Don is a Certified Public Accountant with over 10 years experience in Big 4 public accounting and over 27 years’ experience in private industry and consulting. He has held controllership positions at entrepreneurial and private companies in the distribution, food service, and the sales, marketing and merchandising industries.As Controller of emerging and middle market privately held companies, he has established and managed banking relationships, M&A transactions, accounting systems and internal controls, offshore resources, and budgeting including self insurance reserve analysis. As a consultant, Don has prepared business plans and worked with start up companies in the manufacturing, advertising and sales and marketing industries.He is knowledgeable about financial accounting and reporting, development of short term and long term projections, cash management, streamlining operations, performance metrics, insurance and benefit plan administration, and internal control design and evaluation.Don received a Bachelors of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Denver and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants.Specialties: Mergers and acquisitions, streamlining operations, strategy implementation, acquisition integration, self insurance