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SGC Ventures Management Consulting
Principal
01/2016 - Present
SGC Ventures is an independent management consulting practice led by Sara Givens Conte. Recently Sara has been working primarily for private equity groups completing marketing opportunity and assessment analyses. For more info please see www.sgcventures.com.

Brand Genie Start-Up
President and Co-Founder
05/2012 - 01/2016
Brand Genie is a startup software company and the world's first automated branding agency. Give us five minutes and we'll give you a brand - www.brandgenie.com. As a co-founder, Sara helped with all things tech startup: business planning, market analysis, equity allocations, filing the patent, establishing team systems, setting up on social media, fundraising (angel investors), pricing and user testing. As the product was launched, Sara focused on sales, marketing and strategic partnerships.

NTR plc and Greenstar (subsidiary) Corporate Strategy & Development
Director of Corporate Development
08/2001 - 05/2012
NTR is a private-equity development group based in Dublin, Ireland. Greenstar was a subsidiary company of NTR, launched in the U.S. in 2007. Sara worked at NTR in Dublin for five years helping with due diligence on new investments and business planning for existing investments. In 2007 Sara wrote the business plan for a new subsidiar, Greenstar North America. She then moved back to the US and helped launch the Greenstar brand. Greenstar was sold to Waste Management in 2012.

Boston Consulting Group Management Consulting
Consultant
06/1997 - 09/1997
The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm and the world's leading advisor on business strategy. Sara was a summer consultant in Chicago.

JPMorgan Chase & Co Finance
Associate
03/1994 - 09/1996
JP Morgan is a multinational banking and financial services holding company. Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) was a U.S. investment bank acquired by Credit Suisse in 2000. Sara worked for DLJ and JP Morgan as an Associate in Investment Banking.