NATHAN CHENG
+1.949.510.1132 | nathan_w_cheng at rhymes with Ahh choo!
EDUCATION
THE WHARTON SCHOOL & THE LAUDER INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
MBA with Honors; Majors in Entrepreneurial Management and Finance
Master of International Studies; Focus in Europe and Russian language
Philadelphia, PA
2007-2009
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Wharton First-Year Honors and Lauder Director’s List (both years)
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Wharton Ethics Committee Member and Cohort Ethics Liaison
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Manager and Executive Director of Information Systems, Wharton Graduate Association
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Emerging Economy Entrepreneurship Panelist, 2007 Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference
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Venture Capital/Private Equity Club CTO; Volleyball Club Co-president
MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY, LOMONOSOV
Master of Science with Distinction ("Red Diploma"); Major in Mathematics; Focus in System Analysis
Moscow, Russia
1993-1998
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First non-Russian American to complete 5-year degree at Department of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics
EXPERIENCE
THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP
Summer Consultant
Moscow, Russia
Summer 2008
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Completed and normalized business case models from twelve separate projects for well-known industrial goods company,
supporting successful bid for additional projects worth more than one million dollars
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Analyzed Russian market dynamics, future opportunities, and competitive benchmarks for major automotive company
JAZEL, LLC
Partner, CTO
Irvine, CA
2003-2007
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Conceived and implemented key concepts relating to complex multi-tiered client organizations, enabling customer relationship
and web-presence management product to satisfy broader business case than originally envisioned
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Endowed product with order-of-magnitude greater value by enabling company to serve both automotive dealerships and
original equipment manufacturers involved in global sales and distribution, significantly increasing company’s profit potential
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Initiated, championed, organized, opened, and managed development center in Russia, cutting new feature costs by more than
50% and accelerating release timetables by 33%
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Managed team of 14 technical personnel across five countries and four continents
10TH DEGREE, LLC
Contractor
Irvine, CA
2002-2003
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Built 15-person digital services group to deliver major Internet project on-time and in-budget, pulling company through critical
turning point and helping to secure additional business from client accounting for more than half of company revenues
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Invited by 10th Degree’s owners to cofound startup (Jazel, LLC) to create new subscription-based web application
MOBILEGATES CORPORATION
Technical Director
La Palma, CA
2001-2002
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Partnered with major US-based mobile carriers to design, implement and launch one of the first nationwide real-time traffic-
condition-reporting services for mobile phones, and first to accept credit card payments over WAP
EFORCE GLOBAL, INC.
Sr. Software Engineer, Sr. Technical Architect, Development Manager
Hayward, CA
2000-2001
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Identified, documented and alerted major telecommunications client to fatal flaws in multi-million-dollar Internet-based B2B
application created by two previous integrators; directed 20-member team in its successful redesign and re-implementation,
helping secure more than $5 million in additional business
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Led requirement-gathering and project delivery meetings with investors, board members, CEOs, and other business owners at
Fortune 500, Fortune 1000, startup, and other companies
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Promoted in title and salary four times in less than 16 months
ORBIT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Software Engineer
Irvine, CA
1999-2000
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Led 7-person team to design and initiate development of web-based business process management application
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Redesigned for efficiency and robustness web-based application to remotely control industrial automated machine lines
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Fluent in Russian; favorite activities include volleyball, basketball, soccer, hiking and camping
