Kas Ebrahim
San Clemente, CA ***** / 714-***-**** (mobile) /
abmn9o@r.postjobfree.com
December 2008 to Present: Consultant, The Innovision Group - The
Innovision Group provides high growth, high technology firms
various consulting services. Responsibilities include financial
analysis, modeling and reporting.
Review Request for Proposal requirements against a virtual machines
(VM) solution design developed for a pharmaceutical company to
maximize R&D IT resources and track compliance with FDA
requirements. Developed Cost Proposal and pricing model.
Developed needs assessment, requirements analysis, funding and
documentation for an insurance company to build a web-based
geospatial application to manage provider network while satisfying
various business rules.
Developed requirements analysis for a sleep center to improve
operational activities and financial position ahead of planned
expansion.
Developed operational concept, marketing plan, and pricing
structure for a stock trading and investing school.
September 2009 to June 2010: Business Analyst, UnitedHealthCare -
Responsibilities include business analysis, contract review,
licensing and appointment monitoring, agent on-boarding activation
and maintenance using multiple enterprise level systems.
Presented to management seven specific processes and systems
improvements that can cut processing time in half.
Participated as a key team member in an agent consolidation project
that was successfully completed 33% ahead of schedule.
Achieved top performer status by completing work at 99.87% accuracy
and 92.5 percentile daily average production rate.
October 2007 to December 2008: Project and Costing Analyst,
Traverse Technologies, Inc. - Responsibilities included project
management, financial analysis, and proposal support (Cost Proposal
Development).
Analyzed requirement to ensure compliance system re-factor to
upgrade and enhancements of a geo-enabled Right-Of-Way Management
solution with the customer specified requirements. New system
reduced client's operational cost by 33% and maintenance cost by
75%.
Performed all financial analysis for several projects to track
costs, develop cost as completion and profitability on weekly
basis.
Successfully engaged a fast paced agile software development
project midstream to ensure on-time delivery while meeting
challenging project objectives. Managed three remotely located
development teams. Project completed successfully on budget & ahead
of schedule.
Developed pricing plan for several proposals and projects including
the required investments, Return on Invested Capital and cash-flow.
September 1998 to June 2007: Project Manager and Financial Analyst,
Stewart Geo Technologies, Inc. - Responsibilities included project
management, financial analysis, and proposal development support.
Developed project tracking system and financial model to
transitioned firm's operational procedures to the new ownership and
identified areas of improvement. The firm in first year of
operations increased sales by 19%, net income by 167%, and
stockholder equity by 214%.
Managed operations reorganization to outsource production.
Increased productivity by 600% and reduced production hourly cost
by 70%.
Performed financial analysis for multimillion dollars acquisition.
Developed sophisticated hyperlinked Excel based financial models
for company valuation, cash flow analysis, sales projections and
five years pro-forma. Financial model enabled efficiently running
what-if analysis to support the negotiations and due diligence
processes and development of the first year's annual operating plan
and budget.
Developed pricing model for an eCommerce solution targeted at
commercial real estate industry. Financial model supported decision
process at various levels from source data acquisition to margin
calculation and overhead budgeting to marketing and sales
promotions.
Developed numerous cost proposals and risk assessments for products
and services ranging from few thousand to multimillion dollars.
Developed financials for several business plans, obtained multi-
million dollar funding for acquisitions and capital investments.
November 1994 to September 1998: Business Manager, Business &
Financial Analyst: AverStar, Inc. - Responsibilities included
administrative processes, budgeting, rate management, cost
accounting and cost proposal development.
Developed numerous cost proposals, maintained overhead and G&A rate
calculation models according to Federal Acquisition Regulation.
Managed budgeting and cost tracking for $85 million federal
services division consisting of 300+ personnel and six remote
facilities.
Devised plan to chart workflow of administrative processes.
Identify communication points to evaluate and analyze
inefficiencies. Modified processes to improve workflow efficiency.
The process resulted in significant cost savings in excess of 35%.
Education
University of Southern California (USC), MBA
University of California Irvine (UCI), BA in Economics
SAP Business Object Training: Web Intelligence & Universe Design
computer skills
MicroSoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access), MS Project, MS
Visio, MS Publisher
SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence & Universe Designer; Suger,
ESRI ArcGIS