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Lotus Clair Samuel

• Autodidactic and curious.
• Resourceful.
• Systems thinker.*
• Pragmatic and creative.

* I dislike the phrase "systems thinking", because it is redundant, however, buzzwords can be useful shorthand.

Experience

I have industry experience in the following fields 1
• advanced materials,
• clean technology,
• economic development,
• healthcare,
• management consulting,
• operational efficiency,
• relief and reconstruction,
• robotics,
• supply chain transparency and traceability,
• supply chain water risk,
• sustainability,
• venture capital.While working at the following types of institutions 2
• venture capital studio,
• venture capital (emerging),
• think tank,
• startups (early-stage),
• startup incubator,
• private services firms,
• nonprofit,
• international finance institution,In the following roles 3
• Chief Operating Officer,
• Head of Compliance,
• de facto Chief Financial Officer,
• VP of Finance and Operations,
• Operations and Supply Chain Consultant,
• Independent Business Consultant,
• Strategy and Business Lead,
• Financial Analyst.Executing on 4
• compliance,
• due diligence,
• growth planning,
• change management,
• nondilutive funding,
• tactical operations,
• new venture spin-out,
• organizational review,
• system and process design,
• market research and analysis,
• strategy design and execution,
• multi-entity ecosystem management,
• financial planning and forecasting.

Notes on listing order
1  Alphabetical ascending.
2  Alphabetical descending.
3  Chronological descending.
4  Number of characters ascending.

Education

• Bachelors in International Development Studies, with a minor in cultural anthropology, from UCLA.
• MBA from Georgetown University.

See here for a little about my startup and venture capital studio experience.

Lotus Clair Samuel

change management, compliance, and risk mitigation for private equity and startups.

• Alignment of strategic and tactical operations.
• Internal review for organizational weak spots and regulatory compliance.
• Guidance during transitions; from change management and M&A to personnel planning and financial forecasting.

Some of the companies I've worked with

"labs"
Backstage Capital and Studio - a venture lab
Greentown Labs
JoyLabz
Otherlab
Sourcemap (started at the MIT Media Lab)
Vital LabsPlaces that are an acronym with a "C"
BCG
CCG
IFC (part of the World Bank Group)Independent (non-lab) early stage startups include:
Dashboard Earth
Tall Poppy

See here for my "CV", it shows a wider range of my work experience.