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Equity research professional with 9 years on the sell side, currently the lead analyst covering 18 enterprise software companies with a combined $420B market capitalisation for an investment bank. Ranked in the top 3 in the sector in an institutional investor survey for 3 consecutive years, published about 220 research notes a year, and holds a stock recommendation record that outperformed the sector index by 9 points over 3 years. Builds the model, talks to the customers, and writes a call that clients can act on before the market does.
Concentration in Finance; coursework in Security Analysis, Valuation, Financial Statement Analysis, and Technology Strategy.
CFA charterholder since 2016; holds Series 7, 63, 86, and 87 registrations.
- Lead coverage of 18 enterprise software companies with a combined $420B market capitalisation, with a team of 2 associates.
- Ranked in the top 3 in the sector in an institutional investor survey for 3 consecutive years, up from unranked in the first year of coverage.
- Published about 220 notes a year and 4 initiations, with a recommendation record that outperformed the sector index by 9 points over 3 years.
- Built and maintained models for 14 software companies under a senior analyst, with earnings estimates within 3% of reported results on 85% of quarters.
- Led a proprietary customer survey of 200 chief information officers twice a year that became the most-requested piece of research in the franchise.
- Wrote 6 initiation reports and about 150 notes a year, and covered 3 companies independently in the final year.
- Built valuation and merger models on 9 completed technology transactions worth $6B in aggregate.
- Prepared about 40 pitch books and 6 fairness opinion analyses across 2 years.
- Ranked in the top quartile of an analyst class of 24 in both years.
Sector Initiation. Initiated coverage on 12 enterprise software companies with a 180-page report built on a proprietary subscription metrics framework, a survey of 200 buyers, and 12 full models, which generated about 300 client meetings in the first 6 months and produced the first survey ranking for the franchise in the sector.
Consumption Pricing Thesis. Published a thematic report arguing that consumption-based pricing would compress near-term revenue growth at 5 covered companies, backed by usage data from 40 customer interviews, which called 4 of 5 subsequent guidance cuts ahead of consensus and was cited by 30 institutional clients in the survey.
Buyer Survey Programme. Built a twice-yearly survey of 200 chief information officers on spending intentions by vendor, run for 7 years across 2 firms, with results that correlated at 0.7 with reported growth 2 quarters ahead and that became the most-requested research product in the franchise.
- Member of a CFA society, serving on its technology sector committee and speaking at 2 events a year.
- Guest lecturer on security analysis for a university finance programme twice a year.
- Volunteer investment committee member for a community foundation with $40M in assets.
- Lead a coverage team of 2 associates, with 1 promoted to cover companies independently in 3 years.
- Present the sector view to about 250 institutional clients a year and at 4 investor conferences.
- Serve on the research department recruiting committee and trained 6 associates on modelling standards.

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