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Executive Producer for the film, Far Away Places. This is a docudrama about an eight year-old who gets abused and the revenge sought by her 12 year-old cousin. FAP was been accepted into 35 film festivals and fortunate to have won 21 awards covering a wide variety of categories including best script, direction, editing and best song. My role included fund raising, post-production editing and audio and film publicity. Great project that has taken us around the world to attend screenings and promote.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, California, Us

Devised and executed strategic plan that doubled revenue in 20 months. Company valuation increased by 107%. Diversified revenue streams by creating two new divisions and organically recruiting senior managers and staff for each. Company headcount increased to 150 from 60 employees. Negotiated contract for new office location thereby tripling space and managed the design and build-out.Managed accounting and finance, HR, IT and business affairs.Prepared presentations and attended BOD meetings.

Expanded and diversified revenue streams resulting in a 32.4% revenue increase and an overall gross margin increase of 8%. Dynamic day-to-day leadership with visionary planning or future growth and new service capabilities. Strategically planned and managed transition from an entertainment marketing/advertising company to a diverse firm with an $11MM sales increase in an organically grown brand division.Bolstered infrastructure through new policies, procedures and operational controls that delivered profitable and quality client work. Recruited executives to build collaborative teams and effectuate change in company culture. Strengthened cost controls through managed IT development of cost accounting software thereby providing managers immediate access to job costs and ensuring projects remained within budget.Eliminated cash flow problem by securing new, larger $8MM line-of-credit with more favorable terms.Direct reports include CFO, IT, Human Resources, division vice-presidents and international president.

Prepared and presented financial statements for BOD and Executive Committee Meetings. Chaired all weekly Executive and Manager Meetings and subsidiary BOD meetings. Created accounting metrics, including initial budget, which prompted increased manager and staff focus and behavioral shift towards financial performance.Solely responsible for the design and implementation of complex accounting, tax and legal framework to launch company’s first foreign subsidiary and used as a continuing blueprint for all subsequent subsidiaries. Foreign corporate tax rate was reduced by 67%. After establishment of subsidiary, managed all international staff with sales results exceeding budget by 78% and created footprint for continued aggressive growth.Conducted an on-going strategic plan, including CAPEX, cash flow and personnel, required to sustain an aggressive company-consolidated annual sales growth rate of 96%, while maintaining an EBITDA of at least 10%. Developed in-house credit program that increased sales by 15% while maintaining an overall bad debt percentage of one percent.Direct reports included Controller, accounting staff of six and IT and Human Resources departments. Other responsibilities included managing outside legal counsel, negotiating real estate leases, managing banking relationships and company investments, administrate employee 401(k) program and revolving line-of-credit

Responsible for full P& L preparation and related financial statements, strategic planning, new business development, client interface, budget development and analysis.Conceived and implemented entrepreneurial plan for an industry-rated top-five entertainment marketing firm recruiting clients that included Valentino apparel, Honda automobiles, Triumph motorcycles, Nikon cameras, Kipling bags, Lear Jet airplanes, Samuel Adams beer and Doc Martens footwear. Average annual sales growth of 52% and EBITDA of 14%. Client retention rate of 94%.Supervised accounting staff of three (A/P, A/R and G/L), finance, IT and business development personnel. Formulated all financial budgeting and analysis, tax planning and strategic planning. Managed all investments and financial disbursements to partners. Primary contact to CPA, banking and investment institutions.

Responsible for all budget planning and analysis, personnel, strategic planning, executive production of television shows, M&A, leasing/ROI analysis, tax planning. Annual operting budget of $20 million. Sustained an annual growth rate of 40%.Managed a turn-around by revamping credit policies, analysing pricing models thereby increasing profit margins and reduction of receivables. Initiated and directed the takeover of rival companies, thus creating the area's largest production/post-production entity.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.)

Graduate Studies/Mba