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CHIRAG THAKKAR

Ph :240-***-**** - ************@*******.***.*** - 161 Westway Apt 104, Greenbelt, MD 20770

EDUCATION

ROBERT H. SMITH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, MD 2008

MBA Candidate, Focus Area: Finance; GMAT: 720, GPA: 3.8

Awards: Dean’s Scholar; Graduate Assistant, Department of Finance.

Leadership: VP Finance Association.

Editor: Smith Asia Business Review – India’s business environment.

UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI, Mumbai, India 2003

Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology; GPA: 3.6

Awards: Coordinated team for control flow graphs research at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).

Honors: Top 5% of the class.

Leadership: VP Finance; raised $10K for an inter-collegiate event.

EXPERIENCE

CAPITOL PARTNERS, Washington, DC Summer 2007

Associate - Private Equity

• Prepared valuation models for LBO and turnaround investments in a $200M portfolio.

• Communicated with target companies with $20M to $50M enterprise value to identify firm differentiators, growth prospects and to evaluate the target company’s financial proposal.

• Applied strategy frameworks to forecast potential growth and analyze competitive landscape in the sub-segments of printing and healthcare sectors for potential acquisitions.

• Initiated and developed a valuation tool to effectively screen target companies.

• Researched trends in debt market; presented the trends in different instruments in raising debt to senior management.

INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, Pune, India /St. Louis, US 2003 - 2006

Program Analyst, 2005-2006

• Forecasted business viability of domain registration business for VeriSign, created strategic business growth plan, and managed re-launch of this product resulting in $5M revenue.

• Led client company initiative involving 200 client teams and acted as off-shore consultant to design and implement a post-merger centralized reporting system saving $2M.

• Generated business worth $2M by identifying optimum solutions in existing applications.

Program Developer, 2003-2005

• Developed statistical models for risk assessment and resource allocation for AT&T.

• Founded award winning Open Source consortium; developed tools and provided consulting services to projects resulting in $1.5M revenue.

THAKKAR INVESTMENTS, Mumbai, India 2003 – 2006

Investment Manager

• Raised capital worth $100K; managed portfolio with 60% growth rate over two years.

• Applied relative valuation techniques to analyze energy and IT companies; created risk-reward investment strategies resulting in improved customer acquisition.

• Provided innovative customized investment solutions for investing in IPO and secondary market securities resulting in increase in customer retention for the firm.

• Performed ad-hoc administrative tasks, interviewed applicants and trained new hires.

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

Awards: Topped school in Mathematics Talent Search examination.

Previously graduate assistant for statistics; proficient in Statpro, XLMiner, Microsoft excel.

Certification: Bloomberg Product Certified for Equity.

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