Rob Wertheimer
adventure-preneur and technologist; experienced financial / research analyst
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Industries: | Cleantech, Education, Financial, Food and Drink, Health, Mobile, Travel |
| Skills: | English, French, Languages |
| Location: | Bay Area, CA |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Career advice, Employment opportunities, Giving back, Helping friends, Internships, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Starting a company |
| Schools: | Claremont Consortium of Colleges - Pomona College |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | AGN School, Konganapuram, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Position: | Visiting English Teacher |
| Time period: | December 2008 - March 2009 |
| Description: | :: Taught conversational English and reading comprehension lessons to 5th-9th grade students at a private school in rural India
:: Authored a report with observations on the state of English instruction at the AGN School along with recommendations for improvement |
| Employer: | Kibbutz Givat Oz, Afula, Israel |
| Position: | Volunteer Farm Laborer |
| Time period: | July 2008 - September 2008 |
| Description: | :: Worked in almond harvesting and preparation for factory processing |
| Employer: | Analysis Group Inc., Economic, Financial and Strategy Consultants, Menlo Park, CA |
| Position: | Analyst / Senior Analyst |
| Time period: | August 2006 - June 2008 |
| Description: | Selected Consulting Projects
:: Designed Microsoft Excel cost/benefit scenario models allowing clinical and marketing staff at a leading pharmaceuticals firm to evaluate development and positioning strategy for early-stage drug molecules :: Built a Microsoft Excel model enabling health care plans to assess the budget impact of adopting a new therapy for a rare metabolic disorder :: Conducted analysis of a sales register database to quantify the extent of consumer overcharging by a retailer for the purposes of legal mediation :: Consolidated and analyzed internal sales forecasts to evaluate claims of fraudulent earnings per share guidance :: Other casework included financial statement analysis and modeling, literature review, valuation, qualitative and quantitative market research Client and Project Management :: Served as technical lead to client teams, presented modeling results in face to face meetings and teleconferences and responded to technical queries :: Trained junior staff in cost/benefit modeling methodology and coordinated additional modeling exercises in parallel :: Authored technical memos to assist the client in using and updating cost/benefit drug strategy models Business Development :: Assisted senior management in formulating, drafting and budgeting proposals for strategy consulting projects :: Selected to attend 2007 Annual Meeting for the International Society for Pharmaco-economics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) |
EDUCATION
| University: | Claremont Consortium of Colleges - Pomona College |
| Time period: | 2002 - 2006 |
| Degree: | Economics, BA |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | “The Next Best Thing to Knowing Someone Who is Usually Right,” with Gary Smith and Joseph Steinberg, The Journal of Wealth Management, Winter 2006. |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Travel, motorcycle riding and maintenance, hiking and backpacking, reading, technology and culture |
| Awards: | - One of two graduating seniors to receive the Leland M. Backstrand Memorial Award in Economics
- Recognized by the Department of Economics for Distinction in Senior Exercise |
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