SHENXIN (NICOLAS) XU

Mailbox 417, Babson Park, MA 02457 339-204-3302 sxu4@babson.edu

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FRIEDLAND CAPITAL, Beijing, China 2007-2008
Vice President, Corporate Finance Department
* Worked closely with a top Chinese law firm and accounting firm and helped Chin
a Power Equipment, and China Agri-Business to successfully listed on OTC
* Analyzed the current financial status and business potential of a pharmaceutic
al company; drafted a financial projection that attracted initial USD $70K pre-I
PO investment; later led to USD $3.3M in financing
* Delivered presentations to 30 CEOs on how to finance business expansion and lo
wer capital expenses
* Gained a deep understanding of Chinese market situation of auto parts manufact
uring, pharmaceutical, nutriment, bio-tech, mining, and chemicals industries by
working with many CEOs, CFOs, and GMs
* Developed a new project tracking tool to monitor on-going projects; adopted by
entire company
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPER, Beijing, China 2004-2006
Associate, System Process Assurance Department
* Managed 404 consulting project of China Unicom in Shandong Province, accredite
d as most efficiently executed and most profitable for Beijing office in 2005
* Led a team of 3 to audit revenue account of China Unicom with revenue exceeded
$10.6 billion in 2006
* Conducted IT general control audits for major domestic and international clien
ts including: Bank of China, Changyu Wine, China Aluminum, China Life, China Net
com, China Unicom, LG, Otis Elevator, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Sina.com, Sohu.co
m, Tsingtao Brewery, Volkswagen
* Planned and built internal control system for financial reporting process (Sar
banes-Oxley) to improve the accuracy and completeness of the financial data for
3 Fortune 500 companies
* Considered by partners as the "Emergency Task Force" for Beijing office becaus
e of ability to handle challenging clients and control project within budget

JINGYI FUTURES, Beijing, China 2003-2004

Commodity Broker & Trader, Business Development Department
* Won the "Top Broker" award for developing the highest number of new customers
(31) among 70 peers
* Developed a innovative sales strategy by advertising "Free Future Trading Trai
ning" in the Beijing Evening Newspaper, resulting in over 100 client telephone i
nquiries
* Conducted 30 future trading training seminars for over 350 participants that r
esulted in 15 new clients

EDUCATION
BABSON COLLEGE, F.W. OLIN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, Wellesley, MA 2008-2010
Master of Business Administration, May 2010
* Awarded F.W. Olin Scholarship ($20,000 annually)
* Winner of WPI Venture Forum Five Minutes Pitch Competition ($2,500 award)
BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, Beijing, China 1999-2003
Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, July 2003
* Received top prize in university mathematics modeling contest, competing again
st 200+ participants
* Earned Renmin Scholarship for strong academics in Computer Science, ranking to
p 10%