Bradford W. Bentz

• Concord, MA
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Professional Experience

For over 50 years, IDC has been a leader in IT market research and advisory services.

• Worked with product and digital marketers at Fortune 100 companies to develop custom lead generation tools that quantify the business value of their IT solutions based on IDC research.
• Hands on, full-stack Web application development using SQL Server 2012, ASP.Net MVC, C#, HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript.
• On my own initiative, created a new online tool platform for IDC that has saved the company $106,000 during its first twelve months in operation while improving conversion rates, mobile support, and analytics capabilities.
• Managed the full software development life cycle for custom lead gen and sales enablement tools.
• Trained and oversaw the work of other developers in addition to managing own development projects.
• Recognized multiple times within IDC for outstanding performance on consulting projects.

• Helped client companies deal with a variety of financial and technical issues, including:
• Investment analysis and due diligence
• Financial modeling and valuation
• Web analytics/metrics
• Search engine optimization & visitor engagement

The Acton School of Business has been recognized as one of the most innovative graduate business programs in the country by BusinessWeek and Forbes.

• Responsible for curriculum design and development across the entire MBA program.
• Improved the content and structure of two MBA-level business courses and created new teaching materials (cases and technical notes for students) related to new venture formation, finance, and financial accounting.

Virtus Capital Partners (VCP) is a boutique investment bank/private equity firm that raises capital from its syndicate of high net worth and institutional investors. VCP focuses primarily on real estate and oil & gas projects.

• Participated in more than a dozen private equity transactions involving over $72M in equity capital.
• Evaluated over 60 investment opportunities, conducted due diligence, and offered recommendations to VCP’s Managing Director.
• Created financial models in Excel, including sophisticated capital structures (preferred returns, IRR waterfalls, etc.).
• Developed proprietary Monte Carlo simulation in Excel using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to model returns for hypothetical loan portfolio.
• Prepared offering memoranda for private placements and presentation materials for corporate finance transactions.
• Monitored private equity investments post transaction.

Alpine Database Solutions is an IT services provider.

• Devised solutions to rapidly-changing business needs using ASP.Net and Oracle 8i.
• Prepared customized reports for clients using complex SQL queries and Excel.
• Collaborated with business stakeholders to identify requirements and outline appropriate solutions.

Database City (DBC) is a Web hosting company specializing in custom application development and database integration.

• Selected to become DBC's first Team Lead ahead of more senior developers.
• In addition to having own projects, was also responsible for leading a team of 5-6 other programmers.
• Promoted best practices and instituted code reviews.
• Created custom, database-driven Web applications using ASP and SQL Server.
• Responsibilities included designing HTML forms and reports, coding middle-tier business objects, data modeling, and database programming.

Education

• Graduated first in class/4.0 cumulative GPA
• Acton MBA Student of the Year, 2005
• Derived formula to calculate a firm's sustainable growth rate, now the subject of a teaching note used at Acton
• Intensive, case-based curriculum rated among the top MBA programs by The Princeton Review (2006 ed.)

• Graduated with honors/3.652 cumulative GPA
• Golden Key National Honor Society Member
• E.F. Kraft Scholarship Prize Recipient, 1987

Additional Information

• Proficient with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, SQL, ASP.NET MVC 4, C#, HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Foreign language skills: German (good), Bulgarian (basic)
• Passed CFA Level 1 exam