Thaminda Ramanayake MS, MBA

***-**, ****** ****, *** 8E, Forest Hills, NY 11375 347-***-****

www.linkedin.com/in/thaminda19 abhvto@r.postjobfree.com

Highly quantitative and performance-driven professional U.S. Citizen with

more than seven years of domain expertise in finance, analytics,

biotechnology, effective corporate management and leadership. Highlighted

strengths in: risk management, quantitative research and analysis, new

business development, project management, optimization, strategic

leadership and marketing.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Hayleys, PLC, Colombo, Sri Lanka (Largest multinational conglomerate, with

over $3BN top-line revenue, founded in 1878)

Financial Risk Analyst and Consultant (Virtual - Outsourced)

10/10 - 12/10

. Responsible for developing financial models, drafting international

committee memoranda, and pro forma financial analysis

. Created a deal pitch book and an analyst report for an M&A transaction

(pre-post) for Hayleys MGT Knitting Mills (textile)

Thomas Weisel Partners, New York, NY (Middle Market Investment Bank,

acquired by Stifel Nicolaus in 08/10)

Associate - Equity Research Biotechnology (U.S.)

07/10 - 10/10

. Initiated equity research coverage of 6 biopharmaceutical companies

(AMGN, BIIB, CELG, GILD, ACOR, HGSI) - due diligence, scientific and

financial analysis (NPV/DCF valuation) on 4 more companies (GENZ, JNJ,

GSK, VRTX)

. Prepared valuation using public company comparables, precedent

transactions, and DCF to determine equity value and stock prices

. Built comparable and valuations models for recent publicly traded

companies after analyzing clinical trial data, research journal articles,

key opinion leader input, and industry reports

Northpoint Advisors, LLC, Fairport NY

Consultant - Strategy, Business Development and Analytics

06/10 - 08/10

. Growth and value driven advisory to clients, formulating novel business

and leadership concepts focused on "blue ocean" strategies

. Built a financial risk model that captures demand fluctuation and risk,

after performing extensive regression analysis (SPSS, GRTL)

. Key accomplishments: Waste Management (water systems) company seeks

additional business opportunity (ITT Waste & Wastewater), Pharmacy

Automation manufacture seeks better return on R&D investments (McKesson)

University of Rochester Medical Center - Rochester, NY

Consultant - Team Lead: Clinical & Translational Science Institute

07/09 - 06/10

. Developed a business case for a $85 million federal research award,

capitalizing on the analysis of research project development, funding,

regulatory approval (FDA quality systems), project initiation (IRB review)

and Business Process Reengineering (BPR)

. Deliverables: prospectus for Principle Investigators and recommendations

to Clinical Research Review Process Improvement Team (CRRPIT - Six Sigma),

on lean operation techniques to optimize processes to achieve a $100

million annual funding target

Thomas Weisel Partners, New York, NY

Summer Associate - Equity Research Biotechnology

04/09 - 07/09

. Performed due diligence, equity research and science analysis on 4

biopharmaceutical companies (BMRN, OGXI, AFFY, ONXX)

. Built comparables tables, valuation models and updated existing models

for the analyst. Wrote parts of equity research reports.

Johnson & Johnson Co., Ortho Clinical Diagnostics - Rochester, NY

Project Manager - VITROS Systems Validation

08/07 - 05/09

. Hired, restructured and led cross functional teams of scientists to

acquire over 20,000 clinical specimens and test fluids under 8 months,

resulting in 30% savings in allocated budget (processed over 200,000

patient samples and test fluids under 8 months)

