1. TOLLAN D. RENNER
603-233-2010 | 35 High St #5; Waltham, MA 02453 | tollan.renner@gmail.com | www.linkedin.com/in/tollanrenner
EDUCATION
Brandeis International Business School Waltham, MA
Master of Arts in International Economics and Finance, expected May 2016 Aug 2014 – Present
 GPA – 3.6, Real Estate and Asset Management specializations with courses including: Real Estate Finance, Real Estate
Capital Markets, Financial Statement Analysis, Credit Risk Analysis, Corporate Finance, Financial Modeling, Fixed
Income Securities, International Portfolio Management
 Distinctions: Isaiah Leo Sharfman Fellow, American Leadership Award
 Activities: Co-lead the International Behavioral Economics and Finance Club, Net Impact Chapter, and Global Markets
Investment Club (GMIC)
o Real Estate Consulting Field Project: Developed a redevelopment strategy for two recently acquired Boston properties
o Finalist in schoolwide GMIC Stock Pitch Challenge valuing The TJX Companies
 Faculty Advisor – Global Brigades, facilitated microfinance development mission in Honduras, Feb 2015
 Certifications: CFA I Candidate, FINRA Series 7, 63, and 66 Securities Licenses, Bloomberg Market Concepts
University of New Hampshire Durham, NH
Bachelor of Science in Statistics; Economics summa cum laude Aug 2009 – May 2013
 GPA – 3.8, University Honors Program, Honors in Statistics
 Teaching Assistant – Business Statistics, instructed R statistical computing labs for 60+ students (fall 2012)
 Research projects include:
o Thesis: Customer Age as a Predictor of Contact Volume, presented to faculty results of multiple regression techniques
applied to 2 million call center contacts
o Modeled 30-year orbit of asteroid Apophis with 4-body system using data from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
EXPERIENCE
Brookwood Financial Partners Beverly, MA
Real Estate Acquisitions Analyst Intern May 2015 – Aug 2015
 Validated Excel and ARGUS models as part of due diligence on commercial real estate value-added deals totaling over
$250 million in Greater San Diego, Philadelphia, and Fort Lauderdale
 Drafted private placement memorandums (PPMs) and investment committee reports based off of office market research and
tenant leases
 Programmed Excel VBA database solutions including tabulations of U.S. gas stations for a $150+ million portfolio and all
of Brookwood's retail investor offers
Fidelity Investments Merrimack, NH
Financial and Investment Solutions Representatives Nov 2013 – Jul 2014
 Guided 100s of investors a week with securities, investment accounts, and transfers of assets, including tax and expense
implications
 Deployed investors' capital in investment vehicles including 100s of mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), stocks,
etc.
 Advised investors on portfolio selection, financial planning including retirement, and discretionary investment management
for clients with $50,000+ in net worth
OTHER
 Computer Skills: ARGUS, Bloomberg, JMP, MATLAB, Microsoft Office 2016, Excel VBA, RStudio, STATA
 Activities:
o Carsey Institute, studied African microfinance development methods (Ghana, spring 2013)
o UNH Class of 1957 Award, completed immersion Mandarin Chinese course (China, summer 2012)
o UNH Judo Club (spring 2011 – fall 2012)
o Asia Institute for Political Economy, Georgetown University American Studies course (Hong Kong, summer 2012)
o Taiwan-United States Ambassadors, studied Mandarin Chinese and taught English (Taiwan, summer 2011)
 Languages: Fluent (native) in English and studied Mandarin Chinese and French