Bora Lee
Co-founder, CFO/COO at BrainGig
- Location
- Greater New York City Area
- Industry
- Internet
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Bora Lee's Overview
- Current
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- Co-Founder, Head of Finance/Operations at BrainGig
- Associate instructor at Training the Street
- Past
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- Laboratory research at NYU Langone Medical Center
- Equity Research Associate at Lazard
- Associate at Park Place (US) LLC
- Associate at Allen & Co.
- Intern at Figure9
- Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs
- Education
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- Columbia University in the City of New York
- Columbia Business School
- Georgetown University
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London School of Economics
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Stuyvesant High School
- Connections
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146 connections
- Websites
Bora Lee's Experience
Co-Founder, Head of Finance/Operations
BrainGig
Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry
November 2009 – Present (2 years 7 months)
• Co-founded a start-up that provides a central market connecting grant seekers and funders.
• Launched two services and built up social community of over 500 people.
• Responsibilities include: marketing, financial and legal matters, e.g., financial projections, banking, incorporation and ongoing compliance with federal and state laws.
• Recruited and interviewed over 130 scientists to serve as industry experts in original business model.
Associate instructor
Training the Street
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry
May 2006 – Present (6 years 1 month)
• Associate instructor of valuation techniques for incoming investment banking analyst/associate classes. e.g., DCF, market multiples, LBO analysis, public comparables, acquisition comparables.
• Clients included: Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School, bulge bracket and boutique investment banks.
Laboratory research
NYU Langone Medical Center
Nonprofit; 10,001+ employees; Hospital & Health Care industry
October 2008 – October 2010 (2 years 1 month) New York, NY
1/10 – 10/10 Infectious diseases laboratory
• Investigate whether accessory gene regulator (agr) locus dysfunction in Staphylococcus aureus develops during infection or precedes it by comparing and analyzing agr function in colonizing and infecting isolates from single patients.
• Determine agr nucleotide sequences for the agrA and agrC genes, and identify mutations by PCR and automated DNA sequencing.
10/08 – 5/09 Neonatology laboratory
• Assisted researching muscular dystrophy treatments and other issues in a neonatology laboratory.
• Provided aid to the laboratory by running electrophoresis gels, embedding samples, preparing slides of the samples, and preparing reagents.
Equity Research Associate
Lazard
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; LAZ; Financial Services industry
June 2002 – May 2005 (3 years)
Associate – Radio broadcasting (9/04-5/05), Wireline services (6/02-9/04)
• Assisted in initiating coverage of six radio broadcasting companies and seven wireline companies.
• Maintained models and conducted valuation analyses based on sum-of-the-parts, P/E, EV/EBITDA, free cash flow, and discounted cash flow.
• Researched and stayed abreast of telecom regulatory issues such as the eligible telecommunications carrier designation process, and the Universal Service Fund regulatory regime.
• Analyzed and created macroeconomic models relevant to the industries, e.g., historical/forecast relationship of telecom industry revenue to GDP, and radio revenues with advertising industry trends. ‘
• Attended industry conferences and company analyst days.
• Other responsibilities included: writing First Call notes, assisting with marketing efforts, responding to client requests.
Associate
Park Place (US) LLC
October 2001 – June 2002 (9 months)
Associate - European Long/Short Hedge Fund
• Designed marketing materials, created and maintained databases of institutional consultants, investors, and current manager searches. Additional responsibilities: compiled shareholder records for tax purposes, assisted with reformulation of prospectus.
Associate
Allen & Co.
2000 – 2000 (less than a year)
Corporate Finance – Media and Entertainment
• Developed comparable company analyses and in-depth profiles for various sectors of media and technology.
• Assisted in preparing a fairness opinion for CDNow’s sale to Bertelsmann AG and in the drafting of an information memorandum related to a sell-side M&A assignment.
Intern
Figure9
May 2000 – June 2000 (2 months) New York,, NY
Business Development and Marketing – Configuration Software Start-Up
• Evaluated & drafted proposals to potential strategic partners & investors in the consumer electronics industry.
• Conducted market research and developed estimates of worldwide consumer electronics sales.
Financial Analyst
Goldman Sachs
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; GS; Investment Banking industry
July 1996 – August 1999 (3 years 2 months)
Investment Research Financial Analyst: Industries: Portfolio Strategy/Accounting
Junior analyst to Institutional Investor ranked analysts Abby J. Cohen and Gabrielle Napolitano, covering both US equity market strategy and accounting issues.
• Developed and examined US equity market valuation metrics utilizing bottom-up analysis of corporate operating earnings and S&P Industrials index financials.
• Analyzed economic trends and their implications for asset allocation and investment strategy.
• Managed peers in the department wide initiation of use of Economic Value Added valuation models. Included quality oversight of over 600 individual company models across over 40 different industries.
• Analyzed accounting issues across industries such as earnings quality and employee stock options.
• Advised internal and external clients on market valuation metrics, market trends, accounting issues, and fundamental economic factors.
Bora Lee's Skills & Expertise
Bora Lee's Education
Columbia University in the City of New York
Pre-Med Postbaccalaureate
2007 – 2009
Courses completed: Biology I & II, Chemistry I & II, Organic Chemistry I & II, Physics I & II.
Columbia Business School
MBA, Finance
August 1999 – May 2001
Georgetown University
BS in Bus. Admin, Finance, International Business
1992 – 1996
London School of Economics
General Course (1 yr), Organizational Behavior
September 1994 – June 1995
Stuyvesant High School
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