Online TA Profiles
Giovanni Chin-A-Sen, MBA
OTA ID#: 103234
| Education Experience: |
BSEE, Electrical Engineering, University of Florida, 1993 MBA, Business Administration, University of Michigan, 2002 |
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| Work Experience: | CAS Consulting
2002 – present - Consultant Optek Technology 2001 - Business Analyst Alstom Signaling 2000 - Test Engineer Brown & Williamson 1994 – 1999 - Project Engineer |
| Skills & Achievements: | Engineering: Experience as a Project Engineer and Test Engineer. I am a registered Professional Engineer.
Business Analyses: Experience with strategic and financial analyses. |
| Career Interests: | Corporate Finance and Consulting |
| Outside Interests: | I like cycling and playing racquet ball. |
| Message to Students and/or Parents: |
I have worked with and helped students through BrainMass for several years. During that time I have answered hundreds of postings. |
| Postings Answered: | 395 |
| Cumulative OTA Rating: | 4.9/5 What is OTA Rating? |
- Financial statements for Micro Chip Computer Corporation - See the attached file (financial statement) for selected financial statements for Micro Chip Computer Corporation. Answer questions 1 and 2 below based on the financial data: 1. Determine the year ...
- Expense (advertising and warehouse) allocation of a business to its different product lines (unicycles and bicycles). - A company has two major businesses that it operates. One business manufactures and sells unicycles for commercial use in circuses, etc. (total sales of $150M), and the other sells bicycles to the pub ...
- Cash conversion cycle problem - Cash Conversion Cycle. What effect will the following events have on the cash conversion cycle? a) Higher financing rates induce the firm to reduce its level of inventory. b) The firm obtains a new ...
- Conversion price and value of a bond - Reading Railroad common stock is currently priced at $30, and its 8% convertible debentures (issued at par, or $1,000) are priced at $850. Each debenture can be converted into 25 shares of common sto ...
- Statistics: confidence interval and decision making - 1. Tourism is one consideration for CoffeeTime's future. A survey of 1,233 visitors to Mumbai last year revealed that 110 visited a small café. Use a 0.05 significance level to test her claim. Wo ...
- How much electricity can a turbine generate in one year? - Assume a wind turbine with a hub 50 meters above the ground, a rotor diameter of 50 meters and a wind-conversion efficiency of 25 percent. The turbine operates in an area with an average wind-power d ...
- Annuity Values - Please include in your response the formulas required for this problem, along with a detailed explanation of how it is solved. Annuity Values. a) What is the present value of a 3-year annuity of ...
- Project evaluation processes: Payback, NPV, PI, and IRR. - Describe the following project evaluation processes: Payback, NPV, PI, and IRR. Is any one evaluation process better the others? Why?
- How corporations issue securities and IPO underpricing - IPO Underpricing Having heard about IPO underpricing, I put in an order to my broker for 1,000 shares of every IPO he can get for me. After three months, my investment record is as follows (see at ...
- Calculating effective fixed rate - A company has a variable-rate loan with a bank paying LIBOR plus 65. The company wishes to create a synthetic fixed-rate loan and enters into an interest rate swap paying a swap fixed rate of 9% and ...
- Bond pricing, maturity and yield to maturity for zero-coupon bonds - I need help in figuring out the attached finance problem: Bond Pricing: Fill in the table below for the following zero-coupon bonds. The face value of each bond is $1,000. See attached file fo ...
- Market value of firm's debt - In order to accurately assess the capital structure of a firm, it is necessary to convert its balance sheet figures to a market value basis. KJM Corporation's balance sheet as of today, January 1, 20 ...
- Financing decision based on optimal debt ratio - The Altman Company has a debt ratio of 33.33 percent, and it needs to raise $100,000 to expand. Management feels that an optimal debt ratio would be 16.67 percent. Sales are currently $750,000, and th ...
- Additional funds needed for increasing sales - Carter Corporation' sales are expected to increase from $5 million in 2004 to $6 million in 2005, or by 20%. Its assets totaled $3 million at the end of 2004. Carter is at full capacity, so its asse ...
- Cash Budget - Cash Budget. The following data are from the budget of Ritewell Publishers. Half the company's sales are transacted on a cash basis. The other half are paid for with a 1-month delay. The company ...
- Calculating energy and cost for solar heater - The average home has a 200 liter (50-60 gallon) hot-water tank, which is effectively drained and replenished three times per day. Assume that the entering tap water is 16 degrees C and is heated to 56 ...
- Cash Flow Estimation and Risk Analysis - A new project analysis. You must evaluate a proposal to buy a new milling machine. The base price is $108,000, and shipping and installation costs would add another $12,500. The machine falls into t ...
- Evaluate alternative investment options - Nowhere Bus Lines (NBL) is considering two alternative buses to transport people from the commuter lot to the main campus. Bus S has a cost of $50,000 and will produce end-of-year net cash flows of $ ...
- Absolute or relative advantage - As a manager of a financial planning business you have two financial planners. In one hour one can produce 1 financial statement or answer 10 phone calls, while the other planner can produce 3 financ ...
- Long vs. short term interest rates - Which fluctuate more, long-term or short-term interest rates? Why?
