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Strategically planned and launched various food outlets with different concepts, expanding markets & businesses, while optimizing costs through a Central operations baseDigitally transformed business operations: purchase, inventory, recipes; optimising manpower & materials Increased sales by 35% by partnering with online aggregators, increasing visibility on digital platformsCreated and managed brands with multiple concepts such as fine dine, casual dine, quick service restaurant as well as ghost kitchens, from ideation to implementation, handling all the verticals including business development, marketing, operations, purchase, human resource, finance, accounts etcExpanded market to 4 new locations by partnering with existing brands to utilize their floor space as well as staff, on a revenue share basis, reducing costs and for both and increasing our points of saleCreated hub and spoke model for optimizing costs and achieving operational efficiencies by creating a Central warehouse as well as operations base, standardizing our product quality and supplying to various in-house brands, minimizing wastage and labor & material costs by 18%Created a supply base of our core products to other market players, reducing their costs and creating a steady revenue stream for our business. 30% of our salary costs were covered via these suppliesImplemented various marketing strategies such as conducting meets with city bloggers, participating in college food festivals, utilizing digital platforms to boost sales, distributing flyers, movie theatre ads etc.Enabled software based recipe management by standardizing the unstructured chef-oriented culinary process and creating intermediate products to reduce SKUs in inventory and automating the accounting of ingredients, thereby reducing wastage and increasing product shelf life. 22% costs were reduced

Managed North America Capex of $4 billion with a team of 4 personnel to support business cases, budgeting, business Planning, actuals, forecasting and variance analysis. Created North America & Europe Forecast deck for Capital expenditure on a monthly basis and reported any casualtiesImproved North America Capital Expenditure Forecast deck by introducing S-curves to apply to major programs. The system got implemented globally, improving the annual forecast accuracy by $200 millionUtilized TARR/NPV/IRR methodology to conduct a feasibility study of investing in an in-house blanking facility. The study helped prioritize the allocation of capital expenditure to Minnesota facility. Updating system curves for forecasting various tooling and facilities for Manufacturing and Vendor tooling

Achieved financial closure of 24 MW project in Sri Lanka. Order value: INR 220 CrCurrently exploring new business in international markets – South East Asia, Middle East, Europe and AfricaConducting business with Kenya and South Africa for 138 MW and 30 MW wind power project. Setting up company presence in South Africa, coordinating with vendors, EPC contractors, legal and E&Y. Also, working with major investors in South Africa for projects in Africa. Handling PSU sector in India i.e. submission of tender documents, attending pre-bids, drafting amendments and a liaison between the company and public sector. Currently bidding for GIPCL and OIL INDIA tenders in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. sAssisting Bangladesh government officials to set a feed-in tariff for renewable energy development in BangladeshModified company’s financial model, making it market specific as per the benefits offered in that particular region. The model computes ROI, Break even, NPV and IRR for particular projectsWorking with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to promote renewable energy development in middle east

Conducted pro-active business development for retainer as well as new clients around New york areaPerformed financial analysis for three (3) companies, being part of Brickwork ratings, for assigning a credit rating for debt issues ranging from $4 million to $250 million RMBS credit notes: created credit notes for residential mortgage backed securities for Laminar in AustraliaConducted legal research for acquiring an AFS license in Australia for a superannuation fundCreated financial models and performed valuation for a real estate company in Puerto ricoFinancially edited the professional documents for Motley fool

Working with the CFO to simplify the exit process by conducting analysis and generating reports to send to investors in an event of a liquidation. Simplified the closing process (in the event of a liquidation) by consolidating all existing partnerships of Axion Capital Management into a single partnership while also updating the capitalization data of the companyEnhanced transparency for investors by computing accrued dividends and liquidation preference value, generating reports and issuing stock certificates to individual investors

Worked with CFO as well as investors on various roles and responsibilities including forecasting and budgeting, valuations, internal audit, stock management, private equity valuation, legal documentation, securities filings, patents, closing of funds, grant management, liquidation analysis, exit strategies, vendor negotiations, capital budgeting,investment analysis, 401k and various ad hoc analysis. Managed the complex capitalization data of the company including various preferred stock, common stock, convertible bridge notes with detachable warrants and stock options. Handled equity accounting for the company and created a MS-Access database at investors end, simplifying the report generation process for the individual investors investing in the investors limited partnerships

Led a portfolio team at The University of Arizona Endowment Fund, managing $860,000 in assets and achieved excess returns of 3.8% (Aug 08 – Dec 08) compared to a blended benchmark of 70% S&P 500 and 30% Lehman Aggregate Index, utilizing a fundamental value approach and strategic asset allocation. Conducted macro analysis, industry research, potters analysis, SWOT analysis and individual company research, by analyzing annual and quarterly reports (10K, 8K), while utilizing various analysis including historic performance analysis, discounted cash flow (DCF) model, dividend growth model, ratio analysis, sensitivity analysis, organic growth analysis, and presented buy/sell recommendations. Also, worked as a Teaching Assistant for an undergraduate Statistics class.

Developed an activity-based cost allocation model for the vinyl window 4040 production line and recommended process improvements, within a diverse team of four (4), as part of Lean six sigma training, underwent with the management. Researched and coordinated with vendors in the global marketplace, providing upper management with a pool of low cost suppliers. Field investigated various market entry and distribution avenues for the door and window product lines, manufacturing and sourcing opportunities within India and proposed a strategy and cost/benefit analysis for the establishment of a manufacturing facility and raw material sourcing for various segments of its product line in India.