Zachary Dragone has experience managing political and strategic projects as well as providing consulting services for commercial real estate and development companies. He has helped craft a $900 million resort casino development through political and strategic consulting and has also consulted with Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust on a large retail development. Dragone has experience running market studies, financial models, and coordinating with stakeholders and officials to develop plans that are favored by local communities.

1. ZACHARY DRAGONE
55 Watts Street, New York City NY 10013
Cell: 413.244.8404 - Zachary.J.Dragone@outlook.com
Summary
Managed political and strategic projects in addition to providing consulting services for commercial real estate and
development companies.
Accomplishments
Provided political & strategic consulting for a $900,000,000 resort casino development. Worked directly with executive
leadership for the duration of the project - helped to craft 99-year land lease with firm.
Provided political & strategic consulting for the Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) on proposed large
retail development, working directly with its executive leadership for the duration of the project.
Experience
Project manager
April 2010 to June 2014
Northeast Realty - East Longmeadow, Massachusetts
Liaison and project manager for business strategy. Took an initiated plan and helped develop it to market a resort
casino to a town in Massachusetts. Plan favored by as much as 70% of the town's population.
Helped bring together PREIT and a major casino developer to partner on a unique, multi-faceted retail
development.
Worked closely with Angler Capital, a Greenwich hedge fund, and helped develop a plan to market equity shares
of our casino project to qualified investors.
Ran extensive market and demographic studies and models in addition to NPV and IRR models to help in the
project decision making process.
Coordinated voter outreach - talking with hundreds and working with dozens - to help develop a product residents
would support by incorporating citizen feedback into the design and implementation of the plan.
Coordinated and held meetings with various state officials to market company plan to develop a resort casino and
helped move legislation forward through the Massachusetts House and Senate.
Managed overall strategy & synergy between government relations, development and political campaign groups
ensuring the master plan was organized and mindful of all strengths and weaknesses of the project.
Consultant
January 2008 to June 2014
Northeast Realty - East Longmeadow, Massachusetts
Met frequently with our gaming partner's executive leadership to discuss trends, public opinions and any
necessary changes to the design of their project or the subsequent political campaign.
Worked closely with the executive leadership of the Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, providing
strategic and political consulting to help develop a plan for a large, mixed use project, that would be favored by
town residents and officials.
Provided political and strategic consulting work for “Palmer Motorsports LLC”, owners of a 2.2 mile long
professional race circuit, to help them with state regulatory agencies and local opponents of the project.
Education
Bachelors Degree : General Business, 2011
WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY - SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
Skills
CFA L1 candidate (December 2014) ~ Financial modeling experience ~ Microsoft Office suite