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Astera Insights

Astera Insights

Insights into Energy

Services

Funding & CapitalizationFacilitate banker introductions and selection. Coordinate banker due diligence
Strategic PlanningDefine your vision, mission, values, strategy, and develop an action plan to grow your company.
Institutional  Investor RelationsPreparation of investor business plans, business plans and financial models to allow your company to raise the capital it needs to excel. Investor communication.
Forecasting/BudgetDevelopment of custom models to project future earnings and cash flow based on conservative, expected and windfall scenarios. Analyze break-even point and payback time.
Management ReportingFinancial planning and analysis; defining KPIs to provide clarity for your day-to-day and long-term decisions using Business Intelligence. Aggregation of data to automate business processes.
Business OptimizationIdentify opportunities to automate processes and manage projects
Market AnalysisIdentify new market opportunities for growth.



Qualifications include

Corporate Finance and Development Expertise

  • Coordinated banker due diligence process for $1.4 billion of capital including a $325 million private placement of convertible preferred securities, $192 million secondary equity offering and high yield senior notes.
  • Worked with the executive team to build corporate business model incorporating scenario analysis
  • Quarterly financial reporting for investors
  • Developed operational business plan for $400 million European broadband initiative.

Capital Markets Experience

  • Underwrote bank debt transactions for natural resources companies. 
  • Brokered distressed debt and structured bonds to institutional customers including banks, mutual funds and hedge funds for boutique broker/dealers. 
  • Launched private infrastructure program for Texas pension fund.
  • Managed global infrastructure portfolio comprised of listed equity securities in both developed and emerging markets for $26 billion pension fund.

Project Management Experience

  • Managed accounting software implementation for SaaS cybersecurity firm
  • Automated revenue for private equity energy firm

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