Chief Financial Officer with over twenty years of industry experience in establishing institutional infrastructures and implementing best practices to minimize operational, legal and regulatory risk.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Operating Officer
Triatomic Management LP
New York, NY
11.2020 - Current
Implemented portfolio management, accounting, compliance and reporting infrastructure to support global investments in public and private companies.
Responsible for the development, implementation and monitoring of compliance program for an SEC registered adviser.
Manage relationships with all firm service providers including outsourced trading desk, sell side brokers and research vendors.
Responsible for timely regulatory filings and managing annual audit and tax work for the hedge fund and several SPVs.
Senior Vice President Finance
Hedera Hashgraph LLC
New York, NY
06.2018 - 10.2020
Responsible for implementation of accounting and reporting infrastructure of start-up distributed ledger technology company
Treasurer of Hedera Hashgraph Council. Council is responsible for governance of technology platform and its members are large multi-national corporations including IBM, Google and Tata Communications
Responsible for developing annual budgets for approval by Board of Managers and formulating 36 month operating plan forecasting cash flow positive results by Q1 '23
Responsible for Treasury function including distribution of cryptographic tokens to approximately 1,000 investors over multi-year period
Implemented cash management and travel expense policies
Chief Financial Officer
Folger Hill Asset Management LP
New York, NY
10.2014 - 05.2018
Member of Firm's Executive Committee with oversight of accounting, finance, operations and tax for New York, Hong Kong and Singapore offices
Responsible for implementation of operational infrastructure systems and development of best-in-class processes to mitigate operational risk
Conduct all operational due diligence meetings with investors and responsible for all performance and marketing related calculations used in marketing presentations
Manage relationships with prime brokers and various ISDA counterparties
Coordinate annual audits for investor funds, management company and Hong Kong sub-advisor
Close collaboration with internal and external legal counsel in negotiation of ISDAs and prime broker term lending arrangements
Work with General Counsel and CCO to create expense policies and monitoring procedures for full expense pass through fund structure
Lead Executive Committee quarterly review of expense pass through variances and budget vs. actual analysis
Responsible for all monthly financial statement reporting to corporate partner
Development of annual budgets to be approved by Board of Managers
Produce P&L statements for 15 portfolio manager teams including allocation of financing and personnel costs to determine PM bonuses
Implemented transfer pricing policies to incorporate Hong Kong and Singapore sub-advisors
Manage all vendor relationships and payment of vendor invoices
Chief Financial Officer
Karsch Capital Management LP
New York, NY
07.2000 - 08.2014
Developed and implemented accounting, trading and reporting infrastructure for hedge funds, long only funds, UCITS fund and several separately managed accounts
Management of all personnel responsible for fund accounting, operations, tax and investor reporting
Responsible for monitoring counterparty credit risk and managing prime brokerage and custodial relationships
Managed initial office build-out and expansion of office space to two contiguous floors
Management of all service provider relationships including fund administrators, legal counsel, auditors and tax preparers
Coordinated technology infrastructure review with outsourced technology provider and transition of technology support to new technology firm
Oversaw SEC registration, implementation of initial compliance program and hiring of Chief Compliance Officer
Management of all human resource functions including employee benefit plan, 401K plan, employee contracts and development of compensation structures
Chief Financial Officer
Lawhill Capital Partners LLC
Westport, Connecticut
06.1997 - 07.2000
Developed accounting and reporting infrastructure including implementation of accounting system
Worked with outside counsel on development of fund documents
Responsible for all management company functions
Fund Accountant
Dawson Samberg
Southport, Connecticut
07.1996 - 06.1997
Responsible for all fund accounting for several hedge funds and separately managed accounts
Reported directly to Chief Financial Officer
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accountancy
Villanova University
Villanova, Pennsylvania
1991
Skills
Certified Public Accountant
20 years in hedge fund industry as Chief Financial Officer
Extensive start-up hedge fund experience
Implemented and managed strong institutional cultures and operational infrastructures
Continuous assessment of operational, legal and regulatory risk
Additional Information
Student Sponsor Partners Mentor
Villanova University Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship Institute Advisory Counsel Board Member