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PROFES SIONAL E XPERI ENCE DAEDALUS CAPITAL, LLC St. Louis, MO One of the top five portfolio management firms with a long-only hedge fund in United States, according to performance rankings by Money Manager Review, Morningstar and Pension & Investments magazine Vice President- Research September 2007 Present Overseeing firms research activities including identifying and recommending new investment strategies Investment Research Published an internal document The Coleman Method in its Basic Form, that analyzes and develops a proof for this proprietary strategy; coleman method is a strategy used by the firm to manage hedge fund and has generated annualized returns of over 50% since its inception in 2002 Developed an algorithm to arrive at buy list of stocks consistent with firms strategy Conceptualized a new metric Market Risk Adjusted Return to evaluate the performance of firms portfolio products Business Operations / Strategic Planning Conducted strategic review and structured a $ 20 million deal to raise equity for firm Originated and facilitated the launch of fixed income derivative underlying general obligation bonds worth $ 2.5 million Initiated training sessions for clientele thereby generating new business for firm; over $250,000 in assets committed so far Explored new fund raising opportunities and initiated communication with potential investors Equity Research Summer Associate May 2007 August 2007 Researched Fortune 25 companies, interviewed management representatives, and modeled their stock performance to validate firms investment philosophy; this research was subsequently included in firms training manual Identified new metrics and created data analysis models to analyze performance of stocks Analyzed performance of 250 blue chip companies to identify alpha and market stocks for portfolio products Modeled and graphed past 15 year industry trends based upon metrics used by firm to identify mega industry trends RG BUSINESS GROUP Family enterprise including petroleum, microfinance, rice- milling and jewelry wholesale & retail divisions Pilibhit, India

Director-Microfinance Division 2004 - 2005 Responsible for identifying new growth opportunities and facilitating group expansion Carried out territory mapping for microfinance division which increased business volumes by 15% Successfully resolved several preexisting accounts saving the company over $ 40,000 in bad debt exposures Conducted cost benefit analysis for procurement process of petroleum division and expanded into oil transportation dAMICO TANKERS Provides oil, chemical and natural gas transportation services to clients in energy sector worldwide Genoa, Italy

Second Executive Officer (Operations) 2002 2004 Planned and executed loading and discharging cargo operations for hazardous oil and chemicals worth over $60 million Earned no-non-conformity recognition for company at oil refineries in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia for safe cargo operations Devised efficient ship routes on Middle East-Europe-US runs minimizing navigational delays FLEET MANAGEMENT LIMITED (NOBLE GROUP) Hong Kong Third Executive Officer (Operations) 2000-2002 Facilitated $ 2.5 million dry dock project in Dubai and completed project 2 days in advance saving over $ 40,000 in costs Led multinational crew of 30 during a fire crisis on board EDUCATION WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN SAINT LOUIS MBA, Finance and Accounting, May 2008 Recipient of merit based Joseph W. and Patience E. Towle Scholarship Finalist in $ 70,000 Olin Cup Business Challenge Competition for Entrepreneurs PANJAB UNIVERSITY Postgraduate Diploma in Statistics, September 2006 Ranked among top 2% in graduating class, equivalent GPA 4.0 MUMBAI UNIVERSITY (T.S.CHANAKYA) Bachelor of Science, Nautical Sciences, June 2000 Concentration in Marine Engineering Control Systems and Ship Operation Technology Secured admission by scoring in top 2 percentile in IIT-JEE, a national entrance of over 150,000 students ADDITIONAL IN FOR MATIO N Proficient in Crystal Ball, Mini Tab, Mat Lab, Microsoft Office, Financial & LBO modeling and currently pursuing CFA Carried out independent research project in business school Options Volume As Proxy for Information St. Louis, MO 2006 2008

Chandigarh, India 2005 - 2006 Mumbai, India 1997 - 2000