UMAIR RAZA

430 West Johnson Street ~ Madison, WI 53703 ~ urc0eb8c@westpost.net ~

608.334.9934 EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN a" MADISON_ _ Madison, WI_ _ Bachelor of

Science degree May 2011
Double Major: Computer Science, Economics
HONORS: AP Scholar with Honors
EXPERIENCE

SPARKSEED _ _San Francisco, CA_ _

Business Development Intern _ _June 2010-September 2010
_Developed __social enterprise incubator platform for a university
and co-organized Dangerously Ambitious Summit._
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Evaluated 176 Universities for benchmarking purposes; authored
research report on social entrepreneurship at US colleges.
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Created model to analyze best-case, average and worst-case
financial scenarios and calculated social impact for potential
incubator.
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Built out projections model to determine market growth scenarios
and establish project feasibility.
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Reviewed implementation issues and increased project viability to 5
years; resulted in client proceeding with project.
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Analyzed survey data to determine best practices in marketing to
college-age audiences and developed marketing strategy for project.
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Co-managed a $50,000 budget and provided support to organizer for
conference with 70 attendees.

BANK OF AMERICA - MERRILL LYNCH_ _Chicago, IL_ _

Global Private Wealth Management Intern _ _June 2009-August 2009
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 Researched mutual funds and ETFs using Bloomberg and
Morningstar-Blackrock software.
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Constructed multiple investment strategies for $100,000 portfolio
and pitched plans to Financial Advisors.
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Assisted in acquiring $500,000 in assets by contacting prospective
clients.
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Developed a client prospect database system with 3,000 entries
using Excel and Access; increased prospecting effort by 300%.

KPMG LLP _ _Dubai, UAE_ _

Audit Intern - Information, Communications completed 30% of overall
audit.
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Reviewed balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements
to ensure data accuracy.
ACTIVITIES Wisconsin Management Consulting Club_,_ Vice
President - Consulting Services/Team member_ _January 2009-Present
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Developed and pitched China expansion plan to panel of senior
executives from Ingersoll Rand.
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Analyzed strategy options and recommended buy-out of competitor
based on due diligence on Chinese HVAC market.
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Modeled best-case and worst-case financial scenarios and developed
manufacturing plan yielded 60 attendees at recruiting event.
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Launched aggressive club outreach and recruitment strategy for
employers, clients and members; increased membership by 25%
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Designed internal review process infrastructure to monitor and
improve club's project performance.
Economics Students Association, Team Member_ _September 2009-Present

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Worked on team of 7 to analyze US economic data; formulated
monetary policy recommendation for Federal Reserve Challenge.
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 Co-designed pitch-book and presentation which team pitched to a
panel of economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
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Tutor 5 students bi-monthly in micro and macroeconomic principles.
Capital Management Club, Analyst a" Energy Group_ _January
2010-Present
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Pitched RDC to membership of actively managed $25,000 Badger
Absolute Returns Fund; club acquired stake worth 4% of holdings.
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Conduct independent research on investment opportunities using
Factset, Bloomberg Team contributed to over 50% of final
recommendations.
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Generated $200 profit from club's first Annual Pizza Sale to raise
awareness for microfinance and fund club activities.
SKILLS Urdu (Fluent)
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PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: Java, HTML, JavaScript, Stata, R
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INTERESTS: Hoofers Sailing Club, Goalkeeper in Intramural Soccer,
Disc Jockey at local events