SUMMARY Working toward a CPA; experience in consulting and financial analysis; completed five financial accounting classes, a managerial accounting class and six financ e classes; fluent in Spanish and Portuguese Thunderbird School of Global Management MBA Glendale, AZ Graduation: May 2009 * Internship: Created a South American marketing initiative for "Reflections," a n international fractional real estate company. Personally met with brokers in Brazil to help them use company marketing material to sell Lake Las Vegas proper ties in Sao Paulo. * One-month consulting engagement in Puebla, Mexico for "Chispagua," a water-di stribution company. Analyzed core business strategies and presented suggestions to the CEO to increase sales, improve employee training and strengthen it brand * Clubs: Private Equity/Venture Capital Club, Consulting Club Brigham Young University B.S. in Business Finance Provo, UT April 2004 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Fundraiser/Broker for a Private Equity Company Gilbert, AZ 10/09 - 4/10 Jericho Capital, L.L.C. * Created a financial prospectus for investors * Helped raise $36MM in capital for an oil venture in northern Nevada Associate for Corporate and Personal Credit Services The Consumer Rights Law Center Las Vegas, NV 10/2005 - 6/2007 * Built relationships with over 30 CEOs of small businesses; advised them on cre ating corporate entities, establishing business credit lines and on financing ne w ventures * Promoted to manage the Corporate Consulting Branch of the law firm; trained fi ve employees; account manager for over 40 small businesses * Frequent financial guest speaker on the Radio Station, "KLAV 1340"; (Responded to callers over the air in Spanish) * Developed marketing material for the firm; sold investment products to perspec tive and current clients Assistant Relationship Officer - Credit Analyst Las Vegas, NV 9/04-5/2005 BankWest of Nevada * Created cash-flow and ratio analyses for the loan committee to use for approvi ng loans * Underwrote real estate, car and commercial loans; highest loan value was $1.4 million * Completed coursework in financial statement analysis, cash flow analysis and r eal estate transactions Teacher and Trainer LDS Missionary Training Center Provo, UT 01/1999 - 12/2003 * Participated in an English-teaching pilot program to improve foreign-language teaching * Taught English grammar to over 120 Latin-Americans, Europeans, Asians and Paci fic-Islanders * Conducted interviews by asking open-ended questions, giving feedback and by se tting goals Languages: English (Native); Portuguese (Fluent); Spanish (Fluent) Service: Served a two-year volunteer mission in Brazil; gave presentations to fa milies in their homes; led and supervised 12 different volunteers in two cities Three-year volunteer translator for meetings and seminars (sponta neous translation from Portuguese to English) Honors: Eagle Scout Award recipient; National Honors Society Member