Experience

Nara Hotels

• United States
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• COO

  • May 2013 - Present

  Hotel Development, Operations and Financing • Oversee current hotel portfolio and expansion into new markets • Deliver entitlements and financing for prospective hotel projects • Manage engineering and construction process for new construction and renovations Hotel Development, Operations and Financing • Oversee current hotel portfolio and expansion into new markets • Deliver entitlements and financing for prospective hotel projects • Manage engineering and construction process for new construction and renovations



Kaiser Permanente

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Specialist

  • May 2011 - May 2013

  • Manage the ongoing implementation of a new activity to summarize end of life preferences across Southern California in conjunction with National leads and Kaiser IT • Determined current referral workflows to streamline the transition to a new referral system and minimize physician impact at the South Bay Medical Center • Developed robust workflow documents and validation scripts to test end to end system functionality for enhancements and upgrades • Drove efforts to increase patient safety by working on regional workflows to ensure proper lab result routing



UST

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Analyst

  • Aug 2008 - Apr 2011

  • Created monthly financial reports outlining monthly P&L trends against budget, revenue and GPM forecasts, aging, sales opportunities, and plans for margin and revenue improvement • Conducted monthly financial reviews with executive management to report financial performance for the European business unit, two global accounts, services horizontal, and marketing department • Analyzed key financial indicators and identified steps to increase GPM by 5 to 25 percentage points by adjusting resource mix, utilization, and billable rates, while performing monthly EBIDTA variance to budget • Assisted in preparation, analysis, and negotiation of 2009 and 2010 budgets • Travelled to three office locations in India to train offshore team and simplify current financial processes resulting in a reduction of time spent on data processing by eliminating redundant tasks • Instructed the European business unit management about company’s internal financial processes including P&L, aging, and project pricing while working in London, England • Researched areas of industry growth for our clients to assist Sales team with unsolicited proposals • Recognition: Best Sales and Marketing Enabler 2009



Kessler & Seecof LLP

• Legal Intern

  • Oct 2006 - Mar 2007

  • Analyzed financial documents and witness depositions to present economic and financial findings to attorneys • Researched into trademark royalty agreements to assist attorney with IP infringement cases • Negotiated settlements between civilians and federal prosecutors once a week at the San Diego Federal Courts with assistance from supervising attorneys • Analyzed financial documents and witness depositions to present economic and financial findings to attorneys • Researched into trademark royalty agreements to assist attorney with IP infringement cases • Negotiated settlements between civilians and federal prosecutors once a week at the San Diego Federal Courts with assistance from supervising attorneys