Experienced principal/hacker/consultant/entrepreneur with expertise in strategy, finance, technology, and product management Specialties: • Venture Capital • Trading & Research • Financial Engineering • Strategy Consulting • Software Engineering • Product Marketing • Project Management • Nonprofit Management • Leadership

Principal @ Strategy Consultancy for Private Equity, Corporate Development, Venture Capital, & M&A Strategic Advisory of leading PE, Fortune 500, and entrepreneurial clients in corporate development, venture investment, growth strategy, turnaround management, commercial due diligence, and portfolio strategy: - Develop and evaluate market entry options - Create portfolio optimization strategies - Assess the alignment of proposed transactions with overall strategy - Evaluate attractiveness of potential targets relative to industry peers and buyers' investment rationale - Analyze various external factors to build and determine the feasibility of the target’s revenue forecast. - Craft business development proposals and conducted pitches to secure engagements From 2013 to Present (2 years) Greater New York City AreaAdvisor / Strategist / Growth Hacker @ Advise NYC startups to develop optimal product-market fit and blitz-scale towards sustainability From 2013 to Present (2 years) Greater New York City AreaSummer Portfolio Associate @ Venture Capital - Health, Technology, Energy, & Finance in developing markets www.acumenfund.org From July 2012 to September 2012 (3 months) Greater New York City AreaSummer Investment Associate @ Hedge Fund - Research & Trading http://www.metlife.com/careers/development-programs/students/investment-analyst-program.html From April 2012 to June 2012 (3 months) Greater New York City AreaQuantitative Financial Engineer @ Derivative Solutions - R&D http://www.dersol.com/company.htm http://www.factset.com From June 2009 to July 2011 (2 years 2 months) Chicago, ILTrading & Analytics Analyst @ Prime Services - High-Frequency Trading http://www.barcap.com/ From September 2008 to January 2009 (5 months) Greater New York City AreaTrading & Analytics Analyst @ Prime Services - High-Frequency Trading http://www.lehman.com/ From September 2007 to September 2008 (1 year 1 month) Greater New York City AreaQuantitative Analyst @ Hedge Fund - Quantitative Research http://www.shiplp.com/ From May 2007 to August 2007 (4 months) Greater New York City AreaAssociate @ Hedge Fund - Finance http://www.bwater.com/ From June 2006 to August 2006 (3 months) Westport, CTVenture Capital Analyst @ 3KSoft and CyLabs E-Commerce & B2B Solutions Startup http://www.cylab.cmu.edu/ http://www.3ksoft.co.kr/ From January 2006 to May 2006 (5 months) Greater Pittsburgh AreaTrading & Analytics Analyst @ Electronic Trading in equities http://www.lehman.com/ From June 2005 to August 2005 (3 months) Greater New York City AreaResearch Associate @ National Cancer Institute: Lab of Biophysics/Cell Biology http://hrem.nci.nih.gov/ http://www.nih.gov/catalyst/2004/04.11.01/page4.html From January 2004 to May 2004 (5 months) Bethesda, MDBioinformatics Analyst @ Biotechnology Startup From January 2003 to August 2003 (8 months) East Brunswick, NJResearch Associate @ School of Computer Science http://www.cs.cmu.edu/ From January 2003 to May 2003 (5 months) Pittsburgh, PAInformation Integration Developer @ Silicon Valley Labs, Information Integration http://www.ibm.com/ From 2003 to 2003 (less than a year) Silicon Valley, CA

MBA, Strategy, Finance, General Management, & Entrepreneurship @ University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business From 2011 to 2013 Master of Science, Quantitative Financial Engineering @ Stevens Institute of Technology From 2007 to 2009 Bachelors of Science, Computer Science @ Carnegie Mellon University From 2002 to 2007 Franklin High School From 1999 to 2002 Ganesh Kumar is skilled in: Venture Capital, Strategic Consulting, Trading, Leadership, Project Portfolio..., Nonprofit Leadership, Product Marketing, Financial Engineering, Software Engineering, Management Consulting, Impact Investing, M&A Advisory Services, Nonprofits, Business Strategy, Consulting, Data Analysis, Valuation, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Business Intelligence, Analysis, E-commerce, Management, Portfolio Management, Finance, Financial Modeling, Equities, Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Development, Investments, Due Diligence, Market Analysis, Start-ups, Analytics