David Dermer Email & Phone Number

Northbrook, IL, US

Northbrook, Illinois, US

• Created and developed an Amazon 3rd party women's fashion accessories brand and seller. Sales have grown in an 11-year period to 8 digits.
• Have been the main driver of marketing fashion products that has resulted in 25 products peaking at the #1 ranking in their respective Amazon product category. Many products show up higher on Amazon search over Fortune.
• Trained and developed staff who possessed no e-commerce experience that supports a large online sales and inventory business.www.amazon.com/funkyjunque

Broomfield, CO, US

• Primarily responsible for managing the accounting and finance functions. Overall supervision of the financial reporting process; developed departmental and divisional (OEM, reseller, broker) financial statements.
• Over a three year period re-negotiated a $10,000,000 line of credit at prime plus 1.5% with personal guarantees into a $30,000,000 line at prime minus.5%, without personal guarantees.
• All available cash was invested nightly through a sweep account that netted the company over $26,000.
• Significantly contributed to a cost cutting team that decreased selling, general and administrative expense by.8%, resulting in an annualized savings of $1,800,000.
• Increased accounting, billing, accounts payable and inventory control productivity by streamlining existing processes; reducing the number of days required to close any given financial period from 35 to ten days.
• Other senior management tasks included; quarterly presentation of financial results to the Board of Directors, coordination of all capital expenditures, and recommendations for new company initiatives. Maintained all.

Exeter, Rhode Island, US

• Managed Gumball Machine company’s 3 person finance department staff.
• Independently handled importing of machines from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Denmark.
• Coordinated E.D.I. (Electronic Data Interchange) programs with national retailers. This provided the company a technological edge and an annual savings of $25,000.

• Prepared financial closing and tax returns for small businesses.
• Completed tax returns for owners of business.

• Prepared financial closing and tax returns for small businesses, primarily in real estate.
• Completed tax returns for owners of business.

• Performed audits and reviews on large and mid-sized businesses.
• Completed tax returns for owners of business.

Bs, Accounting

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