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EXPERIENCE

Nextdoor, Corporate Finance (previously Finance & Strategy) 4/2022 –Now

• Establishing the Corporate Finance function at the Company in a team of two by developing an investment strategy anchored in Nextdoor’s product roadmap and working closely with senior leadership

• Creating a sourcing funnel (developed pipeline of 80+ targets over a period of 2 quarters) and developing M&A investment committee process to set-up a scalable institutional function

• Sourced and conducted diligence on a number of targets and presented at IC (CEO and CFO) to get approvals for submission of LOIs (3+ in 6 months)

• Led and conducted due diligence process for 4 post-LOI and 7 post-IOI, and numerous early-stage deals, including identifying investment thesis and risks, determining appropriate valuation, and structuring the deal to optimize for the best outcome for Nextdoor.

• Project Yak (closed) – Worked cross-functionally and with the vendor to negotiate and close a perpetual licensing contract with a buyout option to create a white-label IRL chat function for the Nextdoor platform. Modeled and projected the growth in engagement along with the impact on revenue to determine the ROIC and the best structure for the deal to allow for significant value creation at Nextdoor.

• Coached and mentored junior team members, resulting in greater productivity and higher-impact projects due to improved execution capabilities e.g., quarterly sales projections and team structure and productivity

• Spearheaded sales team recession strategy development by creating a Recession Playbook, and resulting in 100+ new logos & 200 prioritized advertisers over 3 months

• Created a detailed model for international monetization strategy, which helped to determine the order of geographical expansion and the optimal engagement thresholds (WAU ) to kick off monetization Industrial Growth Partners, Senior Associate 6/2021 –3/2022

• Conducted comprehensive investment research in various industrial and infrastructure subsectors, identifying high-potential opportunities and contributing to the firm's diversified investment portfolio.

• Functioned as the deal-quarterback by leading due diligence efforts and coordinating across numerous stakeholders, including bankers, IGP, sellers, and third-party vendors (legal, tax, financial, market, insurance, etc.) to manage diligence workstreams and drive it towards the close

• Performed financial analysis, valuation, and modeling for potential investments, supporting transaction due diligence and informed decision-making processes.

• Collaborated effectively within a small team environment, working closely with senior members and external advisors to execute transactions and prepare investment committee materials to share diligence findings and financial analysis.

• Oversaw 2 portfolio companies, collaborating with C-suite on monthly KPI tracking, growth strategy, and M&A execution; assisted with add-on integration and organic growth initiatives, including geographic expansion and product development.

• Actively managed and mentored associates on new platform deals and also on portfolio companies.

• Renaissance Technologies – Add-on for AEM ~$65mm (closed) – Quarterbacked the deal process by leading diligence workstreams, conducting market research, spearheading business diligence, doing deep-dive analysis

(customer, SKUs, suppliers, financials, etc.), along with managing an associate, partners and company management. Also responsible for management of third parties’ providers (e.g., QofE work, environmental, R&W, etc.) along with working with the lenders for additional financing

• AFS – Add-on for SPL ~$10mm (closed) – Conducted deep due diligence (customer, supplier, SKU analysis) to determine synergies and fit with the underlying portfolio company and quantified value creation for the company Explorer Acquisitions, Investments Professional 2/2020 –6/2021

• Assisted tech execs with SPAC listing & investment, mapped sector, identified targets, conducted diligence and, and worked on closing processes, including finalizing valuation and raising a PIPE

• Helped founders develop strategic initiatives for portfolio planning, team building & direction. (e.g., incentive plan for the operators to have strong alignment)

AvePoint (NASDAQ: AVPT, announced on Nov 23, 2020)

• Helped to identify and conduct business diligence on enterprise software targets for Apex Acquisition Corp

• Prepared valuation analysis to determine appropriate target price and raised PIPE funding from major investors. 2

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Palladium Equity Partners, Private Equity Investment Associate (promoted in 2017) (New York) 2016 – 2018

• Identified, evaluated, and executed 15+ investments by reviewing marketing materials, devising intricate financial models, orchestrating financial, business and industry due diligence, and creating investment committee packages.

