Paralegal, MBA Student

CARLTON T. FORBES

646-***-**** ********@******.***.*** Pittsburgh, PA

EDUCATION

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, TEPPER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Pittsburgh, PA Master of Business Administration – MBA GMAT: 700/800 12/19

• Concentrations: Strategy, Marketing, Information Systems and Organizational Behavior

• Memberships: Marketing Club, Organizational Leadership Club, Black Business Association

• Honors: Consortium Fellow, Reaching Out MBA Fellow, David A. Tepper Scholarship, Wallace L. Jones Scholarship

• Case Comp.: Carnegie Bosch Institute Org. Leadership - Winner BROWN UNIVERSITY Providence, RI

Bachelor of Arts in International Relations 8/04

EXPERIENCE

DICK’S SPORTING GOODS Pittsburgh, PA

Strategy & Innovation Intern 6/18 – 8/18

• Strategic Planning: Presented customer research, go-to-market strategy to CEO at the end of the internship. Traveled with CEO to meet with regional managers and explore potential partnerships.

• Research and Analysis: Conducted quantitative market research and competitive analysis and analyzed internal and market data to create buyer personas, unearth insights, uncover trends and draw implications for strategy. GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC New York, NY

Regulatory Practice Group 2/15 – 5/17

Associate (12/16 – 5/17)

Senior Analyst (2/15 – 11/16)

• Management: Delegated inquiry assignments to team of 25 employees spread across 3 verticals based upon staff capability and workload; managed overseas team of 8 to handle routine inquiries, reducing overhead.

• Leadership: Developed business case for team dedicated to improving data collection and reporting processes; proposal to enhance management insight into team performance was accepted and implemented by senior management.

• Performance Management: Analyzed performance against regulatory compliance metrics, identified gaps, and reported to senior leadership; developed action plans and implemented corrective actions. Ensured that changes were implemented appropriately and monitored ongoing compliance; reported progress to regulators and senior management.

• Process Improvement: Redesigned weekly compliance report template, enhancing readability and usability leading to 75% report readership increase; incorporated single sign-on protocol to streamline document encryption.

• Problem Solving: Analyzed gaps in regulatory data collection efficiency. Identified redundant processes and implemented centralized data collection, reducing redundancy across departments.

• Teamwork: Partnered with overseas team to efficiently address over 1,200 inquiries annually; proposed integration of US and overseas team on regular calls to improve communication; collaborated with a cross-functional team situated across global offices to provide quick and accurate responses to complex inquiries during an intense 10- month regulatory audit.

LITIGATION PARALEGAL New York, NY

The Law Offices of Anthony Harwood – SOLO-PRACTICE (12/14 – 1/15) 3/05 – 1/15 Labaton Sucharow – SECURITIES, ANTI-TRUST, WHISTLEBLOWER (2/14 – 5/14) McDermott Will & Emery – DOC REVIEW (10/13 – 1/14) Porzio, Bromberg & Newman P.C. – CORPORATE (6/12 – 10/12) Meister Seelig & Fein LLP – COMMERCIAL, EMPLOYMENT (5/10 – 5/11) Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP – PRODUCT LIABILITY (3/05 – 7/08)

• Teamwork: Collaborated with partners, associates and junior paralegals within firm, in addition to co-counsel, to manage process to consolidate over 10,000 cases; co-led coordination between multiple teams on reassignment of cases from local courts to federal courts.

• Operational Efficiency: Conducted cost benefit analysis to support acquisition of intellectual property content management system; system decreased the risk of missing filing deadlines by automating calendar reminders and reduced unbillable work hours by improving administrative efficiency.

• Research and Analysis: Performed market research to identify potential business leads; recommended targets to senior attorneys, who used findings to formulate business development strategy.

• Communication: Authored hundreds of legal correspondences, communicating with judges, clients, co-counsel, and opposing counsel; drafted pleadings, motions, and discovery demands in support of clients. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Affiliations: Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Mentor; Collegiate School Alumni Council

• Interests: Advanced analytics in sports, Music (Have performed original music at over 200 events)

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