Michael Sheridan

President at Global Debt Network, Inc.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Current
Past
  • Board Member at Pepperdine MBA Alumni Board
  • Board of Directors at docstoc
  • Senior Associate at Growth Management Partners
  • Director of Finance at Management Partners Leadership Committee
  • Partner at Blue Water Venture LLC
  • Partner at Venature LLC
  • Senior Equity Derivatives Trader at Stafford Trading/TD Waterhouse
  • Derivatives Trader at Cutler Group
  • Fixed Income Derivatives Trader at Stafford Trading
  • Risk Manager at Stafford Trading
Education
  • Pepperdine University, The George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management
  • DePauw University
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Financial Services
Websites

Michael Sheridan’s Summary

Skill Set
- Customer-centric business vision and product development focus
- Strategic thinker with the ability to communicate and execute plans
- Product management and new product development
- Partnership identification and development
- Experienced in public markets derivative and equity trading
- New technology development and commercialization

Experienced in:
- Product & project management
- Software development process overseas/outsourcing transition
- Go-to-market strategy
- Capital raising
- Goal and milestone setting
- Business model development
- Customer identification
- Beta launch preparation
- Risk management
- PR strategies and interviews

Recent Media and Publication Contributions
- GigaOm Blog
- Special Finance
- Used Car News
- Asset-Backed Alert
- CreditFYI Podcast
- NaidaTV
- SubPrime Auto Finance News
- Biz Radio Podcast
- Auto Remarketing
- Edmunds.com

Michael Sheridan’s Specialties:

Fanatic Customer Building
Partnership Development
Marketing Planning, Strategy and Execution
Risk management
Capital Raising
Accelerated growth planning
Operations & tactical execution and planning
Retail roll-out modeling
Equity and debt option pricing, hedging and trading strategies

Please contact me at mikesheridan.linkedin@gmail.com


Michael Sheridan’s Experience

  • President

    Global Debt Network, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Financial Services industry)

    June 2007Present (2 years 2 months)

    Global Debt Network is a whole loan, web-based auction platform where auto loan portfolio sellers can list and sell their loans to financial institutions. Our solution brings transaction efficiency, pricing transparency and liquidity for buyers and sellers.

  • Board Member

    Pepperdine MBA Alumni Board

    (Education Management industry)

    July 2007June 2008 (1 year)

  • Board of Directors

    docstoc

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    July 2007April 2008 (10 months)

  • Senior Associate

    Growth Management Partners

    (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

    April 2006June 2007 (1 year 3 months)

    Growth Management Partners helps companies build accelerated strategic growth plans and develop the operational systems to support the expected growth.

  • Director of Finance

    Management Partners Leadership Committee

    (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Education Management industry)

    January 2005June 2007 (2 years 6 months)

  • Partner

    Blue Water Venture LLC

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

    June 2004June 2006 (2 years 1 month)

    Blue Water Ventures specializes in business development and marketing strategies for small international and US brands looking to expand their retail distribution within the US.

  • Partner

    Venature LLC

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

    January 2005June 2006 (1 year 6 months)

    Venature is a partnership of investors and managers that provides capital and consulting to start-up businesses. We accelerate the growth of new ventures by providing strategic consulting and by partnering with entrepreneurs to execute their core business operations including sales, marketing, finance, and technology implementation.

  • Senior Equity Derivatives Trader

    Stafford Trading/TD Waterhouse

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TDW; Investment Management industry)

    August 2001May 2003 (1 year 10 months)

  • Derivatives Trader

    Cutler Group

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Investment Management industry)

    June 2000August 2001 (1 year 3 months)

  • Fixed Income Derivatives Trader

    Stafford Trading

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Investment Management industry)

    June 1997May 2000 (3 years)

  • Risk Manager

    Stafford Trading

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Capital Markets industry)

    June 1995June 1997 (2 years 1 month)


Michael Sheridan’s Education

  • Pepperdine University, The George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management

    MBA , 20032004

  • DePauw University

    B.A. , Philosophy , 19901994

    I held numerous leadership positions at the DePauw Chapter of Delta Upsilon. While president, we won Best Chapter Award resulting from an innovative risk management and community relations programs.

    Activities and Societies:
    Delta Upsilon Fraternity (Fraternity President), Lacrosse Club, Rugby Club, Philosophy Club.

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Michael Sheridan’s Interests:

Statistics, business start-ups, triathlons, swimming, running, biking, reading, art


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