Education ****-****: F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College
Master of Business Administration with concentration in Global
Management, June 2008
JMCFE (Joint Management Consulting Field Experience) for EMC Brazil
Awards and Honors: Olin Fellow
Academic Research: Pulse, Marketing of a Russian High Tech Company
1999-2003: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of
Management
Bachelor of Science in Business Management with Minor in Economics,
June 2003
President (2001-2002) and Treasurer (2001-2003) of MIT Russian House.
Awards and Honors: Member of the National Society of Collegiate
Scholars (co-president in 2001)
Academic Research: Insider Incentives in Under-Pricing of IPO's (Sloan
School of Management), Statistical Analysis of Financial Incentives in
Educational System (Department of Economics)
Work 09/2008 - Present Convasis LLC
Experience Boston, MA
Managing Director
General Management: Managing the daily operations of an information
technology company. Developing the overall business strategy and
direction, making sales, directing client projects, hiring and managing
employees.
Business Consulting: Advised small and medium sized companies on
business strategy and online presence.
Teaching and Public Relations: As part of the marketing campaign, led
a series of classes and speaker series at major universities including
Harvard, Babson and Boston University.
09/2005-04/2007 Downer & Company LLC
Boston, MA
Investment Analyst
Preparation of Marketing Documents: Analyzed clients' company
operations and detailed financial statements and wrote representative
information memorandums. Worked closely with executives to prepare
management presentations.
Research and Valuation: Conducted detailed market research and
investigated transaction histories, constructed financial models to
establish proper value for companies.
Information Management: Compiled company information for distribution,
administered the electronic dataroom, managed the due diligence
process, often on-site.
09/2003-01/2005 Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC
Boston, MA
Quantitative Financial Analyst
Quantitative Analysis: Constructed and tested quantitative financial
models of the US equity markets. Studied improvements to the
valuation models and investigated cross-correlations and trends such as
price momentum, mean reversion, and consistencies in analysts' earnings
estimates.
Portfolio Construction: Designed and implemented a portfolio of US
stocks to optimally replicate the performance of US commodity markets.
Also, participated in general portfolio optimization process.
Software Development: Developed tools in C++ and MATLAB for financial
research, back-testing of models, and graphical representation of
results.
Summer 2002 UBS Warburg
New York, NY
Financial Information Technology Intern
Designed and programmed an automated updating system for traded
securities in Excel VBA.
Implemented, tested and supported ClearQuest notification and
bug-logging software for project development and company-wide resource
coordination. Prepared software demonstrations and presentations to the
management team.
Entrepreneuri RSBB: Co-founder and CFO of Rapid Swap Battery Bus, a manufacturer of
al Ventures electric buses and high-speed battery replacement systems
Purivida: founder and CEO of a water purification development company
targeting third world countries
Misc. Fluency in English, Spanish, French and Russian. Avid scuba-diver,
dedicated tree-hugger, pianist guru.
US citizen since 2002
Catherine Ossikine
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