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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Spirovant Sciences is a young gene therapy company developing treatments for respiratory diseases including cystic fibrosis. I am responsible for the Financial and administrational operations of the growing bio-tech company.

An operationally focused financial executive with thirty years of broad financial, accounting and management experience helping companies grow, improve profitability and increase cash flow.

B2B CFO Partners LLC, provides advisory and consulting services to small and mid-sized businesses. I worked with multiple business owners and CEOs providing CFO and strategic advisory services including budgets, cash forecasts, operational strategy, mergers and acquisitions and exit planning on an as needed basis. My clients covered many industries including biotech, software, advertising, professional service and distribution. I delivered consistent revenues for a dozen years and… Show more B2B CFO Partners LLC, provides advisory and consulting services to small and mid-sized businesses. I worked with multiple business owners and CEOs providing CFO and strategic advisory services including budgets, cash forecasts, operational strategy, mergers and acquisitions and exit planning on an as needed basis. My clients covered many industries including biotech, software, advertising, professional service and distribution. I delivered consistent revenues for a dozen years and was a top 10 revenue generator the last 3 years. I was the Philadelphia regional leader for several years helping to recruit and train new partners. I was trained to provide new partner coaching through the Integrity Coaching™ program and served as coach to several new partners. Show less

Responsible for accounting, financial planning, SEC reporting, internal controls, acquisitions and new facility development for a $60 million flooring distribution company. Negotiated contract, contingent on financing, with an Italian tile company to build and operate a $45 million US tile manufacturing facility to reduce product costs 40 to 50%. Used activity based costing to identify low profitability product lines and increased minimum order quantity and selling price to drive a 2%… Show more Responsible for accounting, financial planning, SEC reporting, internal controls, acquisitions and new facility development for a $60 million flooring distribution company. Negotiated contract, contingent on financing, with an Italian tile company to build and operate a $45 million US tile manufacturing facility to reduce product costs 40 to 50%. Used activity based costing to identify low profitability product lines and increased minimum order quantity and selling price to drive a 2% increase in gross margin. Negotiated $4M in Debtor-In-Possession bankruptcy financing. Show less

Responsible for accounting, financial planning, and administrative support for a small public technology and intellectual property company in the clean tech industry. Coordinated the preparation of the financial prospectus for a listing on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange in 2001 and a 2004 secondary registration that resulted in $17M in equity financing. Supported the negotiations to license two of the Company’s technologies to large multi-billion… Show more Responsible for accounting, financial planning, and administrative support for a small public technology and intellectual property company in the clean tech industry. Coordinated the preparation of the financial prospectus for a listing on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange in 2001 and a 2004 secondary registration that resulted in $17M in equity financing. Supported the negotiations to license two of the Company’s technologies to large multi-billion international companies. Show less

Responsible for financial planning, accounting, acquisition analysis, and systems for a $400M division. Supervised and developed 80 person accounting staff. Initiated a division wide financial review of all magazines to increase profit margins 20% through the elimination of product extensions, reduction of rate bases, and fewer issues. Coordinated the operational, financial and cash flow integration of several major acquisitions and magazine launches, including a $95M multiple magazine group… Show more Responsible for financial planning, accounting, acquisition analysis, and systems for a $400M division. Supervised and developed 80 person accounting staff. Initiated a division wide financial review of all magazines to increase profit margins 20% through the elimination of product extensions, reduction of rate bases, and fewer issues. Coordinated the operational, financial and cash flow integration of several major acquisitions and magazine launches, including a $95M multiple magazine group acquisition. Show less

Supervised a staff of 3 in planning, monitoring and analyzing $60M of manufacturing, distribution and administrative expense. Completed over 50 capital investment analysis including a successful $20M product launch and equipment upgrade that saved over $1M in inventory and operating costs.

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