Operations

Laure Martin

Palo Alto, CA, USA

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Profile

Passionate about International Business, Tech environment and People; Developed operations for early stages start-ups. World traveler who speaks French and English and is currently learning Spanish, looking for new opportunities among a remote team.

Education

Masters in International Business Graduated in August 2014 HULT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL San Francisco, USA World's most international business school. Top 10 FT ranking for international business and experience.

Bachelors in Organizational Management Graduated in July 2013 PARIS DAUPHINE UNIVERSITY Paris, France

Ranked 4th best French Education

Professional Experience

Diamond Inc - San Mateo Aug 2015 - May 2016

Seed stage start-up in the Artificial intelligence field Operations Manager - Developed the operations of the company including HR, Recruiting, Legal and Finance.

eShares Inc – Mountain View and San Francisco Jan - June 2015 Startup in Financial services with more than $7M of round A fundings and 35 employees Internal Ops - In charge of the entire internal operations. Organized and coordinated the new office Move. Created accounting procedure. Developed the Benefits program and HR procedures

- ACCOUNTING: Managed the accounting using QBO, detailed the chart of accounts, automated synchronization with Expenses and AP/AR tools. Monthly reporting to the investors.

- HR: Onboarded employees, Created a benefits Program (catering/dental/life and health insurance/ commuter benefits/401k/gym). Managed HR compliance. Assisted the team in Recruiting (sourcing and recruiting coordinator) And processed payrolls.

- OFFICE MANAGEMENT: Organized an office Move to SF. Maintained and improved the 2 offices (snacks, vendor, maintenance, furnitures and IT). Reorganized the filing system (hard and soft copies).

- EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: Scheduled the CEO’s Calendar, and helped for any requests. Many travels organized.

SALT TECHNOLOGY– San Francisco 2014

Startup in mobile payment based in Canada with over 30 private investors Accounting and HR Manager - In charge of HR and payrolls. Managed the Merchant data base and reorganized the legal files of the company. In charge of the vendors contracts and the office sublease. Bookkeeping of the company with Quickbooks for the US and Canadian Firm.

- ACCOUNTING: Managed the accounting of the US and Canadian firm using Quickbooks. Used bill.com for the AP. Gave monthly reports (P&L and BS consolidation)

- HR: Enrolled new employees for benefits, draft the contract, Managed the payroll bi-weekly thru ADP in USA and PowerPay in Canada, implement new benefits, and onboarded new employees. Assisted in the Hiring process especially for foreign employees (Visa). Assisted in recruiting international employees.

- OFFICE MANAGEMENT: processed incoming call and mail, reorganized the filing system, tracked expense reports, maintained office (supplies, improvements, events, vendors), managed the meeting rooms planning. Helped with Ad hoc projects. MLSTATE Paris, France 2012 – 2013

Startup in technology and innovation in computer sciences. GIGA-OM structure finalist. $6,5M in R&D. Finance Manager: Managed the financial and administrative aspects of the company, restructured and cut costs (divided by 6 in 8 months), refinanced the company (over $250,000 in public subsidies) and managed HR and legal issues.

• RESTRUCTURING: Cut costs by renegotiating contracts, optimized the team in order to let time for the company to disrupt and prepared an annual budget. Costs were divided by 6 in 8 months..

• BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. Strategized with the CEO and board to pivot the company. Created a new business plan by analyzing the market, and presented it at board meetings. Managed the cash flow forecast and analyzed financial data.

• REFINANCING: Gained over $250,000 in European and French subsidies for R&D and innovation by assembling files (financial and project report) - calculated and declared credit taxes (NOL) for R&D in order to finance the startup.

• ADMINISTRATION: Recorded daily accounting and bank reconciliation – Prepared the final accounts for auditors – Reported monthly financial statements (with comparison)– Declared social charges – Generated employee payroll – Assistant of the CEO (travel and calendar planning) – Board meeting preparation

DIRECT MEDICA Boulogne Billancourt, France 2010 - 2011 Healthcare and pharmaceutical industry - 25M€ revenue – 7 affiliates in Europe – 500 employees Accountant Part of the financial team, managed all the accounting tasks of the company under CFO’s supervision, created an accounting procedures manual, trained new accountants (senior and junior), developed a project regarding revenue with the “business development team” in order to create an affiliate in Spain.

Additional Information Languages: Native French speaker, fluent in English, beginner in Spanish Event management: Organized sportive events and Charity events Technologies: OS : Mac and Windows. MS office suite and open office. Outlook calendar, mail, contacts. Google suite (drive, calendar…) and Dropbox/Box

Financial software : Sage, Quick books and EBP. Bill.com to manage AP/AR. Expensify for expenses HR and recruiting: Zenefits, Zenpayroll, angel list Additional learning: Finance classes at Stanford – International Business classes at Foothill College, Python language (online classes).

Travels: Brazil, UK, USA, Canada, Argentina, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Swaziland, Portugal, Polynesia, Italy, Germany, Spain, Greece, Thailand, Caribbean, Costa rica, Guatemala. Sports: Equestrian (6th at the french jumping championship in 2010) and Rock climbing Other: Au pair from 2011 to 2012 in Menlo park – Took care of two kids and taught them French, drove them to different activities, managed the grocery and errands of the household.

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