RESUME & MISSION
Austin's Mission
I help aspiring green business leaders leverage their efforts for greater impact, profitability, and to mitigate global warming and habitat destruction.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
· 20+ years proven track record in all areas of management including strategic planning, leadership development, project management, finance, organizational change facilitation & public relations
SALES & MARKETING CONSULTATION
· Developed & Released New products
· Recruited & trained consultative sales & marketing teams to double sales with red-carpet service
ANALYSIS
· Analyzed laws, legislative processes, & outcomes; Analyzed economic trends, targeted industries, numerous specific companies & product lines; Created & analyzed budgets & financial strategy
MATHEMATICS
· Developed a Holistic Mathematical Tool for Financial Planning
· Created many precise mathematical models for business intelligence
COMPUTER & IT
· Developed financial management software programs
· Highly experienced in Microsoft Office Suite & numerous specialized application programs
· Evaluated & implemented internal & website customer & management information systems
· Wrote algorithms & interfaced with advanced programmers on software architecture
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Anthony Smernes, Jr., Esq.
"Austin and I worked on various financial and legal projects over the last 6 years... His knowledge of financial markets and expertise in mortgage loans was a huge advantage to our entire office... Along with his undeniable talent, Austin has always been an absolute joy to work with..."
Richard Otto, Executive Director
"Austin has excelled in his services and we have been able to count on the thoroughness, accuracy, and reliability of his work... The special mathematical-statistical problem we have asked Austin to solve has been to help us model the cost-benefits of our technology which we are defining in local, state, regional, national and international domains..."
Thomas L. Ratigan, Strategist & Business Owner: Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
"I have known Austin for about fifteen years and have always admires his high level of integrity and ability to tackle difficult situations. As Austin's employer and collaborator for the past two years, I saw first hand the high level of expertise and attention to detail that Austin brought to the various tasks that I asked him to perform..."
David Thawley, Certified Financial Planner, Managing Partner
"Our company provides sophisticated, complex financial planning techniques... We retained Mr. Greiner to research and prepare a Risk Mitigation statistical data analysis, based on historical data of long-term investments rates of return and long-term bank interest rate fluctuations. This resulted in Mr. Greiner preparing an extensive analysis, far beyond what we anticipated he would do. His report and presentation was outstanding, thorough and simple to understand..."
Brad Steffens, Regional Vice President
"I have known Austin since June 2004, and I have nothing but positive things to say. Both in the office environment and in his research, Austin is quite frankly by far is the best that I have ever seen. He is advanced in analytical ability, using determination and independent thinking to decipher business possibilities from statistics... Austin brings with him executive level capacities such as public speaking skill and public relations awareness. He has the experience and creative vision to see opportunities and hurdles years into the future..."
REFERENCE LETTERS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
EXPERIENCE
GREEN BUSINESS CONSULTANT
· Work with scientists to stop global warming & prevent ecological & economic collapse
· Revise business plans with senior managers to increase financial strength & reduce risks while staying faithful to the vision of the founders
· Strategize with experts in materials science and engineering in green energy business to develop market penetration & healthy & sustainable profits
· Help develop economically & ecologically intelligent strategic & tactical green business plans
· Cowrite Business Plans, Financial Proforma, Private Placement Memorandum & Grant Applications
· Recruit & develop business professionals in Green Biz
ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR CalBIS | GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN’S OFFICE OF BUSINESS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
· Exercised a high level of technical expertise, independence and broad discretion to manage highly sensitive and confidential statewide business development opportunities presented by domestic and international companies to establish and/or expand operations to create and/or retain substantial numbers of California jobs
· Supervised, led, and provided administrative oversight and personnel management of the CalBIS Economic Development Team in the consultation of hundreds of companies worldwide.
· Monitored and tracked proposed legislation regarding impacts on business in California
· Led Standardized Regulatory Impact Assessments (SRIA) Team on public policy for proposed regulations with an estimated economic impact exceeding $50 million
· Led team in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Defense to bolster California's defense supply chain in cyber-security resilience, innovation capacity and diversification strategies
· Led the interface of California’s Apprenticeship Task Force with the business community
PERSONAL COACH & BUSINESS CONSULTANT, MATHEMATICIAN, SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, & PROGRAM MANAGER
· Consult with clients on financial transformation
· Perform complex mathematical calculations
· Develop automation project to codify mathematical algorithms
· Train and manage additional mathematicians to serve clients with financial optimization
· Wrote mathematical platform to integrate all areas of finance, law & real estate to optimize a balanced solution set for the clients of financial planners around each client’s unique goals & challenges
FINANCIAL PLANNER, DEBT & BUSINESS CONSULTANT, MATHEMATICIAN, TRAINER, UNDERWRITER, & IT MANAGER
· Performed legal research, economic analysis, & field underwrote real estate & financial products
· Presented a special research project to a San Francisco Bay Area Firefighters’ Union
· Conducted numerous seminars & consulted financial planners on individual client cases
· Developed multiple financial programs, evaluated vendor software, and developed software internally - both websites & Sequel Server backside integration
· Conducted demographic analysis, marketing, numerous educational seminars, trainings, & support for managers, recruited & trained sales forces, & managed support staff at many client companies
· Performed legal research, statistical analysis, & products comparative analysis on Premium Finance
· Prepared extensive mathematical & statistical reports for senior management on risk mitigation
· Converted program research into actionable policies and procedures
· Performed both quantitative and qualitative business valuations
· Used Microsoft Visio & Project software to organize and manage projects
· Wrote mathematical algorithms used by programming team
· Worked with Advanced Programmers to integrate desktop, web based, Sequel Server centric models
EDUCATION
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE| MAY 1994 | SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY
· Major: Business Administration (Management)
RELATED COURSEWORK | SOME ONGOING | GRADUATE LEVEL & SPECIALIZED TRAINING
· Ecosystems Biology, Environmental Science, Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Genetics, Earth Science, Physics, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Business Law, Financial Planning, Psychology & Motivation, Securities & Investment Planning, Tax Planning, Retirement Savings & Income Planning, Estate Planning, Risk Management & Insurance Planning, Computer Programming & Management Information Systems, Statistics, Calculus & Advanced Mathematics, Big Data Analytics, Linguistics & Artificial intelligence
ACTIVITIES
Austin enjoys camping, bicycling and other outdoor sports with his wife and four children.