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Connor Harlander
Skill Scoreⓘ
Rookie (2/6)
147
Industries
Information Technology
Product at Juniper Square | Fellow at Notley | Shaper Impact Capital

Product at Juniper Square, Fellow at Notley, Investment Analysis and Investor Readiness at Shaper Impact Capital.

Previously strategy, operations, asset management, and acquisitions at Senior Lifestyle, and commercial banking at GE Capital.

When I’m not hard at work, I enjoy traveling, skiing, hearing live music, community impact projects, grassroots organizing, and creating “chance” encounters to pet dogs.

Feel free to connect with me – I’d love to get to know you!

Skills
Evaluated for and PM role archetypeⓘ
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Experience

Product Manager

  • Juniper Square
  • Full-Time
  • Mar 2021 - Dec 2023

Senior Product Operations Manager

  • Juniper Square
  • Full-Time
  • Aug 2020 - Mar 2021

Notley Fellow

  • Notley
  • Full-Time
  • Austin, Texas Area
  • Jan 2020 - Dec 2023

The Notley Fellowship sits at the center of entrepreneurship and philanthropy. It’s a 2-year program for purposeful leaders committed to taking on and learning more about challenges in the social sector. The program is designed to prepare and engage our community’s rising leaders in the for-profit sector to get involved and engaged with today’s most pressing social issues.

Product Operations Manager

  • Juniper Square
  • Full-Time
  • Austin, Texas Area
  • Jul 2019 - Aug 2020

Director of Strategic Asset Management

  • Senior Lifestyle
  • Full-Time
  • Chicago, IL
  • Jun 2017 - May 2019

Led financial and operational improvement projects using market analysis, on-site interviews of key stakeholders, detailed financial and operational analysis of business model, benchmarking, and KPI analysis; strategically integrated capital, sales and marketing, and clinical resources to target short-term performance improvement and long-term operational viability.

Developed and executed business and operations growth strategy for $850M portfolio; analyzed operating models, human capital, and competitive market, driving performance through change leadership, business silo integration, and resource allocation.

Senior Analyst – Acquisitions and Strategic Operations

  • Senior Lifestyle
  • Full-Time
  • Chicago, IL
  • Jan 2017 - May 2017

Supported CEO, COO, and VP of Strategic Operations to identify strategic opportunities for performance improvement, operational turnaround, and strategic capital deployment across the company portfolio.

Planned and presented financial and operational solutions to Senior Management Team and Investor Partners to obtain capital for strategic projects; monitored financial progress of approved projects against pro forma models.

Senior Acquisitions Analyst

  • Senior Lifestyle
  • Full-Time
  • Chicago, Illinois
  • Nov 2015 - Dec 2016

Analyzed investment opportunities totaling more than $3B; underwrote and closed over $1B of transactions; built dynamic income statement, cash flow, and pro forma operating models, concentrating on financial stability, equity return potential, and contractual terms to select and recommend specific investment opportunities to the investment committee, equity partners, and senior management, including CEO, CFO, CIO, COO, and Chairman.

Managed the due diligence compliance process for acquisitions and dispositions in conjunction with sellers, brokers, investment partners, and outside counsel; coordinated the transition of operating disciplines from old management to new management.

Investment Analyst

  • GE Capital
  • Full-Time
  • Chicago, Illinois
  • Jul 2015 - Nov 2015

Worked with senior management of clients at sites across the country to perform audits of pledged collateral as part of the asset-based credit program, reconciling client’s key financial information including cash, accounts receivable and payable, and inventory against GE’s collateral records and sample testing results.

Identified financial risk to GE using excel models; developed in-depth trend and variance analyses; compiled a comprehensive report of results and formulated recommendations for Credit Risk Account Managers.

I left GE Capital after the group’s sale to Wells Fargo Finance near the end of 2015.

Commercial Real Estate and Property Tax Intern

  • Ryan
  • Full-Time
  • Chicago,IL
  • May 2014 - Apr 2015

Commercial real estate valuation and property tax appeals. Derive valuations using income, lease analysis, cost, sales, and uniformity approaches.

Economics Teacher

  • Image Secondary School
  • Full-Time
  • Iringa, Tanzania
  • Jul 2013 - Aug 2013

Taught intermediate high school level micro- and macroeconomics to students aged 14-22 at a boarding school in rural Tanzania. Worked with teachers to standardize lesson plans and expand the variance and effectiveness of teaching methods and techniques

Senior Wealth Management Intern

  • Integra Financial Advisory Corp
  • Full-Time
  • Chicago, IL
  • Sep 2012 - Mar 2013

Assisted in the management of over $27M of equity, fixed income, and real estate assets in conjunction with a certified financial advisor, using quantitative and qualitative methods, including technical analysis of stock charts, analysis of macroeconomic conditions, and market and industry indices

Waiter / Cashier

  • Brasa Premium Rotisserie
  • Full-Time
  • St. Paul, MN
  • Apr 2010 - Jan 2013

Managed all take-out sales and preparation while filling all drink orders for the restaurant, including a beer and wine bar.

Degree Programs

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Honors, Economics

  • Loyola University Chicago
  • 2011 - 2015

Licenses and Certifications

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