CURRENT PROJECTS
International trading platform for 'new' commodity
Capital or equity investors sought to develop a trading platform for a 'new' commodity. The global market for the commodity was $350 billion in 2009. The Asian market 2011 (incl. Oceania) reached $156 billion. The market contracted as a result of economic conditions in the US and EU, overall process inefficiency and a competing commodity, but bounced back 2010 and 2011. Greater efficiency in how the commodity is traded provides a strong competitive advantage expected to neutralize the competing commodity and increase overall transaction volume. Primary revenue stream is commission on deal-flow; secondary revenue stream sales of real-time statistical information that today is nonexistent or obsolete.
PR monitoring and smartphone surveys for customer identification
Solution providers sought to meet customer requirements for accurate PR monitoring and smartphone surveys. Client operations are focused in Europe. Sector is heavily regulated and highly sensitive to negative publicity. Energy price has major impact on pricing and profitability. Economics of scale result in reduced cost of goods sold. The sector demonstrates growth despite economic conditions but is high risk.
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Converts entire spreadsheets containing monetary information using five different conversion methods including date matching.
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Makes it possible to see the correlation between any two currencies or plot three rates on same chart.
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PRIOR PROJECTS - HIGHLIGHTS
Market repositioning for retail outlet
Competitor strength assessment and market characteristics. Increase focus on customer loyalty program to block main competitor. Reorganization of purchase processes and sourcing. Investment recommendations in market intelligence systems. Status: Confidential.
Long-term strategy for a natural food's brand
Definition of core value and competitive advantage. Supervision of website reconstruction and marketing materials. Management of sector conference and publicity. Competitive analysis and execution directed toward main competitors. Status: Confidential.
Various private enterprises
Positioning of private businesses against the collapse of the imminent Icelandic economy and then to capitalize on the aftermath. Methods deployed included moving ISK capital reserves to USD and EUR depending on external supplier location, 3 to 6-month prepayment of inventory to neutralize the foreseeable currency shock and conversion of fx-linked bonds to ISK. Status: Confidential.
Iceland Parliament Special Investigative Commission (SIC)
Provided the (SIC) with a uniform statement reflecting the position of the three leading banks, Landsbanki, Kaupthing (now Arion) and Glitnir (now Islandsbanki) in addition to other financial system and macroeconomic information. Status: Public.
Local governments (LG) & creditors
Competitive analysis on similar local governments as per request 2007 - 2008. LG's treated like corporations and subjected to common size analysis. Reports stated that aluminum smelter intentions would be delayed or cancelled and that certain LG's - among them Alftanes - would either bankrupt or experience severe economic hardship. Report affected LG bond issue. Status: Semi-public.
Complete overhaul of cornerstone customer services utilizing activities-based costing. Beat PWC and RBS for the bid. Deployment of correlation matrices, multilevel flow charting and time measurement devices to detect and remove bottlenecks and errors. Status: Semi-confidential.
