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MIHIR A. KOTHARI 921 Kissam Court *South Plainfield, NJ 07080 *302.562.2199 *[email protected] et EXPERIENCE Aug 04 Building From The Ground Up, LLC Wilmington, DE and Newark, NJ Present Owner & Real Estate Manager * Founded company during third year in college and raised sufficient capital to purchase first property and cover start-up costs; netted investors $20,000 on fi rst investment * Synthesize financial, economic and market data in order to effectively model v aluation analysis for property * Direct oversight of construction projects, property management, leasing, vendo r negotiations and tenant relations * Manage numerous types of projects, including; historical renovations, projects starting with raw land and total rehabs * Added significant income to owners of an apartment building by adding a coin o perated laundry machines in building * Increased after-repair-value on a rehab property to $250,000, total investment was $150,000 (including purchase price) * Manage permitting and architectural drawing process from start to finish resul ting in significant savings to owners * Aggressive oversight and management has resulted in not more than a 5% vacancy on any property Dec 08 Rose Events, LLC Metuchen, NJ Present Consultant & Event Manager * Recruited to expand corporate market share and increase revenue from social ma rket segment * Worked directly with Co-Presidents in strategizing and implementing business d evelopment plan and responsible for all decision making * Spearheaded marketing initiative by redesigning website, creating a blog and u sing other social media outlets * Within first year, increased corporate market contracts by $30,000 and increas ed social market contracts by $40,000 * Negotiated all client and vendor contracts resulting in a 20% expense reductio n Jan 06 Dharmaboost, LLC Wilmington, DE Dec 08 Chief Financial Officer & Partner * Recruited by founders of company to negotiate contracts with international ven dors and increase revenue and profits * Successfully grew referral base of company by cultivating corporate and indivi dual relationships * Reduced costs by $3.00 / hr / person for international development teams and i ncreased revenue by 360% in third year * Negotiated residual contract with Microsoft and Craigslist for $200,000 and $2 0,000, respectively * Tasked with formal training of new project managers and oversight of 10+ softw are developers * Awarded a project with Cisco to create the Cisco Milestone Tracker for their i ntranet site and oversaw entire project May 05 Del Monte Fresh Produce Atlanta, GA Jan 06 Technical Service Representative * Assessed product quality and handling of national distribution centers and pre sented findings to Regional Manager * Tasked with recommending a solution for product handling that was ultimately n ationally implemented, resulting in critical efficiencies * Comprehensive analysis and diligence resulted in a profit increase of 1% for o

verall company EDUCATION May 05 University of Delaware, Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics Ne wark, DE * Bachelor of Science; Major in Business Management * Coordinator, Indian Students Association: successfully organized first sellout crowd of 700 people for 2002's conference * Member, Toastmasters: joined organization to fully develop presentation and pu blic speaking skills * Finance Research Assistant, chosen by professor to assist in projects and prov ide research for approximately 10 hrs/week * Worked approximately 20 hours per week as a sales representative for AT&T PERSONAL * Fluent: Hindi and Gujarati, basic Spanish * Proficiency: Extremely Proficient in MS Office XP/2000 (Excel, Word, PowerPoin t, Outlook, Access), Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop & MAC Application * Enjoy traveling, sports, architecture and real estate investing * Chosen to participate in Junior Olympics for swimming (100m Medley and 200m Me dley) * References Available Upon Request