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COFOUNDER/MARKETING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LEAD
Professional Summary
Building and running a technology & consulting company like Storiad, Inc. goes beyond placing capital at risk and working long hours. It entails packaging everything learned in business school and professionally about finance, economics, market analysis, product development, marketing, business development, negotiations, communication, and management to deliver the products and services customers demand. At a Glance: Core Strengths Entrepreneurial Management | Strategic Planning | Budgeting | Marketing | Business Development | Finance | Economics | Market Analysis | Partnership Development | Negotiations | Communication | Statistical Analysis | Business Valuation | Transfer Pricing | Tenacity Qualification Profile With a firm conviction that every operating group can be run as a customer-centric, entrepreneurial enterprise focusing the group's professional talents and creativity on building and delivering superior products & services, I offer the following professional qualifications: Hands-on management style with the Ü Nurturing a dynamic business development singular goal of ensuring team members process to earn long-term value from optimize their business passions & talents customers, target markets, and business Organized and succinct communication style relationships. Committed to lean budgeting process to Ü Developing portfolio of marketing assets to maximize returns in support of the encompass every avenue to communicate organization's overall goals with prospective customers A proven dedication to continual target Ü A deep commitment to developing, market research, analysis, and scenario- negotiating and maintaining productive and driven interpretation long-lasting business partnerships Optimizing market understandings and team Ü Dedicated to the continual learning that member input into product development builds industry-defining products & services
Experience
January 2009
to
Current
Storiad, IncCoFounder/Marketing & Business Development Lead
  • At Storiad, my primary responsibilities are managing the processes of 1) identifying the main obstacles authors & publishers face in penetrating bookselling markets to increase sales; 2) building and implementing market-tested solutions; and 3) monetizing those solutions.
  • The following are the six main bookselling market obstacles identified and solutions offered by Storiad: v Problem - Planning/Organization.
  • Solution: Developed automated, Cloud-based systems to plan and organize customer market research and market outreach initiatives.
  • v Problem - Networking.
  • Solution: Designed and managed development of the Storiad Author Networking Platform, a LinkedIn inspired networking platform for the publishing industry.
  • Currently 11,000+ users.
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  • Hajj Pasadena, California | 626.676.4142 | ramzi@storiad.com v Problem - Market Research.
  • Solution: Designed and managed development of online subscription- based database with records of 17,000+ publishing professionals.
  • v Problem - Marketing & Distribution.
  • Solution: Designed and developed proprietary ePressKitTM to replace outmoded physical press kits.
  • Substantial savings of marketing expenses fro customers.
  • v Problem - Financial Management.
  • Solution: Developed proprietary Excel-based Bookselling Management Calculator to help customers manage book title P&Ls and marketing expenses through better scenario planning.
  • v Problem - Partnerships.
  • Solution: Negotiated partnerships with seven Digital Media companies in the US, Canada, and UK to offer customers services complementary to Storiad offerings.
January 2007
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January 2008
Mattel, Inc
  • Manager/Financial Planning (Special Projects) v Coordinated Controller's Office efforts for global transfer pricing restructuring, including HoldCo development, IP migration, dormant entity strike-offs, and revision of consignment manufacturing agreements.
  • v Managed various aspects of quarterly and annual external reporting activities, including PCI roll- forward, treasury shares and option grant balance reconciliation, and companywide SOX 404 reporting requirements.
  • v Coordinated, managed, documented and automated worldwide intercompany profits eliminations project to reduce out-of-balance adjustment entries.
  • v Managed mandated quarterly and annual federal government statistical reporting requirements.
  • Managed anticipated IFRS implementation requirements, including XBRL implementation goals.
  • v Designed and managed royalty accounting Kaizen project to map, identify and remedy system and accounting deficiencies.
  • Career Accomplishments Corporate-level project management responsibility in corporate financial reporting, corporate governance, shareholder relations, transfer pricing, intellectual property valuation, and international taxation.
January 2005
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January 2008
Ernst & Young LLP
  • Manager/Transfer Pricing, Economics & International Taxation v Management responsibilities include engagement risk analysis, project budgeting and timelines, building internal and external project teams, maintaining communications with client, executing and reviewing quantitative and qualitative analysis, and directing post-project reviews with client.
  • v Managed U.S.
  • and global planning and documentation transfer pricing projects of varying complexity across a wide range of industry groups.
  • v Managed multinational teams on international tax restructuring projects, including intellectual property migration and headquarter allocation modeling projects.
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  • Hajj Pasadena, California | 626.676.4142 | ramzi@storiad.com v Managed FIN 48 projects for the analysis of intercompany transactions of large IT companies.
  • v Developed and presented staff training initiatives as part of continual learning efforts, including compliance with evolving tax regulations.
  • Career Accomplishments High-level client coordination & project management responsibilities related to economic consulting, transfer pricing, intellectual property valuation & migration, and international taxation for Fortune 500 companies in the manufacturing, agri-business, retail, healthcare, real estate, and entertainment industries.
January 2004
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January 2005
KPMG LLPSenior Associate
  • Transfer Pricing, Economics & International Taxation v Managed project work include planning, documentation and global documentation studies, Advance Pricing Agreements, international tax restructuring strategies, State and Local Tax and transfer pricing dispute resolution.
  • v Direct participation in client-marketing initiatives, including developing industry-specific marketing material, drafting responses to requests for proposals and engagement letters.
  • Extensive client interaction throughout the project process.
  • v Extensive project experience in financial modeling, including within intellectual property valuation and cost sharing contexts.
  • v Developed and presented global, firm-wide transfer pricing and valuation technical conference calls.
  • Career Accomplishments Client-facing interactions related to economic consulting, transfer pricing, intellectual property valuation & migration, and international taxation of Fortune 500 companies in manufacturing, consumer product, retail, healthcare, and entertainment industries.
Education
The University of Chicago ­ Booth School of BusinessMBA
Economics & Statistics 1995 v Teaching Assistant - Applied Strategic Management v Co-Chair of the Business Ethics Committee
1989
The University of ChicagoBA: Political ScienceGPA: v Received degree with Honors v Dean's Honors List, 1987 ­ 1989Political Science v Received degree with Honors v Dean's Honors List, 1987 ­ 1989
Skills
accounting, balance, book, budgeting, Calculator, com, consulting, Controller, Client, client interaction, database, directing, documentation, drafting, Economics, Financial Management, financial modeling, Financial Planning, financial reporting, government, IP, letters, managing, Market Research, marketing, market, Excel, Office, migration, modeling, Networking, PCI, press kits, Pricing, processes, project management, proposals, real estate, reporting, retail, risk analysis, sales, staff training, Statistics, Strategic Management, Tax, Teaching, treasury, valuation, Author
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Storiad, Inc
  • Mattel, Inc
  • Ernst & Young LLP
  • KPMG LLP

School Attended

  • The University of Chicago ­ Booth School of Business
  • The University of Chicago

Job Titles Held:

  • CoFounder/Marketing & Business Development Lead
  • Senior Associate

Degrees

  • MBA
    Economics & Statistics 1995 v Teaching Assistant - Applied Strategic Management v Co-Chair of the Business Ethics Committee
    BA : Political Science

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