Marketing Professional Experience

ALLEN B. KORS

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VARIOUS CLIENTS – Closter, NJ October 2015 – Present Business Strategy & Management Consultant

Hands-on consultant for various corporate clients, with a focus on evaluating, implementing and managing key growth functions, including customer acquisition / lead generation, cost optimization, business development, digital marketing, financial analysis / accounting, affiliate programs and public relations. ACHIEVE LENDING – New York, NY March 2014 – January 2016 Founder and CEO

Founded a new education financing company that offers the first-ever student loan comparison tool at AchieveLending.com

Responsible for accounting, budgeting, capital raising, sales / marketing, business development, operations, and product oversight

Traction: Created and launched fully-functional, profitable web application; processed over $4 million in student loans through prototype; developed partnerships with over 40 marquee lenders; built affiliate partner network of over 2,100 marketing partners; generated over 2.2 million ad impressions and thousands of loan leads for our lender partners; garnered extensive press coverage, including Forbes, Huffington Post, Fusion, Boston Globe, VentureBeat and many prominent industry publications, radio shows, and podcasts

Wound down operations after a series of security breaches STAR ANGEL NETWORK – New York, NY October 2013 – March 2014 Managing Director

Manage an angel investing network composed of select professional athletes, entertainers, and related high net worth individuals

Evaluate and lead the screening and due diligence process of all new investment opportunities, primarily in the technology domain AUGEO AFFINITY MARKETING – New York, NY July 2012 – October 2013 Business Strategy and Management Consultant

Evaluate, implement and manage key operational and financial functions, including strategy, operations, sales & marketing, business technology, M&A, risk, corporate finance

Coordinated and executed the operational and financial diligence processes for three acquisition opportunities WELSH, CARSON, ANDERSON & STOWE – New York, NY August 2010 – July 2012 Associate, Private Equity

Evaluated and executed new investment opportunities in Welsh Carson’s two core industry verticals (Healthcare and Information & Business Services), in addition to actively overseeing portfolio investments by tracking performance toward financial and strategic goals Select Transaction Experience:

$50 million add-on acquisition of Solveras, a leading provider of comprehensive merchant payment services

- Led coordination with management team and external accounting, legal and industry advisors to synthesize pro forma merger model to determine the impact of multiple transaction structures to accretion/dilution, leverage and cash flow

$430 million final round bid submitted for one of the largest providers of financial and regulatory risk intelligence data

- Managed external advisor teams in assessment of industry dynamics, including market growth, regulatory developments and company-specific merits, and directed diligence calls with competitors and customers BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH (FORMERLY MERRILL LYNCH & CO.) – New York, NY July 2008 – June 2010 Analyst, Investment Banking Division, Private Equity Directs

Full-service private equity advisory group offering comprehensive financing solutions to corporate issuers in connection with growth equity, recapitalizations, LBOs, mergers, acquisitions and special situations across all industry verticals

Ranked as top-tier analyst in all review periods; 1 of 3 analysts (out of 8) retained in organizational group after Bank of America merger Select Transaction Experience:

$200 million convertible preferred issuance for a developer of smart grid infrastructure technology for utility markets

- Conducted on-site financial and operational due diligence, working directly with the firm’s CFO to develop operating model, which included valuation analyses examining impact of different transaction structures

$150 million equity raise for a premier privately-owned video game publisher/developer, in order to position the Company for long-term growth and provide liquidity to existing shareholders

- Individually developed operating model to perform valuation and investor returns analysis, examining future cash flow generation sensitivities to assess capital requirements EDUCATION

CORNELL UNIVERSITY – Ithaca, NY June 2008

Bachelor of Science, Industrial and Labor Relations Cumulative GPA: 3.99/4.00 • Ranked 2nd in graduating class (top 1%) • Dean’s List all semesters

Co-Founder and Vice-President, ILR Professional Business Network (only current business association in the ILR School; launched marketing efforts to recruit undergraduates interested in finance fields, resulting in over 60 members) COMMUNITY & OTHER

Community Involvement: Student Sponsor Partners: Mentor New York inner-city high school student, leading to increased confidence, improved academic performance and enhanced professional aptitudes.

Language Skills: Fluent in Russian • Proficient in Spanish

Licenses: Series 7 and 63

Personal Interests: International travel (16 countries), cognitive science, personal fitness, skiing, reading non-fiction, eclectic music

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