Financial Real Estate

David A. Cantor

***** ****** ***** *****

North Potomac, MD 20878

(H) 301-***-****

(Cell) 301-***-****

abhn3x@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DAC Business Advisors - Merger & Acquisitions

January 2008-Present

. Strategic advisory insight for small-mid cap companies

. Merger and acquisition consultancy

. Competitor analysis

. Market and industry analysis

. Strategic advisory

. Business strategy

. Work with clients to identify new market opportunities

. Business Plan analysis

BAE Systems, Inc.

Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

January 2007 - December 2007

. Analysis and consolidation of corporate operating results

. Responsible for working with Operating Groups to analyze and

prepare corporate operating results for $35B business.

. Member of team performing post acquisition integration analysis

($5B acquisition) to identify synergies and overall

corporate financial impact

. Post acquisition analysis conducted at a corporate and operating

group level to assess financial impacts.

. Review and analysis of government contracts

. Cost accounting analysis of ongoing project and monthly project

tracking.

. Lead role in coordinating Long Range Strategic Business Plan for

U.S. business for submission to UK parent company.

. Preparation and analysis of monthly reports for CFO briefing

to UK executives

. Analysis of monthly Operating Group financial data.

. Presentation of findings to executive management

. Worked with Operating Groups to analyze financial results and make

performance recommendations

. Analysis of integration impact of corporate acquisitions

. Managerial oversight of financial analyst.

. Ad hoc financial analysis projects

Sprint Nextel Corporation

Oct 2005 - April 2006

Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis (2006)

. Analysis of Operating Group performance and financial results

. Analysis and interpretation of cost-of-sales data as it relates to

corporate reporting.

. Lead analyst responsible for forecasting and budgeting for ten

separate corporate departments.

. Worked with Sales Groups on various financial and strategic business

issues.

. Member of team responsible for business case development.

. Worked with various internal corporate groups on ad-hoc business case and

financial analysis issues.

. Monthly financial analysis of corporate profit/loss and expenses

. Performed monthly variance analysis and discussed issues with department

VP's.

. Part of team responsible for Nextel/Sprint merger synergy analysis;

monthly tracking of synergy targets.

. Worked with various corporate groups including tax, accounting, strategy

and technology groups on various financial

projects.

Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate Development

Jan. 2005 - Sept.

2005

Finance:

. Corporate financial and operational analysis

. Strategic Advisory function to corporate business units

. Member of team analyzing post acquisition integration analysis to

identify synergies and overall corporate financial

impact resulting from a $36B merger.

. Valuation and M&A analysis relating to corporate

partnerships/acquisitions

. Business analysis including subscriber trends and forecasting

. Development of business cases relating to various corporate

initiatives

. Financial modeling and forecasting of current corporate performance

and projections of future performance

. Analysis of corporate performance compared to industry performance

. Financial analysis of current and future telecommunications industry

performance and trends including competitor

analysis

. Team member conducting analysis relating to Sprint-Nextel post-

merger scenarios

Network & Technology:

. Team member to evaluate current state of Nextel's communications

network

. Analyze and make recommendations regarding network development

requirements pertaining to corporate initiatives

. Analysis of cost requirements associated with network expansion

DAC Business Advisors

Feb 2002 - Jan. 2005

Investment Banking

. Assisted middle-market companies across several industry segments

. Identification of merger/acquisition targets

. Capital raising (debt and equity financing)

. Industry and competitor analysis

. Development of corporate/industry financial models and forecasts

. Extensive financial statement analysis (including revenue and cash flow

forecasting)

Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co, Inc.

March 2000 - Jan. 2002

Associate, Investment Banking Special Situations Group

. Middle market investment banking

. Mergers & acquisitions

. Capital raising (equity raising and debt financing)

. Extensive financial modeling and forecasting

. Identification of merger and acquisition targets

. Review and analysis of potential transaction to make

recommendations to senior management

. Industry focus included Real Estate, Hospitality,

Manufacturing and Consumer Products.

. Market research and analysis pertaining to

hospitality/real estate projects/acquisitions.

EDUCATION: Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Graduate School of Business Administration

MBA, Concentration in Finance, June 1998

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

College of Arts & Sciences

B.A., History, May 1993

Skills:

. Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

. Hyperion

. TM1

. PeopleSoft

. Essbase

. JD Edwards

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