Experience

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  Patten University

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Vice President of Finance & Administration

    • Jun 2013 - Nov 2016
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    Patten University is part of UniversityNow, a venture-backed education start-up whose mission is to make an affordable, high-quality college education available to people everywhere. I direct the Finance & Administration area, overseeing all the University's non-academic areas.

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  Room to Read

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Senior Finance Manager

    • Apr 2010 - May 2013
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    Working for a non-profit organization focusing on literacy in developing nations, I oversaw Room to Read’s financial reporting and budgeting, managed worldwide costs and helped ensure that Room to Read’s global strategies were executed.

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  www.border-crossings.com

  • Traveling in Africa

    • Feb 2006 - Apr 2009

    I decided to take a career break and travel through Africa. Starting in London, I drove down the West coast of Africa to Capetown. Then I turned around and drive back via the East coast! An incredible experience that I'm very lucky to have had.

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  Christie's

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Senior Vice President, Global Financial Planning & Analysis

    • Nov 1998 - Jan 2006
    • London, United Kingdom

    Based first in New York and then in London, I handled all aspects of Financial Planning & Analysis – budgeting, forecasting, P&L analysis, financial reporting and commentary, competitor analysis and board level financial presentations. All while enjoying some of the finest art in the world!

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  Smith Barney

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Vice President, Financial Analysis

    • Oct 1993 - Oct 1998
    • Greater New York City Area

    A great place to cut your teeth in Financial Analysis – New York in the 1990s! It was a lot of work: heavy P&L variance analysis, budgeting & forecasting, system implementations and tons of special projects. I learned a lot and met great people, too.