EDUCATION

THE WHARTON SCHOOL
Philadelphia, PA · 09/08 - 05/10
MBA; Finance

• Member of Wharton’s Finance Club, Real Estate Club, Healthcare Club; Elected Cohort Alumni Representative

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles, CA · 09/98 - 06/03
B.S.; Mathematics / Economics

• Co-Founder and Elected Board Member of the UCLA chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi (undergraduate business association)
• Student intern for the United States Department of State, Office of Logistics (supply chain management office)

EXPERIENCE

UBS INVESTMENT BANK
Los Angeles, CA · Summer 2009
Summer Associate

• Conducted debt refinancing analyses for a large-cap software company with $0.5 billion in “in-the-money” convertible notes due within 6 months; considered various refinancing options including new convertible notes as well as high-yield debt
• Prepared accretion/dilution analyses for a small-cap semiconductor client negotiating a cross-border M&A transaction
• Conducted industry research and prepared written reports/teasers for sell-side M&A clients
• Prepared a year-end internal performance assessment presentation for the global technology group head

HOULIHAN LOKEY HOWARD & ZUKIN
San Francisco, CA · 10/05 - 7/08
Senior Financial Analyst

• Conducted corporate valuations, fairness opinions for M&A and financing transactions, and purchase price allocations for companies ranging in size from $50 million to $15 billion in annual revenue
• Performed valuation analyses for both public and private companies using discounted cash flow, comparable-company, guideline M&A transaction, and comparable private financing analyses
• Advised the board of directors of a publicly-held steel construction company generating $0.5 billion in annual revenue on the fairness of a tender offer by a private equity fund; we recommended a rejection of the offer based on a low purchase price
• Advised the board of directors of a medical device company treating acute cardio-vascular conditions on the fairness of a $10 million private investment in public equity (“PIPE”) by one of the company’s largest existing shareholders
• Created capital structure waterfalls for privately companies to allocate total equity value across several classes of securities
• Created presentations to pitch services that generated fees ranging from $50,000 to $1 million per engagement
• Presented client deliverables and communicated methodologies and assumptions, a role typically reserved for Associates
• Promoted to the position of Senior Financial Analyst within 9 months of joining the firm (typically a 1 to 2 year process)
• Assisted in the recruiting, interviewing and training of new Financial Analysts and Interns; led office-wide social activities for the 2007 and 2008 summer internship program that resulted in the acceptance of two Interns for full-time positions

B. RILEY & CO.
Los Angeles, CA · 7/03 - 10/05
Equity Research Associate

• Conducted value-focused equity research and valuation for small and mid-cap companies in technology and other industries
• Initiated coverage on a small-cap polymer technology company with a “Buy” rating; the valuation analysis revealed that the marketplace had assigned 100% of the company’s value to the primary business unit, allowing investors to obtain the remaining operations for free; shares of the company traded up 50% within 10 months of my initiation report
• Built financial models including revenue and expense breakdowns, cash flow analyses and other financial statement forecasts
• Maintained relationships with the management of monitored companies to keep pace with key developments and trends
• Prepared research reports for institutional clientele to recommend stock investments and address material corporate events
• Communicated investment opinions to the internal sales and trading team and to clients/portfolio managers

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Program: MBA

Club Membership: MBA

Interests:

• Acquisitions
• Asset Management
• Banking
• Development

Interested in a job/internship in:

• California
• Mid-Atlantic USA
• Mid-West USA
• Northeast USA
• Northwest USA
• Southeast USA
• Southwest USA
• West Coast USA

Licenses: Completed N.A.S.D. professional licenses: Series 7, 63, 86 & 87