

NYC-based investment bank providing strategic, turnaround and financial advisory services to companies in the technology and consumer electronics industries.● Identified potential clients. Negotiated nearly two-dozen engagements. Was responsible for the execution and direct oversight of all aspects of these situations. ● Advised numerous companies on strategy, business plans, private placements, reorganizations, performance enhancement, operations, financial modeling, valuations and industry analyses. ● Lead witness for FBI in San Diego Federal fraud case involving over $30 million and nearly 100 investors; this testimony was key to the indictment, conviction and sentencing of the principals.

Corporate Restructuring and Reorganization group representing various classes of debtors, creditors and equity holders in advisory assignments involving financially distressed situations:● Worked with troubled companies, investors, directors and management to identify and repair operational and balance sheet problems and develop reliable operating forecasts. ● Performed in-depth financial valuations using multiple methodologies in order to create sustainable capital structures, issue new securities, sell assets and maximize recoveries to creditors. ● Negotiated on behalf of various committees to achieve workable solutions among several opposing parties. Developed and proposed Plans of Reorganization under Chapter 11 Bankruptcy code.● Assisted in restructuring nearly $1 billion in bank loans, bonds, payables and other liabilities as well as mergers, acquisitions and recapitalizations for several companies including CCM, Harrah’s Jazz, G. Heilman Brewing and others.

Montreal, Qc, Ca

Performed extensive analysis of distressed securities and preparation of actionable buy-side research on situations including United Airlines, Western Union and others. Developed complex financial models.

Design of guidance control system for the Cassini mission to Saturn. Analyzed electronic parts reliability and quality assurance issues for spacecraft subsystems.

Post Graduate Degree, Machine Learning And Artificial Intelligence

Mba, Finance

Bs, Electrical Engineering