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Buehler_A_Resume

  1. 1. ANTONIO F. BUEHLER (512) 785-3767 • antonio@abrome.com Experience EDUCATION ENTREPRENEUR Austin, TX Founder & CEO, Abrome 2014-Present • Launched and operate an alternative, K-12 private school serving young people with a wide range of learning differences and life experiences • Served low-income families by providing pro bono services to 50% of college admissions clients • Gave 23 presentations on how parents can help their children lead remarkable lives at homeschooling conferences, local libraries, and private events Founder & CEO, Buehler Education 2011-2013 • Provided parents with the tools and confidence needed to opt-out of traditional schooling • Helped dozens of applicants gain admission into top colleges and MBA programs (e.g., Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Columbia, Penn, Duke, West Point) Teacher, Bronze Doors Academy 2011-2013 • Developed and taught seven classes (e.g., mathematics, Socratic dialogue, entrepreneurship) and led each student through an independent study • 2nd employee of a startup alternative school; assisted with strategy, marketing, and hiring SOCIAL CHANGE LEADER Austin, TX Founder, Peaceful Streets Project 2012-Present • Raised over $115,000 in individual donations to mobilize, educate and enable people to push back against police abuse • Distributed 125 handheld video cameras and camcorders to members of marginalized and oppressed communities and trained copwatchers so they could document police interactions • Hosted two national Police Accountability Summits featuring speakers such as Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, and Radley Balko, Washington Post blogger and author of Rise of the Warrior Cop • Provided video evidence to a dozen victims of police abuse which helped lead to dismissed charges against the overwhelming majority of them; empowered several victims to file civil rights suits against the police • Organized over 200 cop watch actions in Texas, California, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, and Utah • Organized and/or led over two dozen Know Your Rights trainings • Affirmed that the right to film the police was a Constitutionally protected right in the 5th Circuit via Buehler v. City of Austin/Austin Police Department • Currently petitioning the Supreme Court to challenge the “independent intermediary doctrine” that allows prosecutors to immunize law enforcement from civil rights suits by obtaining indictments after illegal arrests • Voted Best Grassroots Movement (2012) and Best Activist (2012) by the readers of the Austin Chronicle • Voted Activist of the Year (2012) by Texans for Accountable Government FINANCE PROFESSIONAL New York, NY Founder & Managing Director, Trophy Point Capital 2008-2010 • Launched and operated a micro-cap private equity fund which evaluated over 9,000 buyout opportunities • Raised capital from 14 private equity funds and high net worth individuals • Recruited and managed 20 associates and analysts Associate – Financial Restructuring Group, Houlihan Lokey 2006-2007 • Advised two $400+ millions companies on chapter 11 procedures, restructuring of $350 million of preferred equity, redemption of $240 million of debt, and financing of $263 million in new debt MILITARY PROFESSIONAL Germany, Iraq, Kosovo Brigade Logistics Officer, Executive Officer, and Platoon Leader, U.S. Army 1999-2004 • Chosen by the Brigade Commander, in a combat zone during a theater-wide critical supply crisis, to fill a role reserved for a Lieutenant Colonel or Major with 13-19 years of experience, ahead of 12 senior officers
  2. 2. • Solved a severe supply crisis through an innovative bartering system and creative sourcing of materials through local Iraqis, U.S. contractors, and foreign imports through Jordan, Turkey, Kuwait and Germany • Sourced, initiated and monitored $99 million worth of contracts between the U.S. Army and Iraqi vendors • Awarded the Bronze Star for exceptional meritorious service during Operation Iraqi Freedom • Successfully deployed 481 vehicles and 900 personnel from the U.S. and Germany to Iraq • Turned around the logistics and administrative functions of a detachment despite a significant shortage of personnel, twice earning the Commanding General’s Award for Logistics Excellence • Commended for leading a joint arms engineer, infantry, and aviation mission to put in place an innovative obstacle system along the Serbian border to prevent the trafficking of weapons to guerillas • Implemented a training plan resulting in the platoon being designated as an elite platoon with two elite squads, the highest recognition out of twelve platoons in the Brigade • Graduate of U.S. Army Ranger School, a small-unit combat command school with a 45% attrition rate, which subjects students to conditions of extreme fatigue and food deprivation • Graduate of the Engineer Officer Basic Course, Airborne School, and Air Assault School Education HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Cambridge, MA Master of Education, Special Studies Program 2013-2014 • Focused on alternative education, entrepreneurship, and social justice • Additional classes taken at Harvard Law School, Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, and the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Stanford, CA Master of Business Administration 2004-2006 • Focused on entrepreneurship and finance • I Have a Dream (IHAD) program mentor • Interned at Compass Point Capital Partners (Private Equity; Carmel, CA), Infosys (Information Technology; Bangalore, India), and Temasek Holdings (Investment Management; Singapore) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY West Point, NY Bachelor of Science, Systems Engineering 1995-1999 • Varsity Sprint Football Team: twice named 1st Team All-League Linebacker; Sam S. Perkins Award; Anthracite Bowl Defensive MVP • Interned at Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Army for Operations Research at the Pentagon • Certified Engineer in Training (EIT) in the State of New York, 1999 Additional • Community – OVAL representative, Stanford University Admissions (2016); TEDx speaker (2014); Board Member, West Point Society of New York (2009-2012); Field Force Representative, West Point Admissions (2008-2010); Board Member/Co-Treasurer, A Caring Hand (2007-2010); mentored and helped place an underprivileged child from East Palo Alto, CA into an elite private school with full scholarship (2005-2006); orphanage volunteer, Rodopski Pansion in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (2004); high school football coach in Giessen, Germany (2002); organized and led effort to collect and distribute 10,000 lbs of donations to 3,000 children in Kosovo (2000-2001) • Media – Featured on Al Jazeera, CityLab from the Atlantic, Democracy Now!, Fox Business News, National Public Radio, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, The Texas Tribune, Playboy, Pivot.tv, Showtime, as well as numerous local radio, newspaper, and television outlets • Interests – World travel (36 countries), entrepreneurship, improving the lives of children, creating alternative systems to bring about a freer society, skiing, and Stanford football

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