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Mikel W. Canete · MBA · Masters '23
Personal Contact Information
6464411307 (phone)
mcanete@wharton.upenn.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikel-canete-6042945/
395 Terrace Lane
Bedminster, NJ 07920
United States
Education
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA · Present
Masters of Business Administration · Finance
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI · 2005
Bachelor of Arts · History
Experience
Daedalus Capital Partners, LLC
New York · 2013 - Present
Prinicipal
- Involved in the development of The Pad on Harvard in College Park, GA in (broke ground in 2015) -
GP member and investor of a $19m, 109-unit, multi-family, ground-up development within the Atlanta Aerotropolis district -
Prepared financial and market analysis for the underwriting of the initial $11m, 3-year construction loan with Atlantic Capital and refinance on $13m, 10-year note with Deutsche Bank CMBS -
Reviewed contractor’s Pay Application (during the construction period) and monthly property management reports (post-construction)
Prepared monthly owner’s reports (pre- and post-construction) and cash contributions under the operating agreement waterfall provision -
Participated in the review of the closing statements of construction / senior conduit financing and sale of the property in 2Q2021
• Responsible for leading investor due diligence and building / maintaining DCF models on pipeline investments
• Track investors’ capital and accrued preferred return balance and provide monthly investment status reports to investors
• Participated in the underwriting of a proposed $125m acquisition of a +100k sqf, Washington, DC, office property on behalf of a GP fund under Daedalus Capital Partners, LLC’s management (acquisition is currently in the final stage of the bid with one competing buyer)
Agoda.com (a Booking Holdings company, NASDAQ: BKNG)
Manila, Philippines & New York · 2018-2021
Director
- Developed and implemented market strategy as the leader of a 25-person sales team; driving revenue growth, business development, product development & experimentation, and account management for 20K+ hotel partners •
Responsible for P&L of my business unit •
Led $15M (33%) revenue growth in FY19 and delivered $60M+ in FY19 net revenue (vs. $45M+ in FY18) while maintaining 25+% EBITDA margins •
Designed bivariate supply experiments focused on incremental revenue growth and developed multi-variable regression models to incorporate into algorithmic / machine-learning product solutions •
Enabled data-driven decision making across the region by creating data libraries, analytics/reporting tools and templates
Uber
Manila, Philippines · 2013-2016
Operations & Logistics Manager
- Hired as first employee in the Philippines and one of first ten in Southeast Asia during pre-IPO global expansion; handling business operations, opening three additional offices in the Philippines and achieving $40m in gross revenues in three years •
Steered introduction of UberBLACK (December 2013) and UberX (September 2014), including formulating pricing strategy and directing supply sourcing, back-end compliance, and launch execution; services ranked in top 5% globally for weekly completed trips by city •
Played a key role in Philippines becoming first country to enact federal-level ridesharing framework by collaborating with internal and political stakeholders
Casey Quirk (a Deloitte company)
New York · 2011-2013
Senior Associate
- Advised on deal execution, acquisition, disposition, growth initiatives, executive business plans, competitive intelligence, and industry best practices as a management consultant for traditional (retail/institutional) asset management, alternatives, and private banking •
Prepared business case for board of US-based asset manager on M&A opportunities to enable entry in Swiss and Asia markets, such as Japan’s private banking network •
Crafted client-facing business plan for reorganization across Asia, Europe, Middle East, and North America, identified potential acquisitions, and devised go-to-market disposition strategies on spin-offs, internal mergers and external M&A •
Developed defense strategy to protect CEO and board of a publicly traded, US-based, multi-affiliate asset manager against shareholder activists
Interests
- Real Estate Finance
- Investment Banking
- Development
- Banking
- Advisory/Consulting
- Acquisitions
Regions of Interest for a job or internship
- Asia
- Asia-Pacific
- California
- California, West Coast
- California, West Coast: Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- California, West Coast: San Francisco Metropolitan Area
- Canada
- Europe
- Mid-Atlantic USA
- Mid-Atlantic USA: Baltimore Metropolitan Area
- Mid-Atlantic USA: Washington Metropolitan Area
- Mid-West USA
- Mid-West USA: Chicago Metropolitan Area
- Northeast USA
- Northeast USA: Boston Metropolitan Area
- Northeast USA: New York Metropolitan Area
- Northeast USA: Philadelphia Metropolitan Area
Other Information
Technical Skills:
• Excel (Expert)
• PowerPoint (Expert)
• SQL (Advanced)
• Argus (Proficient)
• Bloomberg (Proficient)
• VBA for Excel (Proficient)
• Prequin (Proficient)
• Python (Beginner)
• R-studio (Beginner)
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