Sector Experience

Media & Entertainment
Retail
Technology
Travel & Hospitality
Bulge Bracket Investment Banks

Experience

Sony Pictures Entertainment Corporate Strategy & Development
Consultant
11/2015 - Present
Work with Sony Pictures Television and other divisions (Home Entertainment, Corporate Development) on special projects

Created investment plan for online streaming business; identified potential new revenue stream, areas for cost cutting and areas for growth investment. Plan was recommended to the Sony Pictures CEO to set growth strategy

IMS Corporate Strategy & Development
Consultant / Advisor
5/2017 - Present
IMS is the largest independent digital marketing company in Latin America, providing exclusive ad sales representation to Twitter, Spotify, Waze, LinkedIn, Foursquare, Twitch, EA, VEVO, Snapchat and Yahoo.

I am a consultant/advisor to IMS' Founder and CEO on M&A as well as a company sale process/recapitalization.

Sony Pictures Entertainment Corporate Strategy & Development
Vice President, Business Development
2/2006 - 2/2015
Ran Business Development for Sony Pictures Television Networks Group based in LA (2014-2015) and International Production Group (2012-2014) based in London. Responsible for identifying and executing investment opportunities and corporate strategy initiatives including new market or vertical entries. Own all key deliverables for live deals including initial assessment, term sheet and long-form negotiations, business plan creation and valuation, due diligence and corporate approvals

Levi Strauss & Company Corporate Strategy & Development
Senior Analyst, Corporate Strategy and Planning
11/2004 - 2/2006
Analyzed various corporate strategy initiatives and created and tracked performance benchmarks. Ran annual budget and strategic planning process.

Created consolidated company model with key metrics to track performance and capital structure requirements.

Credit Suisse Finance
Analyst, Investment Banking
8/2000 - 6/2004
Generalist analyst in Los Angeles and Retail/Consumer Products Analyst in New York.

Built bottom-up models to support M&A transactions, LBOs, public capital raises (IPOs, Secondary Offerings and Debt/High Yield issues) and private placement transactions.