. Johnson & Johnson Encore Award (Platinum Level): Highest honors for

outstanding project management and leadership skills

. Financial analytics, prepare RFPs and RFIs, forecasting and due diligence

on vendors that saved over $400,000 as cost reduction

. Built financial models (excel) that effectively capture vendor price

fluctuation and market externalities to predict costs/expenses

ANZ Grindlays Bank - Colombo, Sri Lanka

Credit Specialist - Short Term Borrowings & Secured Credit Cards

07/98 - 12/99

. Consulted for clients providing customized solutions with secured short

term debt and credit cards for various business needs

. Increased customer base by 20% and quarterly revenue by 11% (within the

division) through networking and building relationships

Delpha Enterprises, LLC - Colombo, Sri Lanka

Founder, CEO

06/96 - 03/99

. Joint venture of commercial services, sales and trade finance with MOST

One and MOST Bank in the Russian Federation

. Successfully expanded the commercial portfolio to education services

consulting, raw materials and commodities import/export

. Chairman of the three-part transaction of an acquisition deal - three

different companies acquired each business division (02/99)

EDUCATION

University of Rochester (UR) - Rochester, NY

Simon School of Business - Master of Business Administration - Finance

(Academic Merit Scholar) 2010

. Vice-President: Simon Health Sciences Club, Captain: Job Opportunity &

Leadership Team, Academic Honesty Committee

. 2nd place Award: Financial Statement Analysis Case Challenge - Dow

Chemical's Acquisition of PBB (Brazil)

. 3rd place Award: Consulting Case Challenge by NORTHPOINT Advisors

(Healthcare M&A project - pitch book & analyst report)

. Training the Street: Corporate Valuation Seminar for Investment Research,

Financial Modeling, Statement & DCF Analysis

School of Medicine and Dentistry (UR Medical Center) - Master of Science

(Immunology - with qualified PhD thesis) 2007

. Researched and published peer-reviewed journal articles on tumor

immunity/surveillance (publication list available on www.pubmed.gov)

. Speaker: 10th annual ISDIC congress, URMC Dept. of Immunology, and EMRA

conference 2009

. Dean's Scholarship for academic merit, ISCDI Travel Award, Teaching and

Mentoring Award

Berea College - Berea, KY

Bachelor of Arts - Cellular, Molecular & Systems Biology

2004

. Director for residence halls, leadership coach, president for numerous

clubs & societies, and advisor to international students

. John G. Fee full-tuition merit scholarship, Dean's List, Phi Kappa Phi,

and "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities"

. Dingman Book Award: directed and produced a film to promote cultural

integration among international and domestic students

. Navy V-12/V-5 Award: for outstanding contributions to human kinship and

international understanding on campus

Moscow M. V. Lomonosov State University, Moscow, Russia

. Diploma in Pre-Med/Biological Sciences (equivalent to BS) - Focused on

Abnormal Psychology & Counseling 1998

SKILLS, INTERESTS & AFFILIATIONS

. Affiliations: Project Management Institute (PMI.org), American Chemistry

Society, ISCDI, American Red Cross, AAI

. Language(s): English, Russian and Sinhala (Sri Lanka)

. Personal: US Citizen, Entrepreneur, Business Coach, Dance Coach

. Computer skills: Financial Modeling, FactSet, Capital IQ, MS Office

Suite, MS Project, MS VISIO, Oracle Crystal Ball & Gretl (Econometrics),

IMS Health Database, Thomson ONE Analytics, ReadyPrice , SPSS, SAS,

STATA, SQL, Photoshop, Ariba

. Operations Skills: SIPOC analysis, ER Diagrams, Project Dossier Design,

preparing procurement documentation, budgeting (P&L)

. Leadership Coach: Team building, risk mitigation and restructuring,

strategic problem solving and optimizing operations

BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE-SCIENCE EXPERTISE

. 6 peer-reviewed journal articles, 4 abstracts, 3 critically-reviewed

journal articles, 3 posters, 6 formal presentations (details available)

. Consultant for various clinical, translational and biopharmaceutical

projects

. Assistant lecturer: graduate level Immunology, Virology; undergraduate

level biology, microbiology, genetics, environmental science

. Key Opinion Leader: Oncology Knowledge Development Team, Johnson &

Johnson Ortho Clinical Diagnostics

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