Meet Bora
A well-versed financial expert who can tell the story behind the numbers.
Related to current events:
Bora is an MBA financial analyst who was in business school during 2008, so he knows his way around a financial crisis. He spent a lot of time studying the 2008 market crash, reading books and writing papers about the meltdown and its consequences as we were going through the greatest recession in our lifetime (at the time). Now he’s ready to make it rain with wisdom about how we should be thinking about our current climate.
Bora has been an expert in business/finance for more than 12 years building financial processes from budgeting/forecasting to reporting for new and established businesses in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors.
Background:
Bora is a finance professional by trade and a true entrepreneur in practice. After spending over 12 years in various corporate finance roles, he is currently building 3 businesses on his own and helping many others as a financial consultant. He’s an expert in finance and operations with proficiency in building financial processes from Budgeting and Forecasting to new system implementations in for-profit and nonprofit sectors. His experience building models started during this tenure at Old Navy/Gap, where he was responsible for developing FP&A processes and managing communication between finance and business stakeholders, delivering on projects and initiatives cross-functionally. Then he joined Playworks, a well-established, national non-profit organization; where he built the budget and forecasting processes from ground-up while helping the CEO & the CFO achieve the organization’s financial goals.
His true talent is telling the story behind the numbers, and seamlessly connecting the dots for business partners in and outside the company.
Bora is an entrepreneur, ex-basketball player, and a helper of individuals and young organizations in need of professional guidance. He is originally from Istanbul, Turkey by way of Oakland, CA and currently lives and operates his businesses in Brooklyn. He learned most of his management and leadership skills from his basketball career. Basketball provided him the opportunity to build a new life in the US. Even though his background is in finance and operations, his true passion lies in helping individuals and young organizations build strong and scalable practices that focus on daily operations and sustainable strategies.