Analyst Construction

Brittan T. Grace

San Francisco, CA 707-***-**** *******.*****@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Vaquero Capital Analyst San Francisco, CA November 2011 – July 2013

Technology focused Investment Bank specializing in advisory services for financings and M&A

Led and executed processes for financial model creation and evaluation, data analysis, marketing

material creation and initial and closing diligence for active mandates and pitches

Integrated multiple methodologies including public company comparables, precedent transaction,

discounted cash flow analysis and M&A accretion/dilution analysis, to perform valuation analysis

Conducted market research to quantify market size, total addressable market & competitive

landscape

Managed five to seven mandates at varying stages of the transaction timeline at any given time

Closed key transactions with the Vaquero team and gained experience in:

Vertically focused online retailer in growth capital debt financing

AdTech platform in sell of subsidiary tech blog ad network to leading digital media

company

Online network for exclusive luxury vacation rentals in growth capital raise

SaaS data & analytics platform for use in oil and gas exploration in majority buyout

Vista Point Advisors Analyst San Francisco, CA September 2011 – November 2011

Sell-side technology focused Investment Bank with concentration on running M&A and private

financing processes for founder-led technology and software companies

Performed comprehensive valuation analysis including public company comparables, precedent

transaction comparables and discounted cash flow analysis

Produced marketing materials including market size and addressable market, competitive landscape,

potential strategic synergies and valuation analysis for a variety industries

EDUCATION

Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA June 2010

Bachelor of Commerce, Finance, GPA: 3.71/4.0

Bachelor of Science, Economics, GPA: 3.64/4.0

Relevant Coursework: Quantitative Finance, Money & Capital Markets, Econometrics, Investments,

Statistics & Data Analysis, Managerial & Financial Accounting, New Venture Finance, Economics &

Law, Money & Banking, Aggregate Economic Theory, Psychology of Leadership

Coursework Highlights: Applied important concepts, techniques and tools in mathematics and statistics

relevant for modern finance; role and function of financial institutions, interest rate structures, money,

and capital markets; nature and functions of securities market; analyzed corporate investment and

financing decisions and their impact on a firm’s cash flows, return and risk

San Jose City College San Jose, CA June 2007

California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, CA January 2006

ADDITIONAL

Work Experience: Housing construction, logging, sub-station construction, and data focused start up

Certification & Training: Argus certification in process and REFM certification in process

Interests: outdoors, beach golf, running, professional and collegiate sports, contrarian stock plays

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