Bradford W. Bentz

• Boston, MA
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Professional Experience

• Managed Web analytics program for 365 Plus Media’s online properties using Google Analytics.
• Prepared weekly analyses and recommended steps to improve traffic volume, visitor engagement, and search engine optimization.

• Analyzed investment opportunities and provided recommendations to O5’s management.
• Developed financial models in Excel for a proposed life settlement fund and other investments.

The Acton School of Business has been recognized as one of the most innovative graduate business programs in the country by BusinessWeek and Forbes.

• Improved the content and structure of two MBA-level business courses and created new teaching materials (cases and technical notes for students) related to new venture formation, finance, and financial accounting.

Virtus Capital Partners (VCP) is a boutique investment bank that raises private equity capital from its syndicate of high net worth and institutional investors. VCP focuses primarily on real estate and oil & gas projects.

• Evaluated investment opportunities, conducted due diligence, and offered recommendations to VCP’s Managing Director.
• Created financial models in Excel, including sophisticated capital structures (preferred returns, IRR waterfalls, etc.).
• Developed proprietary Monte Carlo simulation in Excel to model returns for hypothetical loan portfolio.
• Prepared offering memoranda for private placements and presentation materials for corporate finance transactions.

Alpine Database Solutions is an IT services provider.

• Devised solutions to rapidly-changing business needs using ASP.Net and Oracle 8i.
• Prepared customized reports for clients using complex SQL queries and Excel.
• Collaborated with business stakeholders to identify requirements and outline appropriate solutions.

Education

• Graduated first in class/4.0 cumulative GPA
• Acton MBA Student of the Year, 2005
• Intensive, case-based curriculum rated among the top MBA programs by The Princeton Review (2006 ed.)

• Graduated with honors/3.652 cumulative GPA
• Golden Key National Honor Society Member
• E.F. Kraft Scholarship Prize Recipient, 1987

Additional Information

• Passed the CFA Level 1 exam (December 2011).
• Proficient with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, SQL, ASP.NET, C#, and HTML.
• Foreign language skills: German (good), Bulgarian (basic)
• Helped supervise archaeological field projects in North America, Bulgaria, Syria, and Pakistan (1988-1998).