Donald (Don) Nesbit Email & Phone Number

Orange, Ca, Us

Commercial Wiring Company

Involved with several consulting projects, including * Acting CFO for a start up company working with Private Equity to acquire 2 security companies. Performed Due Diligence. Raised Private Equity funds and bank credit facility. Worked on vendor selections for financial software, CRM, payroll/HRIS. Developed five year forecast models. Developed an employee handbook. Developed and documented policies and procedures.* Analyzed and restated subsidiary insurance accounts for privately held real estate holding company.* Designed reformatted financial statements and implemented processes to capture costs that provided management with a P&L by product line for an interactive security monitoring company* Procedure and efficiency review and improvement recommendations for a non-profit* Financial Statement reformatting and inventory costing for a micro brewery

Running the monthly meetings of the Orange County chapter of FENG and coordinating speakers

Forum for discussions of trends, ideas, and opportunities in the Financial arena.

Promoting the independence, health and dignity of older adultsthrough compassion, education and advocacy.

$5 million regional merchandising company supporting various retail companies and product suppliers.

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

A subsidiary of EMCOR Group, Inc. Oversaw all aspects of the centralized support center that supported over $200 Million in Sales of this nationwide business. Reported to the VP FinancePromoted from Controller, with supervisory responsibility for 12 accounting professionals, in March, 2006, to Director of Finance with responsibility for 30 employees. Generated $100,000 annual savings through streamlining the banking operation by eliminating duplicate bank accounts resulting in bank fee savings and accounting time. Drove $75,000 savings in commission expenses by contributing to the development and implementation of the sales compensation plan. Participant on the new business proposal review team, providing input that allowed the new customer quicker response to their data needs and insuring alignment of needs to capabilities. Made a complete turnaround in the perception of the accounting department from the perspective of operations within 6 months of hire through training and emphasis on timely, accurate accounting. Collected $500,000 of outstanding receivables through the resolution of customer issues with prefunded amounts. Avoided $125,000 in penalty and interest charges through the implementation of procedures for sales tax filings that brought the company current. Developed and implemented Sarbanes-Oxley field policies for a newly formed joint venture.

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Pacific Building Care is a $70 Million commercial janitorial company operating in three states - California, Arizona and Colorado.Supervised five directly and ten indirectly in accounting, billing, collections, AP and Payroll. Reported to the CFO.Decreased monthly close cycle from 60 days to 20 days.Developed methodology to bring sales tax return process current and avoid $10,000 in penalties.

Lincolnshire, Illinois, Us

Private equity-backed $15 million Water Filtration Company.Performed consolidation of monthly financial statements from international companies with foreign currency conversion, and prepared Board package including consolidated income statement, balance sheet and cash flow.

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Division of Tyco International, the West Region had $500 million in revenuesManaged a team of two financial analysts. Reported to Senior VP, Operations. Increased EBIT $600,000 and significantly reduced overhead expenses by identifying excess management and reducing non-productive time. Analyzed and moved $1 million in write-offs from the P&L to acquisition reserves. Assisted in development and implementation of field policies resulting from the SOX act and assessed compliance with the policies.

Privately held $25 Million systems integration security companyManaged a staff of ten in accounting, IT, credit, collections, administration, and purchasing.Reported to the CFO. Performed bank covenant calculations to monitor compliance and to avoid penalties and loss of credit line. Evaluated entire sales process with a focus on cash flow and P&L. Worked with sales team to analyze quoted jobs sold, and with operations to analyze job cost versus quoted scope to maximize gross margin.

Privately held $23 million security companyLed a staff of eight in accounting, credit, collections, financial planning, administration, purchasing, customer service and IT functions. Identified $300,000 of expenses that were able to be re-classed to acquisition reserves. Increased working capital and cash flow by $500,000 by instituting cash management procedures in accounts payables and accounts receivables.

Japanese owned, diverse security company with revenues that grew to $350 MillionPerformed negotiations of more than a dozen acquisitions as well as diligence on more than 50 other firms that were not acquired.

Japanese owned regional residential security business that grew to over $75 Million in revenue.Led a staff of 50 through revenue growth of 88% to $85 million through a combination of internal growth and acquisitionsManaged IT project that automated call center operations, capturing data to generate new reports for management and customers.Converted the accounting and billing system from an outsourced company to an in-house purchased system, which provided more flexibility, better control of business, and reporting.

Privately held commercial electronic security company with revenues of $40 MillionManaged a staff of 25 for a company that grew 160% through internal growth and acquisitions

B-1 program

Mba, Accounting And Finance

Bsee, Electrical Engineering

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