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Chiara Piccinotti

Business Management Analyst at CBS Interactive, San Francisco, CA. Assisting head of Entertainment & Lifestyle in business management and strategic analysis.

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Employed Full-Time
Skills: English, Italian, Languages
Interested in: Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup
Schools: University of Pennsylvania

FULL BIO

GMAT: 770/99% (Verbal 49/99%; Quantitative 49/88%; Writing 5.5)
SAT: SAT I: Verbal 700, Math 710; SAT II: Writing 780, Math IIC 760, French 800
Languages: Fully bilingual in English and Italian; proficient in French and Spanish
Interests: Tennis, skiing, modern art and design, writing, and travel

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: CBS Interactive, San Francisco, CA
Position: Business Management Analyst - Entertainment & Lifestyle
Time period: October 2008 - December 2009
Description: October 2008- Present
Assist head of Entertainment & Lifestyle in business management and strategic analysis
Manage entire download business for all CBS and Showtime television content
Work on ad-hoc product management assignments for all Entertainment & Lifestyle business units

Employer: CBS Corporation, New York, NY
Position: Analyst - Business Development
Time period: July 2007 - October 2008
Description: Worked in 3-person team handling all CBS M&A initiatives
Collaborated actively with operating divisions to identify and evaluate potential partnerships and investments, and presented recommendations to CBS executives
Focused primarily on new media/consumer internet

Employer: Lazard Freres & Co, New York, NY
Position: Analyst - Telecommunications, Media & Technology, Investment Banking Division
Time period: July 2005 - July 2007
Description: Advised corporate and financial clients on mergers, acquisitions, and other business development transactions
Consistently ranked top of analyst class

Selected Transaction Experience
Advised private equity client on potential leveraged buyout of major record label
Provided fairness opinion for Education Management in $3.4 billion leveraged buyout

Employer: Wharton Undergraduate Research Scholars Program - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Position: Student
Time period: June 2004 - May 2005
Description: Collaborated with Wharton professor to develop probabilistic model of corporate bankruptcies

Employer: Morgan Stanley, London, United Kingdom
Position: Summer Analyst – Mergers and Acquisitions, Investment Banking Division
Time period: January 2004 - December 2004
Description: Summer 2004
Summer Analyst – Mergers and Acquisitions, Investment Banking Division
Assisted various industry groups in executing M&A-related transactions

EDUCATION

University: University of Pennsylvania
Time period: 2005
Degree: Economics (concentration in Finance), BSc

University: University of Pennsylvania
Time period: 2005
Degree: Mathematics and Philosophy, BA

INFORMATION

Sports: Tennis and skiing
Hobbies: Modern art and design, writing, and travel
Awards: Honors
Benjamin Franklin Scholar
Distinction in Philosophy

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    Product manager by day, software engineer by night. Living in San Francisco and working on YouNoodle around the clock.

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    Entrepreneur, launching online venture in the education space. Background in finance, business building & portfolio company management from previous roles as a professional investor (private equity), investment banker and advisor to management teams