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At Reficio Investor Relations, Mr. Rubis brings expertise across Capital Markets, Sell-Side Equity Research, Investor Relations, and Corporate Finance in order to provide solutions that help a company position itself clearly and confidently in order to unlock shareholder value. He has helped management teams unlock more than $20B in shareholder value through M&A transactions. Additionally, Mr. Rubis has participated in 13 Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) raising more than $2.0B.

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Founded in 2017, Reficio Investor Relations represents a consulting practice focused on unlocking shareholder value through Capital Markets, Investor Relations, and Corporate Finance. Mr. Rubis typically seeks out one client at a time, preferring to work in-house, as that structure optimizes his ability to unlock shareholder value for clients. When not working on a project or for a client, he develops educational content on Capital Markets, Investor Relations, and Corporate Finance. 

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Most recently, Mr. Rubis served as the Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) for Qlik, a $850M+ annual recurring revenue, global SaaS data and analytics company, based in King of Prussia, PA. During his tenure, he led a team of 14 finance professionals across traditional financial reporting, sales business partnering, and finance business partnering, and was responsible for the $640M annual budget and planning process. Special projects included designing a 300 person (12% of global workforce) reduction in force and developing $100M+ post-merger synergy targets regarding the company's acquisition of Talend.

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Prior to Qlik, he served in a series of roles of increasing importance at Access TeleCare (f/k/a SOC Telemed). From April to July, 2022, Mr. Rubis served as the Interim SVP of Finance, overseeing a team of 20 accounting and finance individuals for a $100M+ revenue telemedicine company. Special projects included improving accounting close efficiency and rebuilding FP&A. From June 2021 to April 2022, he served as the company's first Vice President of Investor Relations. Mr. Rubis was hired to implement the company's first professional Investor Relations program post-December 2021 de-SPAC. During his tenure, he helped lead the company's Capital Markets efforts that resulted in the first and only all cash take-private of a Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation (SPAC) in February 2022. Mr. Rubis achieved a high level of investor engagement fielding roughly 5x investor interactions a week for a micro cap company.

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Prior to Access TeleCare, Mr. Rubis served as Senior Director, Investor Relations for Athenex, a small biotech company based in Buffalo, NY. He was hired to professionalize the company's Investor Relations program and repair credibility after a detailed short attack from Viceroy Research. During his tenure, Mr. Rubis led investor related communications regarding the FDA approval of Klysiri, as well as the FDA rejection of the company's lead drug Oral Paclitaxel. He provided finance and business development support for the company's acquistion of Kuur Therapeutics and in-licensing of several assets from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Mr. Rubis also led a complete redevelopment of the Corporate and Investor Relations websites.

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Prior to Athenex, he led the Investor Relations function at Caesars Entertainment a roughly $8 billion market cap company acquired by Eldorado Resorts. During his tenure, Mr. Rubis was responsible for all investor communications including equity and fixed income investors. Major accomplishments included repairing credibility with investors and successfully managing financial expectations with investors. Mr. Rubis' consensus expectations management led to a roughly 30% increase in acquisition price. Additionally, he helped develop credibility around the $500M to $2B synergy targets set forth by Eldorado Resorts. Mr. Rubis tenure at Caesars Entertainment helped unlock more than $20B in shareholder value over time. He also received several awards for his stewardship of the Caesars Entertainment Investor Relations program, including: #2 Investor Relations professional is Small/Mid Cap Gaming and Lodging, and #2 Overall Investor Relations Team as voted by the Sell-Side in the Institutional Investor All America Executive Team Survey.

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Prior to Caesars Entertainment, Mr. Rubis led the Investor Relations function at DFT Data Centers (fka DuPont Fabros Technology), a $5 billion market cap ($7 billion enterprise value), Data Center REIT. During his tenure, he helped improve company credibility and educated investors on the merits of the company and its competitive positioning. Mr. Rubis helped the company drive a 67% increase in share price over 1.5 years. He implemented the company's first investor targeting and surveillance program and created and implemented an Investor Relations Board of Directors reporting and presentation process.  

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Prior to DFT Data Centers, Mr. Rubis held several roles of increasing importance at Stifel, beginning his tenure as an entry level research associate and ending his tenure as a full Senior Equity Research Analyst. Most recently, he led the Digital Healthcare and HCIT research practices as the Vice President and Senior Equity Research Analyst covering Digital Healthcare, helping lead IPOs for Fitbit and Everyday Health. Mr. Rubis also helped to establish Stifel's China Internet Equity Research practice. He also worked on Stifel's U.S. Internet Media, and Starmine ranked U.S. Ecommerce Research teams.  During his tenure at Stifel, Mr. Rubis participated in 13 IPOs, raising more than $2.0B. 

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Mr. Rubis' early career spanned FP&A and Corporate Finance roles at Lockheed Martin and Affiliated Computer Services.

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He holds both a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in History, as part of an accelerated five year plan. Mr. Rubis' graduate work in history focused on a history of the New York Stock Exchange and a history of the Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange. 

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Mr. Rubis is currently pursuing a dual degree program at the University of Illinois Gies College of Business. In May 2023, he completed the requirements for his MBA, and he is currently working on completeing his Masters in Accounting.

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He currently resides in Chicago, Illinois.