David Gaul Email & Phone Number

Richmond, California, Us

• Responsible for Finance and Administration for this Private Equity owned Group of military food suppliers.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

• Financial Business Partner for this established, multi-state distributor of organic produce. • Initiated Successful Turnaround by prioritizing debt restructure, sales management, margin enhancement and cost control

Orion, Mi, Us

• Responsible for all Finance, HR, IT and Purchasing for this high growth, disruptive manufacturer of robotic systems. Implemented systems and controls throughout organization and recruited administrative teams.• Managed the migration of ERP from QuickBooks to Sage X3, served as project manager and implemented job costing systems

Paris, Ile-De-France, Fr

• Working from Group headquarters in Paris and then at North American headquarters in San Francisco CA, oversaw Financial Controllers in US, UK, Germany, Spain and Italy with responsibility for subsidiary administrative functions for this publicly traded French company.• Managed North American acquisitions in the drone industry and served as director for acquired entities.• Implemented organizational restructuring for European subsidiaries.• Continued with prior responsibility for North American administration and operations.

Paris, Ile-De-France, Fr

• Directed all operational and financial activities for this specialist in connected devices, a wholly-owned subsidiary of European-based parent with revenue of $90 million. • Provided strategic leadership to establish long-range goals, strategies, plans, and policies; forecast future business growth and economic outlook.• Launched consumer drone segment in North American market.• Supervised Senior Accounting Manager, Inventory & Logistics Manager, and Customer & Accounting Manager, with oversight of all operations, human resource, legal and IT activities.• Ensured regulatory compliance, interfacing with external CPA firm, federal, and state authorities.• Regularly prepared and presented reports to parent company, traveling regularly to group headquarters in Paris, France and to manufacturing centers in China• Restructured American subsidiary in 2009 to weather 75% reduction in revenues and emerge from crisis with regained profitability by reengineering FTE staff and redefining target markets.• Eliminated “Grey Market” exports by modifying pricing structure and instituting distributor reporting. • Enhanced effectiveness of monthly reporting as a key management accounting tool by assisting in redesign of global financial reporting templates.

• Responsible for Accounting, Human Resources, Data Management, and Operations for the regional distributor and national importer of wines with revenues of $50 million. • Managed distribution of national brand, Tosti, by setting pricing and programming policies.• Generated a 15% improvement in EBIT by creating and executing margin enhancement program.• Facilitated geographic expansion efforts by developing a discount brand, Crane Lake, which grew from zero to 100,000 cases in three years and became anchor for business with major chain.• Served as General Manager during 18-month transition to National Wines & Spirits.• Engineered expansion for this importer and distributor of fine wines from regional to state-wide scope.• Negotiated divestiture of key national brand on behalf of related company.• Improved productivity by instituting a remote order entry system for sales force and instituted an ERP systems re-build• Lobbied state government to enact strategically important legislation, working with trade association.• Exploited booming cigar market by introducing Liberty Cigar, a DBA that sold cigars online and to retail customers.

Port Huron, Michigan, Us

• Taught one or two evening courses per semester including Accounting, Marketing and Business Law. • Designed many case studies and exercises based on business experience. Responsible for own curriculum design

• Oversaw Accounting, Human Resources, and Data management functions, supervising a team of five for this multi-state distributor of innovative soft drinks.• Designed and implemented cost-effective product packaging system saving $120,000 annually.

Bba, Finance & Marketing

Mba, Mis & Accounting