I work with shareholders to improve business value. I focus on cash generation, business scalability through technology and workflow design, and financial clarity. Mainly.
I do it by helping founders, entrepreneurs and shareholders speak investors language and aim to capture the most value from their companies.
Over the past 20 years I got to work on building systems for operations and financial storytelling for investors and partners.
I help entrepreneurs work ON the business rather than IN the business. I review the product strategy. And I help them talk to partners, investors, distributors and the general marketplace. I am a product person, I love building and rewriting technology products. This is what I do most of the day. Since I know how investors work, having worked for 2 investment banks and 2 private equity funds over the years, I understand the language they use, their expectations and their methodologies.
Investors prioritize risk mitigation. They prefer companies with stable systems and predictable output. Investors think in terms of red flags. Every red flag is a bow to valuation. Too many of them and the transaction is off entirely. At the end of the day I help connect entrepreneurs with investors and bridge the communication gap.
In brief: Company Executive - CEO or COO and Revenue Manager (Cotolicious and Chamilia, CCO at Arkadia). Private equity Investment Management - Hines, EQValue, Fineurop Soditic. Tech savvy with expertise in software adoption and setup, and product management for small apps development. Financially educated from an MBA at Columbia University, and the training program at Merrill Lynch. Investment experiences at Hines, EQValue, Fineurop Soditic.