EDUCATION

THE WHARTON SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia, PA · 2008-2010
Master of Business Administration Candidate; Majors in Real Estate and Finance

• Recipient, Joseph Wharton Fellowship for outstanding leadership and professional achievement
• Co-President, Real Estate Club; Member Finance and General Management Clubs
• House Manager, Rebuilding Together West Philadelphia

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia, PA · 2000-2004
Bachelor of Science in Engineering; Major in Computer and Information Science

• Benjamin Franklin Honors Scholar, 2000-2002
• Project Manager, 40th Street/West Philadelphia Development Senior Project
• Executive Board member, The Daily Pennsylvanian; Design Editor, 34th Street Magazine

EXPERIENCE

THE LEFRAK ORGANIZATION
New York, NY · Summer 2009
Summer Associate, Real Estate Finance

• Executed acquisition underwriting of assets including $650MM New York trophy office property, $265MM Beverly Hills office portfolio, and $51MM senior note for newly constructed Brooklyn condominium building
• Performed analysis and modeling of $15MM Queens office to residential conversion including easement acquisition and NYC J-51 tax abatement study
• Assisted workout advisory and valuation of loans for $46MM Chicago stalled luxury hotel conversion and $33MM Philadelphia condominium building
• Developed $12MM mezzanine debt proposal for Beverly Hills medical office property, targeting 15% IRR
• Reviewed property utility management including water consumption and solar panel projects, estimating $3MM in savings

REIS, INC.
New York, NY · 2004-2008
Engagement Manager / Portfolio Analyst

• Spearheaded efforts to enter mortgage-backed securities research market, organizing new CMBS team and developing Deal Analyst service, opening door to over $3MM in new sales (approximately 10% of total firm sales)
• Managed team of six professionals including analysts, sales staff, client services associates to analyze engagements of $257BN in U.S. CMBS issuance and $15BN in client-held commercial real estate loans
• Led response to portfolio analysis RFPs, developing service proposal, pitch, and client presentation
• Benchmarked client commercial real estate portfolio against current securitized conduit loan pool, advising loan officers to adjust loan leverage ratios by 12% to comply with industry averages
• Guided financial services client through elimination of problem loans, forecasting cash flows, and probability of default statistics to highlight $38MM in potential future losses
• Delivered reserve recommendations derived from expected loss analysis to bank’s Chief Credit Officer, influencing sale of $4BN in assets to combat interest rate risk
• Directed analysis of historical capitalization rates for CMBS B-piece client, contributing to client negotiations to reduce underwritten loan income values by 5%

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Program: MBA

Club Membership: MBA

Interests:

• Acquisitions
• Advisory/Consulting
• Asset Management
• Design
• Development

Interested in a job/internship in:

• Central/South America
• Europe
• Northeast USA

Real Estate Activities: Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center volunteer, Urban Land Institute student member Professional Training: Languages: C++, Java, HTML; Software: Adobe CS, ArcGIS, ARGUS, Stata