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San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

- Directed a complete complement of investment banking activities specifically focused on the coverage of Cloud Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Data Ecosystem, and DevOps companies- Established and nourished networks with financial sponsors, fund managers and senior management at venture capital and private equity platforms - Led end-to-end processes from pitch to mandate through transaction execution, including all aspects of financial and business modeling, due diligence, valuation and deal structuring - Established a trusted advisor reputation by spearheading comprehensive financial analyses to inform M&A strategies- Pioneered detailed analyses in partnership with client finance teams to assess target’s financials and estimate the resulting operational impact post-transaction, thereby enabling informed decision-making and reinforcing client confidence- Conducted rigorous market research to track emerging trends and crafted actionable insights, fostering an in-depth understanding of strategic markets. - Enhanced the firm's market perspective through active engagement at conferences and trade shows, as well as robust sourcing initiatives, and effectively communicated industry insights to guide the internal strategies of Enterprise clients

New York, Ny, Us

Technology coverage with a focus on Infrastructure Software and Cybersecurity. My day to day experience involved covering infrastructure software and cybersecurity companies ranging in size from startups to large public entities with advisory work focusing on capital structure, activism, M&A, debt and equity capital raises and providing competitive intelligence to Boards and senior management.

New York City, New York, Us

My Jefferies experience includes debt financing for a dividend recap for a sponsor backed software company, a sell side M&A transaction for a security software company, acquisition financing for Hellman & Friedman's $1.8B acquisition of Applied Systems, private placement for a company offering WAN acceleration as a service and two equity transactions in Internet Software and Semiconductors. I was also involved in multiple marketing and prospecting projects.

Illuminate Ventures is a micro-VC focused on seed stage investments in B2B companies creating industry changing solutions in SaaS, Cloud Infrastructure, Big Data and Analytics. My broad responsibilities as an intern included helping with deal flow, diligence and research.

New York City, New York, Us

As a Summer Associate in Jefferies' Technology Investment Banking group, I was involved in the following - - Built an Operating Model for a fast growing consumer products company seeking growth equity from strategic and financial sponsors. Participated in coaching management for presentations to potential buyers, created marketing content and worked with senior bankers in deal processing and valuation- Managed several projects that involved creating pitch books, analyzing industry verticals, updating internal databases, and coaching summer analysts

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

My updated role as Systems Engineer for the Southern California territory included coverage of fifteen Service Provider, Content Distribution and Media accounts in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Phoenix. I was responsible for: - Evangelizing each of Juniper's routing, switching, security and network management platforms- Providing troubleshooting, planning and design input to each of my accounts- Networking with key decision makers and exploring new opportunities for Juniper based solutions- Maintaining and developing Juniper penetration in customer infrastructure

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

As a Systems Engineer at Juniper Networks I was involved in the following range of activities - - Provide technical expertise in the design, development and testing of large networks using networking technologies such as MPLS, QoS and Multicast - Provide training and presentations on a wide variety of technologies, Juniper products and system solutions - Attend conferences and seminars as a representative of Juniper Networks - Run tests for customers and qualify Juniper products as necessary - Interface with customers and develop relationships with key decision makers in different customer accounts - Position different product lines and strategize their integration into customer environments - Work with channel partners and resellers to facilitate adoption of Juniper equipment not directly sold by the company - Work with Product Line Managers on software and hardware roadmaps - Work with Marketing on competitive positioning and analysis

- Wrote, reviewed and updated Product Requirements Documents defining new features as required by Marketing- Studied and compared features with competitor’s products- Assisted Systems and Sales Engineers in setting up product demos, troubleshooting issues and recreating customer setups- Designed, reviewed and updated test plans for several features including BGP, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, BFD, 802.1x etc- Implemented automation suites, scripted test plans, updated existing test suites with new test plans and scripts- Handled regression for several existing feature sets, ran these pre-release and analyzed failures, reported bugs and recreated issues as applicable- Handled the training and orientation of existing offshore team members and new hires- Worked with TAC, sales and marketing as necessary, provided technical assistance to these teams as well as to developers

San Jose, California, Us

Responsibilities were as follows, - Designed test plans for functional testing of OSPFv2/v3 and BGP- Worked with marketing on identifying new features in STC software- Created training modules and demos for new hires, Systems Engineers and Sales Engineers- Visited customer sites to demo the STC software and to provide technical expertise- Wrote test scripts for automated and regression testing of basic features, modified, improved and maintained existing scripts- Designed and implemented scalability tests for STC hardware and software- Took part in design discussions and provided substantial feedback on existing methodologies

Tucson, Arizona, Us

- Provided solutions for a wide variety of customer issues- Prioritized and managed software bugs found on the field and ensured the fixes reached customers in patches or special releases- Worked with clients to manage and update on-site implementations of Atlas' software- Communicated specific customers concerns to the Engineering and Marketing teams- Trained new hires and participated in other Transfer of Knowledge sessions

Santa Clara, California, Us

- Translated Marketing Requirements to Functional Specifications and Engineering Requirements Documents- Modified existing code to accommodate fresh requirements, this was done with oversight and under supervision- Tracked and fixed bugs in the code- Set up test environments for embedded system tests, for example, Monta Vista Linux on Intel’s IXP425 network processor platform- Modified and rebuilt the Linux Kernel for specific performance enhancements

Mba, Finance And Strategy

Education record

Ms, Electrical Engineering With An Emphasis In Computer Networks

Be, Electrical Engineering