Finance | Strategy & Operations | CFO | Board Member | Investor | Ex-Carlyle | MIT, Stanford, London Business School Alum
ABOUT
Marc is a business leader and entrepreneur with 20 years of operations, technology, finance, and executive experience, he is passionate about building innovative and profitable businesses that fulfill vital customer needs.
As an equity investor, he has managed or acquired more than $5Bn in assets for global firms such as The Carlyle Group, Mubadala and MacFarlane Partners. As a consumer debt lender, he has deployed more than $200M of exposure to New-to-Credit borrowers for Capital One, and developed a path to $5B of business opportunity through commercialization. As an entrepreneur he co-founded ChefXchange, an award-winning international food/tech online marketplace and platform, that connected chefs to foodies looking for exclusive culinary experiences in 20 countries throughout the Middle East, Europe, and North America.
Marc’s work has always entailed a double bottom-line approach of profitability for the company and positivity for the communities that he interacts with. Whether funding community development or helping displaced refugees earn additional money, he works with purpose for the community and the environment. He currently serves as an adviser to Shared Harvest Fund which helps young professionals repay student loans through volunteering. He also has served as the finance chair and treasurer of the Harbor School.
A native of Seattle, Marc holds a BS in Civil Engineering from M.I.T. and an MS in Engineering Management from Stanford. He holds an MBA from London Business School where he was a member of the finance club and chair of the Real Estate club. He is a husband and a father of three children, who loves the outdoors. He enjoys upland bird hunting, deep sea and fly fishing, skiing and rooting for the Seattle Seahawks with his family.
BY THE NUMBERS
One New to Credit (Students, immigrants, other) Customer management strategy
$200M of Credit exposure
$10M incremental NPV impact.
One build vs buy vs partner strategy roadmap
5 BA Reports driving market intel and analytics
75 Cities
20 Countries
15 Employees
1000s of chefs and foodies
Three rounds of angel and VC funding
One business scaled including: go-to-market strategies, product development, design and core customer experience, finance and investor reporting, biz dev and janitor.
$2Bn of investments managed in publically traded district cooling utility
One risk management system created
One dividend analysis executed
$100M contracts negotiated and workout performed
$2bn of power assets underwritten including valuations deal structures and negotiations
Two business schools (LBS and exchange to IESE) attended
One MBA with focus on Entrepreneurship and Finance
Countless friends from around the globe
Four clubs: President, Real Estate Club, member of Finance, PE/VC and Energy Clubs
One global financial crisis navigated
$2-4Bn urban plan for 55 acre waterfront site in Baltimore developed
Three projects with one developer taken over
One retail leasing and residential sales strategy developed and executed
Countless design and construction and punchlist items tracked
100s of scenarios developed and modeled for decision making
$90M incremental financing proposed, evaluated, approved and acquired to save portfolio
$2.2Bn of assets underwritten and managed
1001 room convention center hotel under two flags with 224 condominiums
449 unit apartment deal workout
countless asset classes and deal structures (Hotels, condos, apartments, land, retail, etc; waterfalls, lookbacks, sensitivities etc)
One MS in Engineering Management earned
One exchange to India to work for Reliance
One decision on where to take my career made
One BS in Civil Engineering earned
One club presidential year for CEE club
Two towers WTC civil engineering talk organized
One canoe sunk
One fraternity joined (ATO)
Two sport letterman in varsity indoor and outdoor track
Two countries worked in for CEE projects (Italy, Puerto Rico)
