Stanford University

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tech finance

San Francisco, California, United States

Vartana

Co-Founder

- Led financial planning for a KT department; built and owned a $30M annual budget and multi-year financial model.• Produced seasonalized monthly revenue forecasts; built sales headcount plans to meet revenue targets.• Advised executive team on a $15M+ commercial transaction; built valuation model and supported deal diligence.• Created Tableau dashboards to report on revenue mix, margins, and other KPIs; provided strategic, data-driven insights to leadership.• Led development of a deal desk calculator to assess profitability on enterprise SaaS sales opportunities.• Managed $200K of monthly commissions calculations, reports, and payouts for an entire sales division.

KeepTruckin

Senior Finance Manager

- Advised renewable energy developers and investors on project profitability; created three-statement models to forecast project revenues, margins, and capital expenses; produced project IRRs, NPVs, and payback periods.• Modeled customer savings potential at $5M+ across multiple opportunities for a U.S. solar developer.• Valued a $30M portfolio of Brazilian hydro and solar projects for a private equity group acquiring the assets.• Negotiated terms on a $10M debt deal with a public lending agency for a Mexican solar energy project developer.

Self-employed

Independent Consultant

- Forecasted revenue, operating and capital expenses; projected cash burn and prepared financial statements for monthly executive review.• Automated a manual financial underwriting process by programming a financial analysis script in Python.• Managed sales deal desk; reviewed and approved financing on $48M+ worth of commercial opportunities.• Co-led negotiations on the procurement of industrial battery equipment worth $200M+ from Tesla.• Advised CEO on strategic business development opportunities through ad-hoc financial analysis.

Advanced Microgrid Solutions

Finance Manager

- Led a team to launch a fintech startup that successfully raised outside capital, won three pitch competitions, and was admitted to two noteworthy Silicon Valley startup accelerators—TUMML and Powerhouse.• Developed a software roadmap and implemented a technology solution tailored to SunFi’s customers’ needs.• Prospected, negotiated, and executed partnerships with lenders participating in SunFi’s beta test.

SunFi

Founder and CEO

- Led development of internal business intelligence software, used to analyze and report on gigabytes of financial and sales data.• Provided analytical support to CEO, CFO, and CTO on a variety of financial and operational initiatives; analyses ranged from supply and demand of project capital to lifetime value of SolarCity’s customers.• Supported all aspects of closing $500M+ in project financing in the form of tax equity and asset-backed securities.• Co-managed a floating pool of analysts, and supported hiring decisions on 50+ candidates across depts.

SolarCity

Associate Director, Structured Finance and Strategy

- Developed project finance models to value utility-scale solar power development companies for a global electronics manufacturer on the buy-side of an M&A transaction; valued key target at over $50 million.• Consulted corporations seeking to enter the U.S. solar market on market regulation, government subsidies, and financial structuring.• Assisted developer-clients in sourcing capital for domestic and international infrastructure projects.

ADN Capital Ventures, Inc.

Graduate Program Summer Internship

- Analyzed technical and economic feasibility of renewable energy sources for utilities’ Integrated Resource Plans.• Built models to assist utilities in decision-making around demand-side management program implementation.• Co-authored an article on the impact of in-home energy devices published in Energy-The International Journal.

Ahmed Sharif

Ahmed Sharif