Functional Skills

Product Strategy
Financial Modeling
Financial Due Diligence
Valuation
Investor Relations
Financial Statement Preparation
Go-to-market Strategy
Growth Strategy
Product Launch
Marketing Strategy
Accounting
Business Analysis
Corporate Finance
Hedge Accounting
Leadership Development

Software Skills

Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Microsoft OneDrive
SurveyMonkey
Google Surveys
Google Sheets
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Trello

Sector Experience

Business Services
Financial Services
Real Estate
Social & Public Sector
Technology

Languages

English

Experience

Sparc Start-Up
Founder & CEO
9/2019 - Present
• Built AI-driven talent marketplace to 10K+ users, $366K revenue, and 30+ Fourtune 500 clients (Meta, Google).
• Applied investor perspective to SaaS scaling; evaluated unit economics (CAC/LTV, churn) to refine GTM strategy.
• Directed capital strategy, investor engagement, and pricing/distribution models; produced investor decks and financials.
• Managed 7-person team across engineering, product, and sales; generated 3,500+ job applications and 50+ hires.

The Steinbridge Group Finance
Investments & Capital Markets Consultant
4/2025 - Present
• Sourced university and community-based redevelopment opportunities, including Texas Southern University (Houston), Florida Memorial University (Miami Gardens), and Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte).
• Led underwriting and financial modeling (DCF, lease-up, sensitivity, yield-on-cost) for 118-unit BTR project in Richmond/Chesterfield County, delivering a 10-year IRR analysis.
• Structured capital stacks, including GP/LP waterfalls, mezzanine/preferred equity, and land-for-equity partnerships with churches and community stakeholders.
• Executed due diligence, broker/architect engagement, and LOI negotiations to align stakeholders/institutional partners.

Blockstream Product Management / Strategy
MBA Intern, Business Development Manager
5/2019 - 12/2019
• Conducted customer discovery with 40+ hedge funds and PE firms to assess product-market fit.
• Evaluated blockchain applications for private markets infrastructure; informed $100M Series B pitch.
• Shaped new GTM strategy through product-market fit analysis, market research, and testing.
• Led the product-market fit initiative for two products, developing Value Hypotheses, conducting market research on the Capital Markets industry, and managing product testing to validate assumptions, which informed a new GTM strategy.

Catalyst Network Foundation Inc. Corporate Strategy & Development
Executive Director
1/2011 - 7/2018
• Curate year-round professional development and college preparatory workshops that instruct over 1000+ students annually
• Maintain partnerships with 16 high schools, 35 community organizations, and 20 corporations (NIKE, Goldman Sachs, Google, Microsoft); fundraised corporate donations of more than $200,000
• Recruit and lead a team of 16 volunteers, 8 board members, and 2 education program managers

The Carlton Group Finance
Senior Associate, Investments & Capital Markets
11/2012 - 7/2018
• Promoted 3 times; led 14-person team, launched new revenue lines, and expanded Carlton’s UAE operations.
• Sourced and performed due diligence on 50+ opportunities across multifamily, industrial, and hospitality sectors.
• Raised $300M+ in capital markets transactions; structured $100M in equity JV with O’Donnell Group and family offices.
• Led underwriting, CIM prep, capital stack modeling, and term sheet negotiations through closing diligence.
• Arranged $100M JV equity/bridge financing for Ian Schrager & Steven Witcoff condominium project in NYC.

BlastTV Live Start-Up
Director of Business Development & Strategy
1/2011 - 11/2012
• Raised more than $100,000 from Angel Investors; prepared investment memos; structured preferred stock investment agreements; secured 2 strategic partnerships with tech companies and formulated the revenue sharing agreements

Prudential Investment Management (PGIM) Finance
Investment Analyst
1/2010 - 8/2012
• Supported management and underwriting of a $3.5B portfolio across 85 institutional assets (core, core-plus, and value-add)
• Built DCF models, scenarios, and valuations supporting $900MM+ in acquisitions, and authored investment memos.
• Partnered with leasing and asset management teams to refine NOI assumptions and monitor asset performance KPIs.

Con Edison Finance
Financial Business Analyst
6/2008 - 12/2009
• Executed 3 testing plans that streamlined business processes and resulted in a 22% reduction in fines above $10MM