EDUCATION

THE WHARTON SCHOOL & THE LAUDER INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia, PA · 2009 - 2011
Master of Business Administration/Master of Arts Candidate; Finance and Real Estate/International Studies (Europe and Russian)

• Recipient of Lauder Institute Fellowship and Behrman Scholarship (one of three recipients out of 450 candidates)
• Selected for Wharton Leadership Venture to Mt. Kilimanjaro in May 2010
• Student Participant and Conference Volunteer: Zell-Lurie Real Estate Center
• Member: Finance, Private Equity, and Real Estate Clubs

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
Provo, UT · 2001-2005
Bachelor of Science; Construction Management

• Active in Construction Management Student Association, National Association of Home Builders, and Slavic Clubs
• Worked with Habitat for Humanity to construct four new homes
• Organized weekly social activities and monthly community service projects as co-group leader of 25 fellow students

EXPERIENCE

PORTER BROTHERS, INC.
Phoenix, AZ · 2007 - 2009
Project Manager

• Performed and presented appraiser valuations and quantitative analyses of hotels, industrial machinery dealerships, and chapels ranging from $4M to $30M in value
• Managed pre-construction meetings with clients, architects, engineers, and consultants for over $80M worth of projects
• Coordinated schedule, budget, and quality control among clients, architects, subcontractors, and in-house superintendents of new hotel construction totaling over $40M; requested by all three clients to lead future projects
• Developed layout, structural, and mechanical value-engineering options, reducing $8M IHG hotel costs by 4%
• Negotiated and wrote more than $55M worth of contracts with 60 consultants and design/build subcontractors
• Reviewed pay application, cost accounting, and invoicing procedures for over $40M, enabling timely bank draws

PORTER BROTHERS, INC.
Phoenix, AZ · 2006
Superintendent

• Directly regulated the schedule, budget, safety, and quality control of 20 trades and over 70 employees on a $1 Million masonry office, shop and warehouse

SEQUOIA BUILDERS
Orem, UT · 2005
Superintendent

• Scheduled all facets of construction and regulated quality control for six luxury golf course residences ($3.5M total value)
• Coordinated building options and change orders among real estate agents and home owners

OKLAND CONSTRUCTION
Salt Lake City, UT · 2004 - 2005
Project Engineer

• Increased bidding coverage of five remotely located projects totaling over $20M by 45%
• Streamlined documentation process for $300M Intermountain Medical Center, cutting turnaround time in half

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Program: MBA

Club Membership: MBA

Interests:

• Acquisitions
• Development
• Investment Banking

Interested in a job/internship in:

• Asia
• California
• Canada
• Europe
• Mid-Atlantic USA
• Mid-West USA
• Northeast USA
• Southwest USA
• West Coast USA

• Volunteer Service: Full-time Missionary: Organized and led congregation of forty church members, taught English as second language in Eastern Europe (1999 - 2001) • Additional Experience: Developed and constructed $330K golf course community residence in Eden, UT • Professional Membership: Urban Land Institute • Interests: Summited Mt. Rainier and backpacked Wind River, Uinta, and Grand Teton mountain ranges • Languages: Russian (fluent - ACTFL's level 3)