Private equity real estate fund focused on the value-add acquisition and development of commercial real estate throughout California. Specialize in the off-market sourcing, acquisition, and repositioning of under-utilized, vacant, or blighted properties and returning them to beneficial community use in creating jobs, affordable housing, and neighborhood amenities.

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Manage highly quantitative fraud strategy and operations organization with responsibility for company-wide (international) loss mitigation strategy. This team is tasked with setting and executing underwriting strategies to support growth and profitability objectives. Oversee intensive quantitative analysis to support the growth and profitability objectives of the company. Responsible for several cross functional initiatives which incorporated quantitative analysis, technical integration, vendor onboarding and management, and operational procedure setting and oversightProvide oversight and direction to Elevate's R&D/Data Science office by serving as a liaison between the R&D team and the business. Communicate business needs and objectives to the R&D scientists and deliver R&D results to the business in a way that can be understood and integrated. Educate scientists on the available internal and third party data and constantly seek new and differentiated data sourcesResponsible for all third party data used in underwriting (includes credit bureau, alternative, fraud, verifications, KYC, collections, identity data). Oversight includes data analytics, vendor management, data budget, support of model development process, integration into underwriting process, and acquisition/analysis of new cutting edge data sources

• Management of all business analysis activities to drive revenue acquisition and retention• Perform sophisticated, rigorous analysis on multi-dimensional data sets and translate complex findings into actionable recommendations• Develop frameworks, analysis approach and processes to increase efficiency and accuracy• Deliver clear verbal and written presentations of findings and recommendations to clients and senior management• Conduct advanced quantitative analysis on complex data sets to quantify the ROI of ID Analytics’ fraud and credit products to prospective and current clients. Utilize customer’s data to develop client-specific product positioning materials that illuminate the value propositions of ID Analytics products• Develop and create power point presentations to clearly communicate results and recommendations to prospective clients from the country’s top wireless and financial institutions• Work with the analytics staff to build robust data sets, utilize AWK programming to mine relevant statistics from data sets with up to 30 million records• Manage business analysis staff, project prioritization, and executive communication. Established, tracked, and reported on metrics used to monitor staff efficiency and productivity as well as mid-stage sales pipeline• Received company-wide Outstanding Performer award after only 8 months in the position• Promoted from Senior Analyst to Manager within 15 months of hire date

• Manage staffing model for call center department of 65 employees. Performed statistical analysis of call distribution, duration and variability to optimize staff time and customer service level. Responsible for forecast of daily call volume as well as determination and analysis of relevant metrics. • Responsible for development, performance, and management of 12 direct reports.• Implemented a work flow process that enabled Sales Agents to route work to the appropriate work group, eliminating one “touch” on 1000 pieces of work per day.• Instituted streamlined process to handle quality in the Sales department. Reviewed every exception and provided reporting and analysis on employee performance.

• Developed and consulted on communications workstream for a $700M Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation at a $14 billion global high-tech client.• Drove cross-functional collaboration to create a senior-executive level deliverable known as the "Future Business Vision" which articulates key strategic vision for future growth and operational changes.• Completed statistical analysis of data from company-wide “pulse” survey, and created an action plan based on findings.• Participated in pre-merger due diligence as equity compensation subject matter expert for large acquisition deal, creating retention and equity strategies for retaining target company employees.

• Developed and implemented spending forecast model to manage annual budget of 35 million employee stock options. Worked with Financial Planning Department as well as several Human Resources Vice Presidents and Human Resources EVP to forecast options spending outlook through 2008 Shareholder Meeting.• Primary quantitative analyst supporting strategic human resources. Provided analysis on executive compensation packages, options valuation research including FAS123R compliance, binomial and black-scholes models, and regression analysis on potential attrition indicators. • Quantified compensation retention value of unvested employee stock options, and made recommendations for addressing the weakened retention during stock price declines. Successfully retained key employees by executing recommendations.• Managed equity compensation for 10,000 employees. Executed new-hire grants and semi-annual ongoing-grants, ensuring accuracy and adherence to internal and accounting standards. Created and delivered equity education materials for employees.• Contributed to M&A cross-functional due diligence teams in assessing compensation and equity packages of target employees. Made recommendations for salary, sign-on and retention bonuses, and equity packages which were used in job offers.• Calculated and benchmarked Qualcomm financial metrics against 22 peer companies in order to recommend and justify executive compensation

Managed short term liquidity and provided investment trade support and compliance reports for portfolio of over $8 billion.Ensured bank balances were managed with accuracy, while considering daily cash flow needs and funds availability. Optimized interest income by moving checking-account balances to overnight money market funds.Reconciled and published weekly corporate cash forecast for company Treasurer, CEO, CFO and other top management. Monitored and reported account information on over 100 company-held international bank accounts in various currencies.