Employment

2008 -  2009

OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
BSc Finance, Summa Cum Laude, Stillwater, OK May 1998

1993 -  1994

GENERAL CATALYST PARTNERS Cambridge, MA
Venture Capital Associate Intern Summer 2008 Spring 2009
Researched solar PV and solar thermal market and investment opportunities in the US and abroad
Worked with the management of Sunborne Energy, a VC backed energy start up in India, on the company s development
Developed detailed financial models for 50MW, 100MW 150 MW and 200MW solar thermal plants and conducted return and sensitivity analyses.
Evaluated potential investment opportunity in Porogen, a natural gas separation membrane start up
FLAGSHIP VENTURES Cambridge, MA
Venture Capital Associate Intern Winter 2008
Performed market research on ocean energy industry by analyzing industry structure, various stakeholders, entrants and the US and the UK policy toward ocean energy and renewable energy space
Identified the most promising wave and tidal ocean energy companies and technologies by reviewing business plans and technology documentation and meeting with management of emerging ocean energy start ups
Presented the findings to general partners where specific companies for potential investment were proposed

2005 -  2007
Consultant

Made recommendations to senior management of British Petroleum on process outsourcing. Managed 6 consultants
Served as a subject matter expert on SAP procurement process
Trained and mentored 6 IBM employees to help secure a $1.5MM contract with Innovene Chemical
Worked in collaboration with Accenture consultants to implement a procure-to-purchase online purchasing system

2003 -  2005

Provided digitizing solutions major clients : Houston Geological Society and AAPG

Persuaded AAPG management to grant revenue producing contracts to create digitized searchable publications
Managed client relationships to develop business

1998 -  2002
Oil and Gas Business Analyst/Staff Accountant

Managed operations production and tax reporting process on Texas oil and gas wells with $100MM/yr in revenues
Led the project to obtain $3MM per year in tax savings. Managed a 6 member cross functional team
Implemented changes to automate department's business process that resulted in 40% efficiency improvement
Implemented online tax and royalty reporting system that reduced report generation time by 50%

1996 -  1997
Oil and Gas Business/Financial Analyst

Liaison between vendors and project managers on resolving multimillion dollar offshore rig and Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline construction issues
Prepared monthly budgets and forecast reports for infrastructure and operations senior management

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