Cayan Appel

COO & CFO @ By Aliens

About

COO & CFO at By Aliens an international game ecossystem of studios devoted to games, that is thriving performance sharing knowledge, creativity and experience. Working with operations and finance for entertainment, Tech and creative sector. Ex Partner-Director at Walar It Business, a well-known company in Brazil IT Market that empowers entrepreneurs and businesses with global potential. Lead a team across sales, finance, strategy and strategic planning, M&A, business development guiding and supporting the company growth with sales over R$ 500 million. Background in Economics, Finance and IT Projects with strong experience in Startups, Emerging Markets, Brazil, Latam / Latin America, Technology, and Internet. Hold an MBA from Saint Paul and ESMT, graduated from the Fundação Getulio Vargas with a degree in Economics and specialization at London School of Economics. Company responsibility and daily activities: - Financial daily routines - Project Management - Improvement of Financial results in (P&L and Ebitda) - Processes Management - M&A (Mergers and acquisitions management) - IT Project Management (HCM-PeopleSoft); - Strategic Planning

Country

United Arab Emirates

City

Dubai

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Planejamento financeiro, Planejamento estratégico, Finanças corporativas, Finanças, Pesquisa, Planejamento empresarial, Strategic Planning, Economia, Estratégias de marketing, Estratégia empresarial, Research, Derivativos, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance, Strategy, Analytical Skills, Financial Reporting, ERP (Planejamento de recursos empresariais), Empresas startups, Reestruturação

Experience

COO & CFO

By Aliens

2021-5 - Present · 5 yrs 5 mos

Country Manager

By Aliens

2020-6 - 2021-5 · 1 yr

Porto, Portugal

CFO & Co-Founder

By Aliens

2020-1 - 2020-6 · 6 mos

Porto, Portugal

Managing the country, financial and back-office areas. Responsible for new partnerships for gaming publishers, internal controls, business controller and strategy definition. The main focus of my position was business partner supporting new games for publishing, country director, financial routines and procedures. Driven decisions to achieve EBITDA and financial targets. Responsable for Portugal and Hong kong branch.

Board Member

1 Simple Game

2021-11 - 2025-12 · 4 yrs 2 mos

Гвадалахара, JAL

Board Member

Rusty Harpy

2022-2 - 2024-4 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil

Board Member

Space Bit Games

2021-7 - 2023-12 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Belém, Pará, Brasil

Corporate Development

Tapps Ventures

2020-1 - 2022-8 · 2 yrs 8 mos

São Paulo, Brasil

Corporate Development for TAPPS Ventures, helping with new Partnerships, compliance, governance, strategy and responsible for corporate restructuring. - TeamUpp - SPXP - Hyperbox - Venturion

CFO

Tapps Games

2019-1 - 2020-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

São Paulo, Brasil

Finance lead for company's operation and expansion in Brazil. Financial Planning, Accounting, Procurement, Treasury, Strategic Investments. Financial support for business development across the globe. Responsible for company's operation in Brazil, such as reporting, budgeting, forecasting, business modelling and investment approvals. Responsible for consolidation, analysis and variance commentary of region financial information in all games.

Gerente de planejamento e M&A

CAST

2017-11 - 2019-1 · 1 yr 3 mos

São Paulo, SP

Managing FP&A. Responsible for financial planning, internal controls, strategy definition and all investiments. Direct to capitalization of corporation stock. The main focus of my position is financial planning routines and procedures. Driven decisions to achieve EBITDA and financial targets. Budget elaboration and crucial on long range plan (LRP) process. Responsable for post 12 months budgeting (5 years). Support business in strategic elaboration, implementation and execution. • Revision of all financial liabilities and structure; • Debt structure; • Support commercial area in revenue. • Create models of viability (VPL/TIR/Projections/MTIR/Payback and others). • Responsible for managing SEGEP project, in total over R$30 millions ( Payroll implementantion). • Valuation and M&A proposals. • BNDES and FINEP projects. (R$ 80 million - target for 2 years).

Co-Founder & CFO

TécnicoJá - Reparos de Smartphone On-Demand

2016-8 - 2017-12 · 1 yr 5 mos

São Paulo, Brasil

Diretor executivo

Walar IT Business

2014-12 - 2017-11 · 3 yrs

São Paulo e Região, Brasil

Managing Sales, financial and Back-office areas. Responsible for Sales, internal controls, business controller, strategy definition and price. The main focus of my position was business partner supporting Growth, Sales and financial routines and procedures. Main guardian of financial results, driven decisions to achieve EBITDA and financial targets. Support business in Sales, Strategic elaboration, implementation and execution. Management of budget achievement, revenue targets, EBITDA and cash flow management. Drive the company to the best sales and financial results impact. • Revision of all financial team and structure, acting in main positions replacement. Restructuring. • Responsable for commercial area in revenue achievements and accomplishment of commercial discount targets. • Support PMO in all projects decisions. Responsible for projects, in total over R$60 millions.