Sean Strasburger Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Led the integration of the financial reporting of a 5 way merger that equated to the creation of a $200m revenue YTD revenue business.- Directly reported to Private Equity Managing Directors/Lenders to provide necessary financial information regarding the financial short-term and long-term health of the mergers progress.- Successfully bridged and cleaned up financial reporting through the standardization of financial statements.Built and maintained over 5 KPI/Financial models that allowed for the creation of specific strategic initiatives that led to improved function across all business lines.- Created a consolidated SaaS retention models (revenue and contract) to help track the gross and net retention of over 4k customers and over $100m annual recurring revenue. - Created and maintained a 13 week Cash Flow Forecast to help lock in spending and get a better grip on the day to day spending of the large merger leading to a cash flow positive business. - Created and maintained multiple reporting models to help with the required monthly/quarterly/annual financial statement requests from lenders. Effectively automated this process which led to accurate and consistent reporting across all fronts. Directly report to C-suite executives and worked closely with investors each month/quarter/fiscal year end.- Prepared and helped create a 30 slide monthly reporting deck for C-suite executives, investors, and board members.- Handled all ad-hoc reporting requests regarding the major financial statements and retention. This included EBITDA bridges, flow through 4 statement reporting, adjustment of financials to fit reporting requirements from investors, and debt scheduling/reporting

Texas

Programmed and executed a data dependent algorithm for active equities trading based on event drift- Earned a 26% return on investment after fees in first 6 months of operation- Managed all aspects of research, programming, data analysis and trade execution over 2 yearsAfter the 2020 Coronavirus market event, the fund was moved into daily futures trading and analysis of the S&P 500- Trading focus became based on statistical methods regarding the impact of options on daily trading volumes and volatility changes Created complex excel spreadsheets to analyze market data, economic trends, trading profit and loss, risk exposure, and general strategy performanceExecuted over 200 cumulative trades in equities, options, and futures contracts over the course of 2 years - Majority of these trades were day trades with a time frame lasting less than 6 hours - .5% return on investment per day trade with a trading efficiency of 70% profitable

Killeen/Temple, Texas Area

Performed fundamental, technical, and economic analysis of direct competitors - Communicated competitive analysis to executive management to help drive senior strategy and goals over a 5 year timelineHandled statistical analysis for tax rebate litigation in regards to owed back taxes regarding cigarette taxation on a state level - Led to the reimbursement to McLane Co. of approximately $39 million in direct cash and tax rebates - Helped manage a team of approximately 30 temps with the statistical analysis and data modeling of over a billion data points in regards to inventory sold over the course of 10 yearsWorked with outside contractors on multiple data based projects to set the groundwork for growth in a new revenue stream through advertising on semi-trailers - Statistically extrapolated mobile phone based GPS data to determine viewership per delivery route with a focus on revenue optimization

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Managed $6 million of the Southern Methodist Endowment Fund with the goal of beating the S&P 500Pitched new investments after conducting thorough financial research on companiesPerformed all fundamental, technical, and economic analysis of holdings in the energy and utility sector Had the top performing sector at the end of the year of management earning 4% alpha against the S&P 500

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Served as the sole Analyst for the Dallas Foundation account of over $100 Million; entered investments that successfully beat expectations by over 4%, leading to a direct increase in the account of over $3.5 millionConducted research on existing and potential equity investments, including financial modeling, valuation, performance analysis, and monitoring earnings calls and news reports for investment implicationsPerformed fundamental, technical, and economic analysis of markets and securities, including derivatives.- Created and employed Value at Risk and Modern Portfolio Theory models to manage client account risk.- Lowered client portfolio risk levels by 6-8% through proper application of risk management and diversification.Regularly conducted portfolio attribution analysis, as well as the creation of tailored investment strategies for new and old customers.- Provided recommendations for portfolio rebalancing and creation, as well as security and sector selection

Boston

Completed the core requirements and passed an SEC security audit of the banks software and IT systems. - Conducted security research on existing and potential software for the bank making sure all things were in compliance. - Performed analysis of over 80 different software and hardware points of failure rectifying issues in over 40 cases and setting the framework for ISO compliance. - Successfully found 15 major security flaws and was able to rectify them without any downtime across the company’s systems. These fixes brought us into compliance with the SEC audit and ultimately led to the company passing with a superb ratingWorked with my manager to implement new software by handling the analysis of the software’s current security features and their overlap or conflict with our systems

Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Managed the flow of daily and ad hoc project work for the IT and editorial departments of NASDAQ OMX – Globenewswire (approximately 20 employees). - Commanded and allocated necessary resources to available projects as was necessary to meet the needs of the NASDAQ OMX exchange.Successfully reduced project lead and execution time. - Improved response and completion time for all projects by 8% through a successful introduction and implementation of project tracking software. - Introduced a new reporting system for the 5 global workflow managers that removed ambiguity which lowered transition accidents by 45% and ultimately made the transition of resources, priorities, and information across international borders more efficient.Regularly worked with and managed relationships with members of the financial community who were active on the NASDAQ OMX exchange.My teams were privy to sensitive documents, news, and unreleased SEC filings for companies listed on the exchange without incident for my entire tenure.

Masters In Business Administration, Concentration In Finance

Activities and Societies: Investments Club, Finance Club, Entrepreneurship Club, Wine Club, Golf Club

Bachelor Of Science, Advertising And Public Relations

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi Epsilon, Advertising Association, CEO ClubBS in Communications Majoring in Advertising and Public.