David Van Ramshorst Email & Phone Number

Yorba Linda, CA, US

Irvine, CA

Costa Mesa, CA

• Responsibilities include management/development of staff (5 direct, 50+ indirect) and global oversight of the general accounting, SEC reporting, SOX compliance, cost/operations accounting, payroll, tax, FP&A and credit.
• Financial modeling, due diligence, tax structuring, and integration of financial functions related to acquisition of Endace Limited, a New Zealand company listed on the London AIM.
• Establishment of Operations Accounting function as single finance support function for manufacturing, purchasing and order management.
• Senior Management sponsor and team leader for numerous finance process improvement initiatives including streamlining monthly close process, shortening SEC filing time, and overall department restructuring.

• Responsibilities included participation on Executive Committee, management/development of staff (4 direct, 12 indirect) and oversight of all finance, accounting, risk management, tax, employee benefits and information.
• Final negotiations and successful spin-off from former parent company, American Plumbing and Mechanical, Inc.
• Negotiation of $27 million secured credit facility with Capital Source Finance LLC and implementation of stand-alone cash management/treasury system through Wells Fargo bank.
• Negotiation of $8.5 million secured credit replacement facility with PNC Business Credit.
• Development and implementation of down-sizing, centralization and automation strategies to reduce costs, streamline operations and improve cash flow during industry down-turn.
• Sponsor and team leader for numerous purchasing and material management process improvement initiatives including purchase order automation, material return procedures and direct shipments to job sites.

• Responsibilities included management/development of staff (8 direct, 30+ indirect) and global oversight of the general accounting, SEC reporting and compliance, executive management/board of directors reporting.
• Development and implementation of Company’s first operation metrics package for its manufacturing group including training of production line managers as to how they influence the performance metrics.
• Feasibility analysis, financial modeling, due diligence, legal structuring, and integration of financial functions related to acquisition of LGP Allgon, a Swedish public company that doubled Powerwave’s size.
• Selection, planning and implementation oversight of Hyperion Enterprise software to streamline and automate consolidation and financial reporting over multiple ERP systems.
• Development and implementation of Sarbanes Oxley compliance systems, including compliance system for internal controls over financial reporting, presentations/training to the Board of Directors, oversight of outside.
• Development and implementation of cycle count program to eliminate need for semi-annual physical inventories for Santa Ana plant.

• oversight of general accounting for corporate operations, financial reporting and analysis for combined operations, debt covenant reporting, financial systems and the oversight of the annual outside audit for this.
• Financial modeling, due diligence, legal structuring, and integration of acquired companies and operations.
• Financial analysis and modeling of joint venture deals.
• Selection, planning and implementation oversight of Hyperion Enterprise software to streamline and automate consolidation and financial reporting over multiple ERP systems.
• Leadership on cross-functional interdivisional teams including “BEST – Building Excellence through common Systems and Tools”, a project that standardized the utilization of JD Edwards across multiple operating.

Responsibilities included supervision/development of staff (20 indirect), new business/practice development and engagement management for the Southern California Technology Industry Group and general financial consulting related to accounting, international business, tax/customs, mergers and acquisitions and international expansion for Southern California.

Progressive responsibilities included management/development of staff (12 direct, 100+ indirect) and global oversight of worldwide general accounting, cost/operations/R&D project accounting, SEC reporting and compliance, executive management/board of directors reporting, financial information systems, risk management, payroll, tax, treasury, and.

Mba, Finance

Ba, Accounting