Kyle Matthies

Corporate Strategy MBA Intern at Lowe's Home Improvement

Location: Orange County, California Area
Industry: Investment Banking

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Kyle Matthies's Overview

Past

Strategic Planning MBA Intern at Lowe's Home Improvement
Senior Business Analyst at R.W. Smith & Co.
Associate at Pacific Ridge Capital

Research Analyst at Coyote Insight

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Education

Texas A&M University - Mays Business School
University of Colorado at Boulder

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Strategic Planning professional with successful track record in entrepreneurial and Fortune 50 companies. Strong communication and leadership skills and ability to work in team environments. Results oriented and experienced in strategic planning, investment and business analysis, financial modeling, qualitative and quantitative market research, and database analysis.

Specialties

Strategic planning and analysis, problem diagnosis/solving, competitive analysis/positioning, leadership, communication

Strategic Planning MBA Intern

Lowe's Home Improvement

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; LOW; Retail industry

June 2011 – August 2011 (3 months) Mooresville, NC

• Developed strategic framework to analyze vertical integration opportunities across all of Lowe’s domestic and international business units.

• Analyzed internal and vendor manufacturing facilities as well as accounting practices used to identify manufacturing best practices.

• Applied strategic framework to existing $140+ million business unit to determine fit with strategic framework. Presented recommendations to senior executives from operations, finance, and business development.

Senior Business Analyst

R.W. Smith & Co.

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Hospitality industry

November 2009 – May 2010 (7 months)

• Established field-sales process and implemented new procedures to increase communication between various internal divisions and field-sales representatives facilitating over $15 million in new project bids.

• Deployed Salesforce.com to streamline operations and opportunity tracking leading to increased intelligence reducing weekly management meetings from three hours to less than one hour.

• Influenced senior management tailoring CRM system to provide each team member with unique incentives leading to successful adoption and significantly improved information collection and reporting.

Associate

Pacific Ridge Capital

Partnership; 11-50 employees; Investment Banking industry

August 2007 – June 2009 (1 year 11 months)

• Managed marketing efforts of global remittance company (back-end software and payment terminal), evaluated potential acquirers and pitched opportunity during height of recession.

• Directed financial consulting project for three separate Chinese/US based subsidiaries including offering documents and financial models.

Research Analyst

Coyote Insight

August 2006 – July 2007 (1 year)

• Managed qualitative and quantitative market research projects from design to data presentation receiving highly positive response from clients resulting in over $50,000 in additional projects.

• Worked directly with senior management of leading consumer electronics companies to develop research methodology to test and track dealer and consumer marketing strategies and tactics.

Texas A&M University - Mays Business School

MBA, Strategic Management

2010 – 2011

• Peking University, Doing Business in China MBA Exchange Program

• 2011 National Association of Women MBA (NAWMBA) Business Strategy Case Competition, Team Leader, Finalist

• 2011 Texas A&M Technology Transfer Competition, Finalist

• 2011 Investment Research Challenge Case Competition, Participant

• 2010 Deloitte National MBA Human Capital Case Competition, Participant

University of Colorado at Boulder

BA, Political Science

2002 – 2006

• Intern, United States Export Assistance Center, a branch of the Department of Commerce, Denver, CO - Assisted in international market research to develop export strategies for US companies seeking international expansion.

Interests:

Alternative energy, technology, telecom, mergers & acquisitions, distance running, playing ice hockey

Groups and Associations:

OCCU Alumni, OC Special Olympics