Head of Operations and Finance, I am responsible for establishing relationships with trusted business partners throughout the UK, find and manage property investment deals, and handle all financial transactions for the company. I review an average of 4-5 property deals per month and conduct due diligence on each through researching of the local area, conducting financial analysis on the investment, and determining renovation requirements, as well as coordination with local power team members.Currently managing one House of Multiple Occupation (HMOs), two But to Let (Single family home) and a development investment.Company is a UK based property investment company geared at creating high-quality, clean, and affordable accommodations for our tenants and wealth generating assets for us and our investors.

As head of Finance and Operations, my job is to develop and promote the Wolfpack Academy training program through various platforms such as Podcasts, Facebook, and on-line training platforms. I support business coaching by training individuals in compliance, personnel management and risk mitigation; among other general business management skills. A Singapore-based training company that specialize in helping individuals become financially literate and start, or grow, their business in the pursuit of becoming financially free. We offer training and education programs suitable for all levels of investors and entrepreneurs. Our training focus on different types of investment strategies, best practices, due diligence, as well as risk mitigation. Our primary investment training is focused on international property investing in the UK where we help to liaise and build strategic alliances between our clients and our UK based power team partners.

• Process Improvement: Actively improved the company’s end-to-end recruitment cycle through the restructuring and standardizing of processes and templates. Evaluated the improvements by successfully recruiting and sourcing more than 500 candidates ranging from skilled worker to Chief of Party (top-level manager); most on short notice of 1 month or less. Wrote, reviewed, and updated all company HR related policies and procedures to ensure the information was current and relevant to the changing business structure and long term objectives.• Training: Evaluated job requirements and established a detailed turnover to ensure new local HR hires received quality training and were seamlessly integrated into the Singapore team. Successfully recruited and trained 4 HR Executives and 1 Senior HR Manager; ensuring they were prepared to handling all HR issues associated with working in a multi-cultural work environment with work locations in multiple countries throughout South East Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Helped to evaluate and implement a restructuring plan due to the downsizing of the Singapore office, making it more efficient while reducing overhead and cutting costs.• Negotiation: Took an active lead in the negotiation of contracts, contract renewals, and vendor selections. Negotiating efforts resulted in a cost savings of approximately 15%-20% based on budgeted amounts for contractors and reduced costs or added features (additional log-ins, extra job postings, and upgrades) for recruitment service providers.

Individual Mobilization Augment - Served with a Marine Component Command as part of the Command Post staff supporting Multinational Military Training exercises. Coordinated and consolidated information collections in order to provide the commander with the knowledge he required to make informed and timely decisions. Worked as Deputy G-5 (Assistant Department head for the Regional Plans Department), maintain oversight of the Planning section of a Regional Component Level Command and supported the development of regional level operational plans and orders. Reviewed, Developed, and managed the Marine Corps Emergency Evacuation plan for Okinawa while coordinating with the other US military service components on Okinawa; laying the ground work for the development of a Joint Emergency Evacuation plan.

As part of the Skarbek Singapore team, my main focus was on Personnel and Change Management. As seen in the rest of my profile, I have extensive operational experience and have lead several successful process improvement projects. I am experienced in the full range of HR capabilities and have helped my previous company establish HR departments in multiple countries throughout Africa. With the experience and skills I have acquired throughout my career, along with the various industry expertise brought by the rest of the Skarbek team, we are capable of handling any challenge.

• Leadership: Actively managed the daily running of a 400+ entry-level Marine Training company through the development of long-term strategic training plans, improvements to the personnel tracking system, and evaluations of more than 33 permanently assigned personnel.• Training and Development: Coordinated support from both internal and external vendors to ensure training needs exceeded operational standards and increased proficiency was achieved.• Planning and Strategy Development: Evaluated operational and organizational needs for the design and implementation of various security plans for visiting dignitaries and natural disaster evacuation plans.• Policy Formulation: Rewrote and implemented new policies (liberty policy, check-in procedures, disciplinary procedures, etc), attaining an approximate 31% decrease in processing time of new US Marines to the unit • Project Management: As Lead Green Belt, utilizing 6 Sigma techniques of GEMBA and the DMAIC process, executed a Kaizen project effectively achieving a 50% reduction in time required to administratively separate Marines from US Marine Corps o Voted as one of the top three Lean 6 Sigma projects for the US Marine Corps in 2010

• Training and Development: Rewrote the Program of Instruction for Advisory Training to include scenarios based on real events in order to better prepare new advisers to deal with unique situations encountered when working with foreign militaries. Evaluated and improved team performances through the collection and dissemination of feedback and after-action reports.• Cultural Integration and Leadership: Successfully trained and advised a senior Iraqi Military Officer through the studying and understanding of local culture, history, and language. Designed and executed a cultural training plan; guaranteeing the team’s integration with foreign forces. • Negotiation: Conducted daily negotiations with the Iraqi Army and local officials to ensure Operational Readiness and Mission Capabilities were maintained.

• Training and Development: Planned and coordinated battalion level training events for 1200+ Marines utilizing the craw-walk-run method. Supervised the efficient operation of six major training events, including a 200 mile (320 km) mass movement of 700+ Marines.• Training Needs Analysis: Analyzed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in order to plan, arrange, and supervise training events such as Arabic Language training to ensure the unit was prepared for their deployment in Iraq• Employee Communication: Organized weekly update briefs for the Senior Level Commander, ensuring all information concerning deployment readiness and upcoming training events was effectively communicated throughout the command staff

• Succession Planning: Supervised and managed the restructuring of a 32 man unit by conducting training and performance evaluations in order to ensure vacant positions were filled with the appropriate candidate, qualified backups were designated for all positions, proper training was conducted to address any performance gap issues, and the unit was set up for success• Training and Development: Promoted capacity building within the Platoon through a comprehensive and strategic use of a hands-on training and tactical decisions games; which promoted both team building and professional growth. • External Communication and Cultural Integration: Initiated efforts for enhancing relations with 25+ Iraqi extended families to improve the units’ reputation in operational area. Conducted extensive negotiations with local Sheiks and other prominent local figures to encourage local support of coalition forces and helped to improve security within the region.• Process Improvements: Significantly improved the Anti-Terrorism / Force Protection (ATFP) measures of the forward operating base by enhancing existing structures and standard operating procedures

• Training and Development: Implemented a training and work plan for the 4 Marine Computer Repair section, resulting in completion of base-wide network migration 6 months ahead of schedule and savings of over US$100,000• Process Improvement: Initiated an assembly-line style workshop, resulting in 30%-50% faster turnaround of computers brought in for repair.