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Andrew Duncan

Worcester,MA

Summary

Finance professional completing a Master of Finance at UMass Amherst’s Isenberg School of Management, with a strong interest in applying financial analysis to real estate strategy and decision-making. Background includes transferable experience in financial analysis, budgeting, capital planning, construction operations, site-selection support, and business planning. Brings a practical, analytical perspective to evaluating property performance, market opportunities, feasibility, and capital allocation decisions.

Work History

Finance & Strategy Lead / Co-Founder

Mattraxx
Ware, MA
2024 - 2025
  • Developed a strategy and helped bring a specialty construction asset rental business to market after a major industry merger caused a regional supply gap in the northeast for infrastructure contractors.
  • Analyzed five years of upcoming bid activity and used mapping tools, financial modeling, logistics analysis, and commercial real estate platforms to identify high demand areas for regional rental yard locations.
  • Led lease and purchase negotiations, pricing, cash flow planning, and inventory placement across multiple yards, helping create a scalable regional network with a lower-cost logistics advantage over our national competitors.

Freelance Valuation Consultant / Analyst

Tower Hill Advisory
Worcester, MA
2023 - 2025
  • Advised industrial and real asset-focused companies during acquisition and restructuring processes involving operational strategy, site evaluation, and asset acquisition/disposition decisions.
  • Built financial models, performed market research, evaluated operational footprints, asset utilization, logistics strategy, and long-term capital planning for clients.

Sales & Finance Director

Simplicity Equipment & Service
Westfield, Massachusetts
2019 - 2023
  • Managed budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and capital planning during a period of ownership transition and growth.
  • Worked with commercial and industrial clients to evaluate ROI, payback periods, and operational impacts of capital equipment investments.

Operations & Sales Manager

Central Mass Landscapes
Worcester, MA
2015 - 2019
  • Developed a foundation of expertise in property operations, budgeting, and asset performance across multiple commercial real estate asset types as well as construction estimating and project management.
  • Managed client relationships, operational coordination, and budgeting for properties across Central Massachusetts including hospitals, universities, industrial facilities, municipalities, national retail, distribution centers, and more.

Education

Master of Finance - Real Estate Concentration

University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amherst, MA
01-2026

Bachelor of Science - Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning

University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amherst, MA
01-2015

Skills

  • Financial Underwriting, Modeling, & Analysis (Excel and Argus)
  • Market and Economic Research (Costar, Esri Business Analyst, BLS, etc)
  • Zoning, Construction, and Feasibility Analysis
  • Opex & Capex Planning and Budgeting
  • Presentation and Negotiation
  • Asset Valuation and Appraisal
  • Member of ICSC, NAIOP, ULI, and Appraisal Institute
  • Attended Eastdil Secured Real Estate Private Equity Training Program
  • ICSC Mentorship Program Participant
  • Argus Enterprise Certification

Timeline

Finance & Strategy Lead / Co-Founder

Mattraxx
2024 - 2025

Freelance Valuation Consultant / Analyst

Tower Hill Advisory
2023 - 2025

Sales & Finance Director

Simplicity Equipment & Service
2019 - 2023

Operations & Sales Manager

Central Mass Landscapes
2015 - 2019

Master of Finance - Real Estate Concentration

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Bachelor of Science - Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning

University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Andrew Duncan