DANIEL ARONS

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Weston, CT ***83

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Seasoned Finance Executive with broad corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, financial analysis, and business planning experience. Manage customer-oriented, professional teams in rapidly changing corporate environments. Extensive exposure advising and presenting to senior executive teams and Boards of Directors of Fortune 100 corporations. Highly effective communicator and problem-solver with proven leadership skills. Dedicated, driven, and adaptable, with the ability to tactfully influence others and cultivate a team environment. Lead project teams through complex deal structuring efforts as well as multi-billion dollar acquisitions and divestitures. Areas of specialization include:

• Financial Planning and Analysis • Mergers & Acquisitions / Deal Pricing

• Venture Capital • Business Planning

• Corporate Strategy • Business Performance Tracking

• Strategic Planning • Business and Portfolio Valuation

• Investment Risk Analysis/Profiling • Investment Portfolio Management PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL (FORMERLY GE CAPITAL RETAIL FINANCE), Stamford, CT 2009 – Vice President of Finance, Business Development and Deal Pricing

• Lead deal pricing efforts for Synchrony’s $40B+ retail credit card business line

• Manage wing-to-wing deal process for contract renewals, portfolio acquisitions, divestitures and start-ups

• Serve as head of cross-functional deal team (Risk, IT, Operations, Marketing, Sales, Underwriting, etc.)

• Develop robust valuation and financial models focused on enterprise value, economics and deal profitability

• Work closely with business development team to evaluate strategic fit of prospective partners

• Regular Interface with existing and prospective partner client teams

• Lead finance member of contract negotiation team, working closely with legal, compliance, underwriting, etc.

• Engage in third party discussions with prospective retail partners and representative deal brokers

• Direct due diligence efforts as needed for all portfolio purchases and dispositions

• Coordinate and actively participate in all pricing improvement and growth initiatives

• Daily interface with CFO and CEO. Provide insight to leadership to drive informed decisions

• Present results from deal pricing and projects to senior leadership team on a regular basis BARCLAYS PLC, Wilmington, DE 2005 – 2008

Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, Barclaycard US

• Built and directed corporate planning and analysis function for Barclays’ $15B credit card operation

• Supervised a team of five associates responsible for developing and maintaining short and long-range forecasts

• Finance lead on all major strategic projects and initiatives including evaluation of new products and services

• Delivered forecast presentations to senior management (monthly), and Barclaycard Executive Board (quarterly)

• Provided ongoing direction to marketing segment directors regarding profitability and risk analysis

• Daily interaction with senior management from key departments (i.e., risk, marketing, legal, accounting, etc.)

• Advised senior management team regarding the financial and strategic value of potential acquisitions or divestitures

• Developed and tracked key performance indicators (KPIs) against internal targets as well as industry peers BANK OF AMERICA, Horsham, PA 2001 – 2004

Director of Finance, Credit Card Services

• Managed a team of six analysts that performed extensive financial analysis for various operating divisions

• Delivered monthly review presentations to senior management regarding business unit financial performance

• Provided in-depth financial analysis for new acquisition and relationship management marketing programs

• Led acquisition and divestiture transaction teams (including valuation, due diligence, and contract negotiations)

• Prepared proforma financial projections and business plans for business development ventures

• Identified and recommended strategic and financial opportunities that increase shareholder profitability

• Developed and implemented monthly review process for co-branded/affinity programs

• Created methodologies for royalty compensation to prospective credit card partners

• Defined minimum performance thresholds for early termination of co-branded partnership agreements DANIEL ARONS

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EXELON CORPORATION, Philadelphia, PA 1997 – 2001

Senior Project Evaluations Analyst, Enterprises Finance and Exelon Capital Partners (1998 – 2001) Planning Analyst, Corporate Planning & Development (1997 – 1998) Financial Leadership and Training

• Selected to manage the valuation efforts in association with a multi-billion dollar acquisition roll-up strategy

• Prepared and presented investment opportunities to Exelon senior management and Board of Directors

• Managed a corporate-wide program for post-appraising implemented initiatives

• Led internal teams through various corporate approval processes for major capital projects

• Played leading role in the development of a national retail broadband telecommunications strategy

• Developed expertise regarding business plans of existing and “greenfield” competitive cable companies

• Delivered educational presentations to Exelon Enterprises’ strategic business unit teams Financial Analysis and Business Valuation

• Acknowledged as business valuation expert within Exelon Enterprises community

• Constructed financial models and assisted in the development of a national Broadband business plan

• Performed extensive risk modeling to assess capital risk exposure (likelihood of success, Monte-Carlo simulation)

• Built complex financial models to determine project economic value (i.e., measures such as NPV, IRR, DROI)

• Evaluated new business ventures as well as re-investment opportunities for PECO operating divisions Business Planning and Performance Tracking

• Developed corporate and business unit plans (i.e., strategy, budgeting, variance analysis)

• Established key performance indicators (KPIs) for strategic business units Mergers and Acquisitions

• Advised senior management regarding the value of potential mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and divestitures

• Evaluated over 80 acquisition targets on behalf of Exelon Infrastructure Services (EIS)

• Served as key member of EIS' negotiating team resulting in the acquisition of 7 companies ($500M in revenue)

• Managed and engaged in all aspects of due diligence process for EIS acquisitions

• Worked directly with investment bankers and lawyers regarding a $800M Broadband service company acquisition

• Served as valuation lead for AmerGen, a joint-venture between Exelon and British Energy to acquire nuclear plants

• Prepared deal term sheets and developed "earn-out" parameters for sellers Venture Capital

• Screened and evaluated investment opportunities on behalf of Exelon Capital Partners (ECP), a corporate VC fund

• Developed and formally delivered presentations to ECP Board members concerning investment decisions

• Negotiated and structured terms of ECP equity investments

• Worked closely with senior management teams of investment candidate companies

• Monitored ongoing performance of ECP’s portfolio of direct and private fund investments

• Prepared investment memoranda regarding venture capital investment candidates

• Actively participated in decision-making meetings for prospective and existing ECP portfolio companies HOWARD, LAWSON & COMPANY, Philadelphia, PA 1994 – 1997 Investment Banking Associate

• Valued corporate and partnership securities, including debt, equity and those of a derivative nature

• Advised corporate clients/shareholders regarding the structuring of mergers and acquisitions

• Determined fairness of transactions affecting shareholders of public and private companies

• Appraised companies before anticipated IPOs for the purpose of granting restricted stock awards

• Provided damages analyses for attorneys in connection with shareholder class action suits

• Counseled health care companies with the sale or joint-venturing of their respective businesses

• Performed merger and acquisition consulting for companies in the health care industry DANIEL ARONS

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THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM, Washington, DC 1993 – 1994 Researcher for Jon Mingo, Senior Advisor to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors

• Performed statistical analysis on bank acquisitions

• Assisted in comparing deposit premiums received by the FDIC and private banks EDUCATION

MBA, Finance, Magna Cum Laude, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, FOX SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, Philadelphia, PA 2000 BBA, Finance, Cum Laude, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC 1994 TECHNICAL SKILLS

Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, Crystal Ball, and numerous spreadsheet applications. AFFILIATIONS

Executive Board Member, Young Friends of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Member, Regional Performing Arts Center of Philadelphia Member, World Affairs Council

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