Beatrice Pang
MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, Bachelor of Arts in Economics (1997 – 2001), Business Development Manager at Microsoft Corporation (2006 – 2008), and Venture Intern at Nokia Growth Partners (March 2009 – September 2009).
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Business, French, Languages, Public Relations |
| Location: | Menlo Park, CA |
| Groups: | BASES, BASES E-Challenge 2010, E-Challenge Competition 2009 |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Tags: | Art, email, entrepreneur, group communication, gsb, Painting, silicon valley, stanford, web 2.0 |
| Schools: | Colorado College, Stanford Business School |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Nokia Growth Partners |
| Position: | Venture Intern |
| Time period: | March 2009 - September 2009 |
| Description: | Developed investment thesis and sourced investment opportunities in the digital advertising market.
Worked closely with CEO and Founder of leading mobile payment startup, Vivotech, to provide strategic advisory. Worked with General Partner, John Gardner, on evaluating and executing a number of live investment transactions. |
| Employer: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Position: | Business Development Manager |
| Time period: | January 2006 - December 2008 |
| Description: | Second member of 7-person Business Development and Strategy team.
Promoted in 2007. Received top ranking in every annual performance review, a department-wide Execution Award (awarded to top 5% performers), and a company-wide Gold Star Award (top 5%). Co-Managed strategy, sourcing and due diligence, valuation, and integration planning of acquisitions. Closed acquisitions: Medstory and Global Care Solutions Systems. Led business development activities with the nation’s largest healthcare providers, lab companies and electronic medical record (EMR) solution vendors. Engaged over 100 organizations. Executed 26 partnership agreements. Collaborated with sales, marketing and product development groups to develop product roadmap and strategies. Performed financial planning and played key role in securing year ‘08 funding for the department. |
| Employer: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Position: | Senior Analyst and Manager |
| Time period: | January 2003 - December 2006 |
| Description: | Member of 12-person team. Led sourcing and execution of 12 structured transactions for Microsoft.
Received top ranking in every annual performance review. Received three company-wide Gold Star Awards (top 5%). Promoted to post-MBA position in 2005. Worked directly with senior executives, including Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, to analyze and define acquisition and investment strategies for Microsoft. |
| Employer: | Merrill Lynch & Co |
| Position: | Financial Analyst |
| Time period: | January 2001 - December 2003 |
| Description: | Ranked top 5 percentile among investment banking analysts at Merrill Lynch in both years.
Helped 30+ companies define acquisition strategies and performed valuation analysis of 50+ acquisition targets. Representative transactions: (1) Novellus System's $220 million acquisition of SpeedFam-IPEC. (2) UTStarcom’s acquisition of selected assets of 3Com's CommWorks business for $100 million. (3) Leading CRM solution vendor’s sale to a large enterprise software company (terminated). |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford Business School |
| Time period: | 2010 |
| Degree: | MBA |
| University: | Colorado College |
| Time period: | 1997 - 2001 |
| Degree: | Economics, BA |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | outdoor sports |
| Hobbies: | oil painting, traveling, cooking, and board games |
