Jesse Shapiro
Currently working as an Analyst at a life-science consulting firm in Boston's back bay. Graduated Tufts in 2009 with a degree in Engineering and minors in ELS and Economics.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Business, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, HTML / CSS, Investment, Languages, Management |
| Groups: | ELS 2, ELS Sixth, Tufts Business Plan Competition |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Career advice, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Growing my group, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Participating in a competition, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup, Starting a company |
| Schools: | Tufts University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Back Bay Life Science Advisors |
| Position: | Analyst |
| Time period: | April 2010 - Present |
| Description: | Back Bay Life Science Advisors is a strategy consulting firm serving an international clientele of emerging and large pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and diagnostics companies. Projects encompass business and corporate development strategies, scientific portfolio rationalization and prioritization, R&D and commercialization strategies, and transactional support, diligence and execution. |
| Employer: | Stand for Children |
| Position: | Executive Assistant to the COO/National Research Associate |
| Time period: | October 2009 - February 2010 |
| Description: | Stand for Children is an innovative, grassroots child advocacy organization whose mission is to use the power of grassroots action to help all children get the excellent public education and strong support they need to thrive. Directly supported the COO; performed duties to ensure her efficiency and effectiveness, including but are not limited to managing calendar, arranging meetings and interviews, booking travel reservations, managing logistics for job candidates, and expense reporting. Served as organizational point of contact for managing print and supply vendors for affiliate offices |
| Employer: | Westfield Capital Management, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Position: | Asset Management Intern |
| Time period: | August 2008 - December 2008 |
| Description: | • Created and enhanced financial models and developed investment theses for selected companies in the technology sector
• Spoke with analysts to compare and alter pro-forma financial models and judge “street” sentiment for selected companies • Developed an investment thesis by combining the information acquired from reading sell-side reports, calling analysts, and listening to earnings calls and other management webcasts into a company primer with information regarding revenue drivers, company strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. • Attended management investment meetings every Monday morning to hear each analyst give his/her pitch and buy/hold/sell recommendations on noteworthy companies |
| Employer: | Citi Smith Barney, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Position: | Global Wealth Management Intern |
| Time period: | May 2008 - July 2008 |
| Description: | • Created financial spreadsheets, designed retirement plans, and assembled group presentations
• Updated client accounts and prospected to find additional clients • Winner of the intern virtual stock market competition |
| Employer: | HNTB Corporation, Transportation Engineering Group, Arlington, Virginia |
| Position: | Engineering Intern |
| Time period: | May 2007 - July 2007 |
| Description: | • Conducted analyses on traffic congestion and cost estimates using AutoCAD, ArcGIS, and MS Excel for reports to clients and senior management
• Important Projects: I-495 Capital Beltway HOT Lanes, I-95 HOT Lanes, Wichita Airport, Roanoke Airport, Georgetown Transportation Study |
EDUCATION
| University: | Tufts University |
| Time period: | 2009 |
| Degree: | Engineering (concentration in Civil and Environmental Engineering), BSc |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | Tufts University
Tufts Baseball Team (2005-2008) Tufts Financial Group (2007-2009) • Lead Analyst (Responsible for organizing and teaching sixteen members of Tufts Financial Group how to quantitatively evaluate publicly traded companies using fundamental analysis) Tufts Golf Team (2008-2009) |
Jesse's Startups (2)
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Barspin
Barspin’s website and smartphone application use a proprietary decision tool to match user preferences with best fit bars
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TabRides, Inc.
TabRides alleviates the problems with Boston's night-life transportation by providing a less expensive, more convenient, and safer alternative to taxis for college students and young professionals.
Jesse's Contacts (1)
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Dan Steketee
Entrepeneur with 13+ years of strategic and tactical consulting experience in the financial services, start-up and technology industries (BPM, Business Intelligence, KPI's,, Vendor Management, etc) .