Work Experience
Jun '06 - Aug '06
Signature Capital Partners, LLC
Summer Associate for a distressed-debt hedge fund.
Accomplishments as Summer Associate:
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- Worked with underwriting team to research, analyze and value prospective debt purchases.
- Reviewed and streamlined underwriting forms for greater flexibility across deal types.
- Updated monthly asset management reports for debt portfolio.
Jun '04 - Aug '05
FocalPoint Partners, LLC
Analyst for boutique investment bank specializing in middle market M&A and growth financing.
Accomplishments as Financial Analyst:
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- Worked extensively with financial models in Excel to project future performance and analyze historical financials.
- Completed numerous valuations using various methods including DCF.
- Participated actively in capital raises, sale assignments and distressed principal opportunities.
- Utilized internet tools such as Hoover's, Mergerstat and Capital IQ to compile buyers lists and perform comparable company valuations.
Accomplishments as Systems Administrator:
- Assumed sole responsibility for the implementation of and migration to a network server, including configuration of Microsoft Exchange Server accounts and installation of all necessary hardware and software upgrades.
- Managed the implementation of off-site email archiving and spam filtering in order to achieve NASD compliance.
Jun '03 - Aug '03
Sage Publications, Inc.
Customer Service Representative for leading publisher of academic textbooks and journals.
Oct '00 - Aug '02
Murphy Noell Capital, LLC
Office assistant and database manager for boutique investment bank focused on financial advisory services.
Duties included:
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- ACT! Contact Management Database. Acquired applicable technical, computational and marketing skills by working with investment banking professionals to create and maintain their primary contact database of 10,342 contacts.
- Creation and Maintenance of Capital Source Database, a proprietary database of equity sponsors and mezzanine investors that details their investment profile, size of fund, and portfolio investments.
- General Office Duties. Performed accounting tasks, mail distribution, filing duties, copying, FedEx delivery, and miscellaneous projects.
Leadership Roles
May '06 - present
Speaker of the House
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- Elected by 2/3 majority to Speaker of the House for a newly-formed student government of 17 Representatives.
- Actively co-authored the governing Rules of Order, authored Bills of Parliament, and led 19 Students in the group-drafting of a Constitution.
- Presided over meetings, settled disputes, moderated debates, and encouraged a deep sense of teamwork.
Sep '05 - Oct '05
Conference Coordinator
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- Assumed role of Coordinator of the first ever Christian Bloggers' Conference.
- Recruited and managed 20 volunteers to help execute the three-day conference which had over 100 attendees.
- Converted what was a struggling event into a highly publicized and successful conference in only seven weeks.
March '03 - May '03
Coordinator of Freshman Initiatives
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- Initiated and organized an elaborate day of team-building activities, lectures, and discussions for over sixty freshman students.
Additional Information
- Hobbies include swing dancing, web design, photography, road trips, archery, and Disneyland.
- Successfully coordinated the first ever GodBlog Convention (October 2005).
- Elected Speaker of the House for a newly formed Student Advisory Council (Term: Senior Year).
- Fluent in conversational German.
- Active in several leadership positions in church and college groups, primarily for the benefit of younger students.
Education
Aug '02 - present
Biola University
Candidate: BS Business Administration - Accounting
- Cadet of the Torrey Honors Institute, which represents the top 8% of Biola students.
- Expected Graduation: May 2007
- Cumulative GPA: 3.86
- SAT Scores: English, 710; Math, 670