Syracuse University

Northeastern University

Harvard Business School Executive Education

Investor Relations & Communications Boston Properties (BXP)

Lynnfield, Massachusetts, United States

- Serve as primary interface to the Company’s analysts and investors, responsible for communicating the Company’s business and financial performance.•	Develop and manage a strategic IR program that effectively conveys the Company’s positioning, messaging and strategy for creating shareholder value to the sell-side and buy-side.•	Prepare company press releases, corporate presentations, investor call content and SEC filings in partnership with our finance and legal teams.•	Analyze the Company's shareholder base and develop targeting strategies to attract a broader set of investors.•	Present insights on investor sentiment, competitive positioning and market trends to senior management and the Board of Directors.•	Accomplishments:o	Ranked #1 IR professional and #1 IR program within my sector, by Institutional Investor.o	Selected by management to lead investor communications for BXP Life Sciences, a business unit focused on the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors.

Boston Properties

Vice President, Investor Relations & Communications

- Primary spokesperson responsible for synthesizing and presenting the Company’s business strategy, financial performance and growth strategy to investors, prospective financial partners and the media.	Developed engaging, relevant content that positioned the Company as a compelling investment for shareholders, established the credibility of senior management and met SEC disclosure requirements including investor presentations, earnings announcements, scripts, statutory filings and annual reports.	Managed all investor communications, media relations and executive communications to ensure a concise and cohesive message across channels.	Led the launch of the Company's Life Sciences business unit. Developed an actionable business plan to accelerate the Company's revenue in the pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device sectors. 	Accomplishments include:-	Ensured positive engagement with investors, analysts and media during three significant acquisitions, unexpected earnings results, new product introductions, executive leadership changes and shareholder activist campaigns.-	Launched the Company’s corporate development program.  Identified, negotiated and closed three acquisitions which contributed over $100M in revenue, and achieved expected return on capital. -	Led the Company’s pursuit of strategic alternatives that resulted in the successful sale to a private equity firm. Represented the Company to interested parties, positioned the company’s strategy, financial performance and operations, led diligence and shareholder approval processes.

Lionbridge

Senior Vice President/Vice President, Investor Relations & Corporate Development

- Established a professional, proactive investor relations and corporate communications function to create awareness of the Company and develop relationships with the investment community.	Led all public relations programs that positioned the company with financial and local media and established visibility for the Company’s vertical business units and emerging product offerings.	Developed content for investor presentations, earnings releases, scripts and relevant SEC filings.	Accomplishments include:-	Managed three successful public offerings-	Increased the number of institutional investors to more than 100 institutional holders and secured six new sell side research analysts-	Launched the Company’s Software-as-a-Service Machine Translation solution with broad-based media and industry analyst visibility to establish Lionbridge as a thought leader and innovator in an emerging industry.-	Increased media coverage for the company and the executive team, specifically in local business and US financial media.

Sara Buda