Charles Garber is a strategic Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Controller, and Corporate Development executive with a technical engineering background and operating experience plus MBA, CFA and PE. Hands on leader with extensive domestic and international experience in successfully leading entrepreneurial start-ups, Fortune 500 and Fortune 50 companies.Rare combination of visionary “big picture” strategist with in-depth financial and technical expertise to drill down into details and develop metric oriented scorecards to monitor performance and drive value creation.Proactive, innovative change agent, who quickly identifies critical issues, manages resources to successfully implement timely solutions and develops strong management teams. Adept at collaborating with colleagues and working productively with diverse stakeholder groups to manage complex challenges, implement regulatory initiatives, and effect positive changes in processes, procedures and market rules. Proven ability to negotiate complex transactions and create sustainable value. Demonstrated integrity and ethics.Selected Accomplishments:1. Sourced and closed over $3 billion of domestic and international debt and equity financing for Fortune 50 to start-up companies.2. Developed diversification strategies and closed over $2 billion of domestic and international M&A and JV transactions; played lead roles in valuation, negotiation, due diligence and post-merger integration.3. Re-engineered financial infrastructure and business processes of five companies to improve effectiveness and efficiency, save millions of dollars, improve controls and achieve Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance.4. Directed completion of more than 50 major SEC and FERC reports, including an “effective” S-1 for an IPO.5. Collaborated with CEO to turn around performance of private equity owned company.Specialties: C-Level Corporate Leadership, Executive Services Consulting, and Board Membership, particularly for Energy, Green, Clean Tech and SmartGrid enterprises.Expertise in: Accounting, Finance, Treasury, Capital Markets, Strategic and Business Planning, M&A, Business Process Re-engineering, SEC and SOX Compliance, Corporate Governance & Board Matters, Investor Relations, and Regulatory Matters. Have Start-up, Private Equity and IPO experience. Industry specialties: energy, technology and telecom.