Management Real Estate

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Entrepreneurial Finance & Management Professional with experience in small business executive management and ownership, private

equity, and management consulting. Results-focused and independently driven leader with proven ability to turn around financially &

operationally troubled small businesses though implementing new strategic blueprints. Talent for proactively identifying deep value

and synergistic opportunities, and for delivering efficient returns on capital deployed.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Kahn Capital Management, LLC Fundamental/Value Investing Focus Orlando, Florida 2008 - 2010

Financial & Market Research Associate

Leading all company modeling and valuation analysis for a variety of industries, maintaining industry competitive summaries,

following earnings calls, and monitoring sell-side research. When further interest requires, continued due diligence includes

management profiling, product research and their cross competitive relationships to other industries and companies, supplier and

subcontractor profiles, direct company communication, news compilations, sub-contract trees, and macro influence profiles. Ad hoc

projects included, fund raising activities, fund identity creation, tender offer management, exit prospecting, and writing/maintaining a

separate company/contract database creation and management for defense related companies.

Built and maintained a database of over 160 company models and profiles to date. The database allows for clear competitive

cross-referencing using key fundamentals and developed valuations.

Defense database was used to uncover exit opportunities for a position we held in the GPS and RF defense electronics space.

Worked through a public (WEDC now MSCC) tender transaction resulting an effective $4.25 - $7 entrance/exit (Sept 09-Apr 10)

Organicbug.com Edgewater, Florida 2009 - Present

Management & Financial Consultant

An online retailer specializing in products that meet their mission of sustainable, organic, fair trade, and other socially responsible

metrics. Hired to establish an operational blueprint to ensure the viability and scalability of the business model in c onsideration of the

owner s intentions.

Have established a 100% increase in average monthly revenue for the current fiscal year.

FotoIllusion Studios / JEE Holdings, LLC Orlando, Florida 2003 - 2008

Owner President

Recruited initially to create and implement a blueprint for the purpose of first, stabilizing the business model financially and second,

providing a repeatable process to copy across the south east region in a privately owned franchise format. Oversaw all finances,

projections, budgets, managed cash flow, payroll, accounting, turnaround strategy, business development, sales, marketing,

production, technology development, human resources, contracts, legal, pricing strategy, business acquisitions, real estate acquisitions,

and partnership development.

Established a profitable studio operation within first 12 months and quickly implemented the model across 5 additional cities in 3

states, through business acquisitions and organic growth within a total of 4 years.

Through the reorganization process, I was able to reduce original studio capital requirements for future studio expansion by 70%

Acquired core assets of a failed operation, within a target city, resulting in a 300%+ return on capital over 3 years. After the sale

of the company, this studio location continues to operate as the premier youth sports photography choice for the region.

Developed proprietary technology/software to ensure inventory/production/supply efficiency and volume prediction between lab,

studios, and customers, which acted as our competitive advantage within our industry.

Restructured on-site photography production, sales methods, pricing models, and partnership commission structure smoothing out

previous customer complaints and adding an average of 13% to our margin efficiency.

Acquired real estate for our lab operation, which through leasing additional unused space ensured a 15% reduction in overhead.

Turnaround strategy increased company metrics from 2 accounts consisting of 1,200 customers to over 75 accounts serving over

35,000 customers yielding 1M+ in total revenue production.

EDUCATION, TECHNICAL SKILLS, & OTHER

University of Colorado Boulder, CO B.A. in Economics President s List

Proficient in the Microsoft Suite (advanced MS Excel) with experience in VBA, Web Design, and Graphic Design

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