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Preston Parry

Headline: Investor
Skills: Entrepreneurship, Java, Languages and Platforms, SQL, Web Development
Location: Oxford, OH
Groups: Miami University Student Venture Fund
Interested in: Advising startups, Career advice, Employment opportunities, Finding mentors, Internships, Investing in projects, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Providing services to startups, Supporting my investments
Tags: brainstorming, business development, idea creation, investor, Networking, patents, Venture Capital
Schools: Miami University of Ohio

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Position: Intern
Time period: May 2008 - August 2008
Description: The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland wanted a new way to look at and understand liquidity. My most vital skill is finding new ways to look at and understand situations. It's a perfect fit for the summer.

Employer: Miami University Student Venture Fund
Position: Managing Director
Time period: January 2008 - December 2008
Description: Managing Director at Miami University's venture capital fund. In charge of every point of the process, from finding possible investments, interviewing them, creating a term sheet, negotiating terms, and then active development of the business processes and ideas.
• Captain of Biz Quiz National Challenge Team
• Currently earned 55% YTD return on personal portfolio
• 5 courses focusing on Excel

Employer: Vetus Partners, investment bank
Position: Intern
Time period: May 2007 - August 2007
Description: Built the employee portion of a billion dollar spin-off model, created buyers lists, researched and created industry benchmarks when evaluating companies, contributed greatly to deal marketing.

Employer: UBS Financial Services
Position: Intern
Time period: June 2006 - August 2006
Description: Completed all research for tens of millions of dollars of investments. Tracked several portfolios daily, computing necessary ratios, and alerting the broker to any trade worthy abnormalities.

EDUCATION

University: Miami University of Ohio
Time period: 2006 - 2010
Degree: Economics, BSc

INFORMATION

Clubs: AIESEC, Lambda Sigma honors service fraternity, Astronomy Club, Thermonuclear Reactor Project, and broomball.
Awards: Beta Gamma Sigma, National Merit Scholar, President's List, Dean's List, William F. McConnell Scholarship for Outstanding Business Student, Ohio Achievement Scholarship for "extraordinary ability in mathematics or science", Top Freshman Achievement, Business Honors Program.

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    Development of Aerospace Technologies

  • Swayam

    Swayam's mission is to remove the financial barrier to education.

  • College Mogul

    College Mogul is a weblog and online resource for college entrepreneurship. We cover and assist in the emergence, progress and impact of new and existing collegiate entrepreneurial activity.

  • CampusLIVE

    CampusLIVE is the ultimate community for college students, organizing every aspect of their on and off campus life into one place.

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