Experience

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  Echo Lake Entertainment

  • United States
  • Entertainment Providers
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • SVP of Acquisitions & Production

    • Jan 2016 - Present

  • Director of Finance

    • Dec 2015 - Jan 2016

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  Wally's Fine Wine, Spirits & Gourmet Market

  • Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Consultant – MBA Business Project

    • Apr 2015 - Jul 2015
    • Greater Los Angeles Area

    Developed a comprehensive business strategy plan for Los Angeles-based luxury wine retailer Wally’s Beverly Hills- Conducted market research and analysis of Wally’s financial data to identify areas of improvement, customer segments, inventory issues, business risks, and transferrable attributes for expansion- Performed quantitative analysis on customer profiles, inventory and sales data- Presented recommendations to Board of Directors on preparation for growth, corporate identity, brand architecture, inventory management, improvements to ERP systems, managing increased complexity

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  Goldman Sachs

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Operations Specialist

    • Apr 2007 - Oct 2013
    • London, United Kingdom

    Responsible for risk monitoring and business development for Prime Brokerage and Private Wealth Margin Lending.- Designed and developed new Prime Brokerage business, offering an innovative leverage model enabling clients to collateralize loans and derivatives at GS with portfolios held at third-party brokers. Attracted hedge funds with portfolios of over $1B and generated annual revenue of $12M- Managed global multi-year $4M project to rebuild core Operations business system, resulting in increased efficiency for Prime Brokerage business, improving SLA by 5 hours, reducing annual operating costs by $2M and enabling lead-the-sun processing. Lead a global team of 35 from Technology and Operations, trained firm on new system and reported to senior Management- Provided Operational oversight for assessment and implementation of Dodd Frank regulations and New Activities Committee regarding new business and financial products for Private Wealth Management and Prime Brokerage- Led the Margin Lending team for EMEA, providing client training, analysis of market trends, impacts of SEC and FSA regulations, and ensuring global Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.

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  Independent Film Work

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Writer/Production Assistant/Development Consultant

    • 1997 - 2009
    • London, United Kingdom

    Various adhoc and short term projects:- Creative Consultant for USC Cinema School Stark Program thesis project- Project Development Consultant on various feature-length projects, theatrical musical adaptation and short film productions.- Script Analyst for Iain Canning (producer The King’s Speech, Shame) and Michael Winterbottom (dir. The Trip)- Production Assistant at Broadley Studios London - co-producer and production assistant on various studio-based and on-location productions