Water Street Partners                                    Senior Director (Jan 2017 - Present)            Director (Jan 2015 - Jan 2017)                      Senior Consultant (Jan 2012 - Jan 2015)    Consultant (Oct 2010 - Jan 2012)  

Management consultant with progressively increasing responsibility developing clients and leading teams to negotiate, restructure, and better govern and manage hundreds of cross-border JVs, strategic alliances, and other complex partnerships. 

Responsibilities include: 

• Managing and mentoring multi-disciplinary teams of junior consultants to build client-ready materials across 70+ engagements
• Developing partnership strategies and partner relationship plans in 20+ countries
  
• Developing and deploying partnership negotiation strategies and tactics
• Drafting creative deal terms to resolve deal gaps in over $100BN of cross-border partnerships 
• Coaching C-suite executives on best practices in governing and managing partnerships
• Demonstrating thought leadership by converting lessons learned into 25+ published papers, tools, and guides
• Identifying business opportunities, developing proposals, and winning new clients

Taylor Investment Bank / Regent Group, Senior Associate (Jun 2009 - Oct 2010) 

Supported buy- and sell-side M&A transactions, debt and equity financing, and acquisition target searches. Advised clients on strategies for acquiring hard-to-get assets and selling under-performing assets. Also generated buyer/seller profiles, valuation analyses, and deal stories for potential transactions. 

Defense Intelligence Agency,                      Intelligence Officer (May 2006 - Jun 2009)

Responsible for monitoring and assessing foreign capabilities to develop, produce, and employ biological weapons. Produced finished reporting on foreign bio-warfare threats and presented to Combatant Commanders, Department of Defense officials, and senior White House policymakers. Contributed to National Intelligence Estimates and the Presidential Daily Brief.