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Chestnut Hill, Ma

Variant Associates provides strategic consulting and financial advisory services.

Waltham, Ma

Defining and driving strategic growth for the leader in electromechanical switches.Drove turnaround of business through clear articulation and cascading of business positioning and strategy, implementation of a global change management office, and disciplined execution of key growth initiatives. Efforts resulted 55% top-line growth and 250% EBITDA growth in 2021, leading to a successful exit through the sale of the business to Littelfuse (NASDAQ: LFUS) for $504 million in July 2022.

Greater Boston Area

Senior advisor and Executive in Residence with Progress Partners, an investment bank focused on the media, advertising, marketing and software sectors of the technology ecosystem.

Waltham, Ma

Cimpress (NASDAQ: CMPR) is a pioneer in mass customization, addressing the market with such leading brands as Vistaprint. Repositioned the corporate development group from a focus on pure deal execution to being a valued source of strategic input and advice to the CEO.• Evaluated several potential vectors for strategic growth, ultimately resulting in the company’s largest investment to-date in the acquisition of National Pen, a leading global vendor of customized writing instruments with operations in North America, Europe and Asia.• Sourced, negotiated and closed acquisitions accounting for over 20% of Cimpress' pro forma revenue, including local web-to-print leaders Tradeprint in the UK and WIRmachenDRUCK in Germany.• Worked closely with the CFO on the redesign and implementation of the annual strategic planning and capital allocation process.

Boston, Ma

Sensata (NYSE: ST) provides highly engineered sensors to the transportation, industrial and aerospace markets. As member of the executive management team, instrumental in expanding the business beyond automotive sensors and in building an organization capable of supporting a sustained level of M&A activity. • Extended the business into new markets through the acquisition of, among others, DeltaTech Controls (heavy-vehicle operator controls) and Magnum Energy (mobile power inverters).• Invested heavily in organizational development, including delivery of best-practices seminars to over 100 senior managers globally, resulting in a track record of acquisitions meeting or exceeding investment case performance following multiple underperforming acquisitions prior to arrival.• Doubled level of new deal activity within two years by reconstructing front-end M&A process, including pipeline development, target tracking and the executive review and approval process.

Eindhoven, Netherlands

NXP (NASDAQ: NXPI) is a global leader specializing in high performance mixed-signal semiconductors.Established NXP’s Corporate Development department and executed on an aggressive portfolio restructuring process to position the company for long-term growth and profitability, including 15 transactions valued at over $1.5 billion. Repositioned the company from a focus on low-margin digital semiconductors to high-margin, differentiated mixed-signal semiconductor business. As a result of this effort, NXP had a successful IPO in 2010.

Boston, Ma

Vice President, Technology Investment Banking (2001 – 2003)Associate Technology Mergers & Acquisitions (1998 – 2000)Deutsche Bank Securities is the investment banking arm of Deutsche Bank, one of the world’s largest financial institutions.Responsible for coverage of the electronics sector, including semiconductors, capital equipment, clean technology, specialty electronics, and nanotechnology/material sciences. Maintained ongoing C-level dialogue with more than 30 public companies, numerous private companies, and relevant private equity investors. Advised on a wide range of strategic transactions involving mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and recapitalizations valued at nearly $4 billion and managed over $1 billion in equity, debt, and derivative financings for both public and private companies.

New York, Ny

Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm.

Washington D.C.

The Export-Import Bank is the official export credit agency of the United States. • Closed transactions of nearly $1 billion in limited recourse project financing in emerging markets.

Washington D.C.

TDA is a federal agency that funds technical assistance in developing and middle-income countries.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance & Entrepreneurship - Ira J. Harris Scholar

Ma, International Economics, Us Foreign Policy - Olin Scholar

Ba, Political Science

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa Phi Beta Kappa, High Honors