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KATHY ARCANO

*** ** *** ** • Miami, FL *****

919-***-**** • *****.******@*****.***

EDUCATION THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA Chapel Hill, NC

KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL

Master of Business Administration, May 2010. Corporate Finance concentration.

Active member, Finance and GM clubs; VP of Community Development, Tennis Club.

UNIVERSITA BOCCONI Milan, Italy

Exchange semester, Spring, 2010

UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR Caracas, Venezuela

Bachelor of Electronic Engineering, June 2005.

Cum Laude. Graduated top 10% of class.

EXPERIENCE DIAGEO Miami, FL

Summer 2009 Finance Intern. Developed a Business Performance Meetings (BPM) process for the new North

Latin American and the Caribbean (NorthLAC) region creating a performance tracker to evaluate its

operations in the region against its strategy and stand

• Aligned competitor perspective in Beating the Competition initiative for total NorthLAC

including a scorecard and brand performance tool in the BPM process

• Evaluated key leading indicators in the business to better predict future performance trends by

using regression models to determine the correlation with the region trading profit

• Project accepted by the executive team and implemented immediately

2007-2008 FARMATODO Caracas, Venezuela

Leading pharmaceutical retail company in Latin America ($1B in sales/year)

Financial Planning Analyst. Led financial control team that managed costs, expenses and budget for

both 150 retail stores and the company’s internal departments

• Working with top management, coordinated and developed five-year strategic plan

• Reduced accounts receivable time by over 50% by optimizing the communication process with

suppliers

• Created and introduced the lot evaluation method into Farmatodo’s decision making process for

new store locations

• Optimized and implemented the financial/commercial corporate budget (Cognos) model of

2007 and 2008

2005-2007 VERIZON INTERNATIONAL – MOVILNET Caracas, Venezuela

Planning and Control Specialist. Elaborated the commercial corporate budget model and the 5-year

strategic plan based on analysis and forecasting of market variables

• Performed financial and commercial analysis of the company’s new (GSM) network approved

by the board of directors

• Conducted benchmark analysis of a new (EVDO) data technology resulting in the

implementation of Venezuela’s first wireless hi-speed data network

• Evaluated profitability of the new Real Time Billing platform leading to its approval and

execution

SKILLS Proficiency in Spanish, English and Italian

Expertise in Microsoft Office and IBM Cognos

Programming skills in C++, Visual Basic (VBA) and SQL

ADDITIONAL Private tutor in mathematics for 8 years

DATA Performed Ballet for 10 years

Completed “Doing Business in China” program – Tsinghua University, Beijing

Completed SPIN selling workshop at Kenan-Flagler Business School

Project Leader in the STAR Project with Panera Bread – Social Networking Strategy

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