Conrad Holub
*** ** ***** ****** ******** City, OK 73114
817-***-**** ab82pa@r.postjobfree.com
EXPERIENCE
Chesapeake Energy Corporation Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Dec 2010 – Current
Financial Analyst, Capital Markets and Interest Rate Hedging
• Worked on 8 capital market deals, including high-yield debt issuance, debt tender offerings, an equity initial public
offering, term loan financings; provided HY updates to management, created valuation analyses and presentations
• Selected transactions experience:
o Issuance of $600 million in senior notes due 2019
Worked directly with CFO to create 5-year financial projections for use in lender presentations; created slide
deck for credit rating agency discussions helping achieve a higher than anticipated rating
o Dutch auction tender offer of $2 billion in senior and convertible notes
Tracked tender offer bids from investors to determine the purchase price for senior and convertible notes
o Refinanced a 5-year $2 billion term loan
Achieved a lower than expected original issue discount by assisting in the preparation of the lenders
presentation; coordinated the compilation of the working group list of 25 syndicates
o Chesapeake’s oilfield service company initial public offering
Worked with CFO to create a pro forma financial model; assisted in the preparing of Form S-1
• Conducted front office risk management operations for interest rate hedging program by trading derivatives,
primarily, swaps and interest rate options resulting in realized revenue of $41 million
• Led a Dodd-Frank reform task force managing a team of 8 to implement end-user compliance for combined $18
billion capacity commodity and interest rate hedging facilities with over 19 counterparties
• Created quantitative valuation models to provide pricing guidance for 7 strategic preferred stock, equity, and debt
energy investments
• Developed and executed synthetic sale-leaseback agreements to monetize rig and compressor assets resulting in
$200 million of additional capital from 12 different investors
Independence Fund, LP (Hedge Fund) Austin, Texas
Jan – Nov 2010
Equity Research Analyst, Opportunistic and Distressed Equity Strategy Research
• Created fundamental analysis reports on small-cap equities resulting in a 100% investment recommendation
agreement rate contributing to the fund’s 45% 2010 annual return
• Arbitraged a company’s dutch auction equity tender offer, resulting in a three-day holding period return of $150
thousand additional top-line revenue
• Assessed qualitative and quantitative data collected from 10-Ks, 10-Qs, MD&A, and earnings calls to determine
financial standpoint, competitive positions, and strategic entry points of investments
• Developed investor pitch book to help secure second stage funding of $15 million from SEC qualified investors
EDUCATION
The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business Austin, Texas
Bachelor of Business Administration, Major: Finance May 2010
Cumulative GPA: 3.5
Chartered Financial Analyst Institute
CFA Level 2 Candidate – Test June, 2013
INVOLVEMENT
Fall 2009 - Spring 2010
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
President
• Served as Chief Executive of the organization, responsible for managing and allocating the $100,000 per annum
budget for recruitment, social events, and risk management
ADDITIONAL
Placed 1st in StockTrak Competition out of 50 students with greatest portfolio return in
Achievements:
Investment Management course with an 54.4% annualized return on a portfolio of 10+ equities
Computer – Excel, PowerPoint, VBA, Bloomberg, Quantum, Oracle, FactSet, Capital IQ, Adobe
Skills:
Quant – Excel modeling: DCF, multiple, transaction, and derivative valuations, WACC, TTS modeling
Traveling (most recently visited Turkey, Italy, and France), sailing, golf, films, reading
Interests: