NICK NARODITSKI
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EXPERIENCE
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Strategy Planning Advisor
Created a plan to reduce carbon emissions by ~20%, quantifying total emissions at each stage of the crude/products commodity lifecycle and applying “cost-reductions” methodology to CO2, for use as research basis in BP’s emissions-reducing planning
Managed team of 40 finance analysts completing 5-year business plan for BP’s $15b North American downstream sector; compressed required timeline by 33%, redesigned the process, enabling C-Suite to integrate business strategy discussions with financial performance and $2b in capital planning; led pandemic-related business plan overhaul effort, contributed to COVID financial impact forecasting
Developed project economics DCF to successfully negotiate a major bulk consumer deal worth ~$10m annually, as well as new California gas/retail sites costing ~$5m in CAPEX
Designed and implemented automation tool for integrated business valuation across BP pipeline/refining/supply businesses, which improve manpower efficiency 10%, reduces human error, and supported creation of North American regional penetration strategy
2018 STALLION OILFIELD SERVICES/EQUINOR/BAZEAN GROUP HOUSTON, TX
MBA Finance Internships
Stallion: Assessed Stallion’s market position and discovered potential competitive/cyclical risks in a $700m U.S. oil-rig electronics market; identified opportunities for business diversification, convincing Stallion to pursue “beyond energy” opportunities in $400m storage/construction electronics markets
Equinor: Delivered insights in CO2 emissions-related regulatory developments and renewables investment by Big Oil competitors, to support development of Equinor’s North America emissions planning
Bazean: Led profitability analysis of enhanced oil extraction options used by C-suite to study, acquire mature oil wells; created marketing materials for Daytum, a Bazean service teaching Python to energy executives
2016 – 2017 SHELL MOSCOW, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Commercial Analyst, Alfa Fellow
Developed financial valuations for 40 Russian gas fields and modeled long-run marginal cost curves, which served Shell’s negotiating team as basis for feedstock price negotiations for a $1b Baltic Sea LNG project
Led team of consultants studying bottlenecks in planned pipelines feeding Baltic LNG to prove that Russian construction plans accounted for required 15 billion m3 of gas, closing logistical barriers to deal
2012 – 2016 IHS-MARKIT WASHINGTON, DC
Research/Consulting Associate, Russian and Caspian Energy
Authored ~15 original research analyses, informing C-suite clients about natural gas markets, foreign direct investment trends, and technological advances in global LNG, fracking, offshore development
Consulted corporate/government leadership on political/economic/regulatory risk and mitigation options in Russia/Central Asia, opportunities for foreign unconventionals investment, and energy distribution efficiency
Delivered post-Soviet energy/economics lectures to diplomats deploying to Russia at Foreign Service Institute
EDUCATION
2017 – 2019 RICE UNIVERSITY, JONES GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS HOUSTON, TX
Master of Business Administration, May 2019
Concentration in Energy; Energy Club, Consulting Club
2009 – 2011 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE WASHINGTON, DC
Master of Arts, Russian and Eastern European Affairs
2004 – 2009 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY EVANSTON, IL
Bachelor of Arts, History and International Relations
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Languages: Russian (fluent), Turkish (conversant), Hebrew (basic)
Leadership: Launched Partisans, a publishing start-up, helped develop Partisans deal with Deutsche Bank, 2011-2013; Managed Strategy in Action series, a set of downstream strategy lectures led by senior thought leaders at BP 2019-present, with monthly attendance of 50-200 people
Skills: Microsoft Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, DataQuery/PowerBI/PowerApps, basic familiarity with Python