Kate Brennan
Finance and Spanish graduate from University of Iowa, currently pursuing MBA at Stanford and working as Associate at Shamrock Capital Advisors, Inc.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Groups: | Stanford GSB Entrepreneur Club |
| Interested in: | Helping friends, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities |
| Schools: | Stanford Business School, University of Iowa |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Shamrock Capital Advisors, Inc. |
| Position: | Associate, Media, Entertainment & Communications Private Equity |
| Time period: | December 2005 - November 2008 |
| Description: | · Identified and evaluated potential investment opportunities, performed diligence, created detailed operating models, completed comprehensive valuation and returns analyses and presented to investment committee
· Assisted with financial reporting and strategic planning for two portfolio companies, Modern Luxury (consumer luxury magazine) and REAL D (3-D technology enabler for cinema) · Select transaction experience: i) Modern Luxury $235 million sale to Clarity Partners ii) Real D $50 million Series C Preferred security investment iii) NextWave Media $9 million acquisition of AMS Global |
| Employer: | JPMorgan Securities, Inc. |
| Position: | Financial Analyst, Technology, Media and Telecom Investment Banking |
| Time period: | December 2003 - November 2006 |
| Description: | · Performed comprehensive valuation analysis including: discounted cash flow, comparable company, precedent transaction, leveraged buyout and pro forma merger analysis
· Interacted extensively with senior management at client companies; responsibilities included due diligence, developing financial projections and preparing management presentations · Select transaction experience: i) Alcatel and Lucent Technologies $36 billion merger of equals; Lucent Technologies $207 million acquisition of Riverstone Networks ii) Viacom $33 billion separation into two publicly traded companies; new Viacom and CBS Corporation iii) Intralinks 4 million shares initial public offering; Withdrawn iv) Cablevision $17 billion bid for Adelphia Communications Corporation · Organized 34th Annual Technology Conference in San Francisco which involved coordination with all senior bankers and over 200 companies · Engaged actively in firm wide initiatives, including BA recruiting, mentoring and training sessions for incoming analysts |
| Employer: | Bank One Corporation |
| Position: | Capital Markets Analyst, Investment Grade Securities |
| Time period: | December 2002 - November 2004 |
| Description: | · Interacted daily with derivatives personnel, fixed income bond traders and syndicate desk
· Revised Bank One corporate cash flow model that was used across capital markets departments |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford Business School |
| Time period: | 2007 - 2010 |
| Degree: | MBA |
| University: | University of Iowa |
| Time period: | 1997 - 2002 |
| Degree: | Bachelor of Business Administration Finance & Bachelor of Arts Spanish |
INFORMATION
| Clubs: | Stanford Graduate School of Business:
· Arts, Media & Entertainment Club · Entrepreneur Club |
| Memberships: | Young Alumni Board Member, Henry B. Tippie College of Business (elected in April 2007)
Chrysalis Women’s Empowerment Program, volunteer (Spring 2008) |
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