• Conducted extensive financial modeling including valuation (DCF, LBO, sale-leaseback, divestiture, SOTP, comps, financial covenants) along with the building of detailed market-study reports, a thorough operating model to manage the business, working capital analysis to optimize AP and AR policies along with a cash forecast model.

• Worked and coordinated across multiple stakeholders on every project including the management, diligence vendors, consultants, bankers, lenders, and the board.

• Managed portco as the only Associate while collaborating with a principal and the Chairman of Palladium on a Chapter 11 filing and an operational turnaround.

• Selected as best industry focus idea (flow controls) among all junior team and adopted in the new fund. Kymera International; ~$415mm purchase of fine metal powders producer from Platinum Equity (closed)

• Attended management presentation, conducted business and market diligence while coordinating with over 20 lenders for leverage estimates; led market research through GLG calls and other operating executives to formulate a competitive landscape, and identify add-on targets for a future roll-up strategy.

• Prepared initial investment committee materials and constructed an LBO and M&A model to project financials and returns through the hold period across various macroeconomic scenarios. Raben Tire – Turnaround, Equity Cure and Refinancing, (~$30mm equity infusion), sold to Goodyear Tire

• Conducted deep due diligence to diagnose issues, built a detailed operational model to find optimal capital structure, initiated and established a cash management process and policies, reworked staffing store model and employee benefits plan, replaced management team, and executed equity cures.

• Executed refinancing for existing ABL revolver by creating lender deck, building cash model, negotiating a better borrowing base to lock in a covenant-lite structure.

• Developed investment committee memos along with an LBO and M&A model for a ~$15mm EBITDA add-on. Houlihan Lokey, Analyst, Industrials Coverage (New York, NY) 2013 – 2015

• Closed seven transactions (sales, divestitures, proxy fights) as the solo analyst and offered to stay for career track.

-Industrial Safety Technologies, Mark Andy, PlayPower, Thermo Fluids, Rock River Environment Services, SL Industries, Layne

• Constructed detailed dynamic valuation models involving DCF, LBO, and Sum-of-the-parts analysis

~$330mm Sale of Industrial Safety Technologies, Battery Ventures portfolio company, to Tyco International (closed)

• Created pitch and financial model for the fire and gas detection equipment company, with five operating subsidiaries

~$170mm Sale of Mark Andy, an AIP portfolio company, to Desai Holdings (closed)

• Created highly technical marketing materials alongside senior management for the printing equipment company to explain the business model and the market landscape in the printing and label market Morgan Stanley AIP, Investment Analyst - Private Equity (Conshohocken, PA) 2012 – 2013

• Evaluated PE funds managers and co-investments through LBO modeling, track record analysis, and due diligence

• Project Yield (Closed, ~$50mm investment in a $1.5bn drug royalty fund) – analyzed a drug royalty cash flow model to forecast new fund returns and to compare IRR, TVPI, and DPI in the competitive landscape EDUCATION

Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford, CA 9/2018 – 6/2020

• Led financial inclusion study trip in India for 40 students

• Volunteered for the Women in Management Executive Committee & Stanford Women on Boards Partnership Committee

• Invited to Buckingham Palace reception for 100 Women in Finance's Next Generation Initiative University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce, Charlottesville, VA 2009 –2012

• GPA: 3.63 / 4.00; Graduated in three years; B.Sc. Commerce (Accounting & Finance) and Financial Economics ADDITIONAL

• Startup advisor (Shortage Global and iCommunify), and angel investor (e.g. Sirka, Indonesia and The Mood Space, India)

• Girls’ Inc. of Island City - Board Member and Governance Committee

• FINRA Series 7, 79 and 63; proficient with FactSet, CapIQ, SQL, VBA, Python, MATLAB, and STATA

• Interests: Travelling, cooking, and objectivism, and UN Women

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