MATTHEW JOHN HARRIGAN

11820 Mayfield Ave, Apt 320 (310) 994-7946 (415) 271-2394

Los Angeles, CA 90049 harrigan@alumni.princeton.edu
Experience SWIMMING LOS ANGELES SWIM SCHOOL - Los Angeles, CA December 2008 - Pr
esent
Founder, Owner & Instructor - Learn To Swim Program
* Devised business idea, concept and brand, including company logo and program c
urriculum
* Designed, wrote and maintain entire web site (www.SwimmingLA.com and www.Swimm
ingLosAngeles.com)
* Speak with prospective clients to explain our teaching methods and convert int
o customers
* Create and manage lesson schedules, monthly budget, customer billing and socia
l media pages
* Train and manage all employees, including business developers and instructors
JONES LANG LASALLE - San Francisco, CA October 2007 - November 2008
Commercial Real Estate Consultant - Tenant Representation
* Scheduled meetings with prospective clients through canvassing and cold-callin
g
* Created and lead presentations to sell JLL's capabilities in tenant representa
tion to convert prospects into clients
* Organized and led tours of potential office spaces for clients
BANK OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC - San Francisco, CA January 2005 - June 2007
Third-Year Analyst - Real Estate & Lodging Investment Banking
* Extended a third-year offer due to strong performance and leadership
* Coordinated with product groups to provide clients with a full gamut of equity
and debt products
* Created various excel models in support of numerous real estate equity, debt a
nd M&A presentations
* Maintained a Powerpoint presentation of the entire real estate group's debt ca
pabilities and league tables
* Underwent formal ARGUS, Excel modeling and valuation training
* Licensed California real estate salesperson; Series 7 and 63 registered
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA - San Francisco, CA December 2003 - October 2004
Associate - Corporate Banking
* Supported and contributed to the negotiation of loan terms and documentation
* Operated in conjunction with product specialists to provide clients with a ful
l suite of financial services
* Implemented credit analysis in conjunction with the bank's outstanding loans a
nd potential lending clients
* Performed financial statement analysis to monitor lending clients' compliance
with debt covenants
* Created credit presentations outlining Banking's approval or concern of lendin
g clients' creditworthiness
JEFFERIES & COMPANY, Inc. - New York, NY November 2001 - November 2003
Equity Research Associate - Electric Utilities
* Assumed a senior analyst position (writing, forecasting, valuation, estimates
& ratings) for two companies
* Worked with company officers in order to perform analysis of the their compani
es
* Assisted senior analyst with writing, modeling, forecasting, valuing and maint
aining coverage of 30 companies
* Created a number of Excel Macros to automate models, maximize efficiency and m
inimize time usage
* Met with clients to increase their understanding of our company coverage list
 COLLIERS PENN - Pittsburgh, PA August - October 2001
Research Analyst - Commercial Brokerage
* Met with clients to discuss Colliers capabilities in marketing and tenant repr
esentation
* Canvassed and cold-called on prospective clients
* Performed functions in support of highest-grossing commercial brokerage team i
n Pittsburgh
Education PRINCETON UNIVERSITY - Princeton, NJ June 2001
Bachelor of Arts in History
Certificate in Applications of Computer Science (comparable to a Comp. Sci. min
or at other universities)
Skills Computer Skills - ARGUS, MS Office (including VBA), Bloomberg API, Factse
t, Baseline, Access
Programming Languages - Visual Basic (VB), Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) i
n Excel, Powerpoint and Word (Macros), VBScript, C, C++, Java, HTML, SQL and Act
ive Server Pages (ASP)
Foreign Language Skills - German (7 Years study along with practical experience
s in Germany)
Activities Princeton University Swimming Fall 1997 - Spring 2001
* United States Olympic Trials Qualifier and Competitor - Summer 2000
* Former Princeton University Record Holder - 400 Individual Medley
* Ivy Conference Champion - 400 Individual Medley (1998), 200 Breaststroke (2000
)