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Cygnus Manufacturing Company (CMC) is a contract manufacturer of products and components for non-invasive medical devices, transportation, energy, and aerospace & defense applications. ISO 9001:2008, ISO 13485:2003 and ITAR registered.- Managed daily cash with no incidents, keeping vendors appeased.- Reduced monthly close by 8 days. Created Dashboard for monthly reporting to equity owner.- Managed ERP system migration (seamless completion Fall 2011)- Worked with owner to re-finance company senior & mezzanine debt.

National CFO consulting firm with 30+ offices (based in Atlanta, GA) that provides CFO services to companies from startup to public. Recent assignments:Chief Financial Officer for a $20,000,000 manufacturing company owned by NYC Area private equity (started interim, became permanent - see above)• Effectively managed cash in turbulent economy, maintaining 10% reserve on Line of Credit• Reduced monthly close by 8 days. Created Dashboard for monthly reporting to equity owner.Chief Financial Officer for a $90,000,000 manufacturing company owned by Bay Area private equity (started interim, became permanent)• Patched frayed banking relationship. Negotiated significantly relaxed covenants for the company, providing significant operating cushion. • Reduced monthly close by 10 days. Streamlined monthly reporting to equity owners.Other Assignments:• Consultant to social media/marketing start-up. Acted as advisor/general manager to company during early stage of company.• Valuation of private firm - asked to value the buy side after a successful sell side assignment. • Guided a $10,000,000 software firm through a redesign of pricing methodology and sales strategy. Created a new pricing system and educated sales staff on new process. Resulted in $1,500,000 in new profit in the first year. Resulting sales growth led to company being sold to large industry leader.

Venture Lending to startups and other entrepreneurial companies.Responsible for all lending programs and finance aspects of the $24,000,000 fund and solely responsible for investment in early-stage companies.• Created an investment vehicle, and used it to invest $4,000,000 in 14 seed & early-stage companies. These companies attracted over $55,000,000 in additional capital. Six years later, 10 are still in existence.• Managed the Sales process for lending, beating quota in 5 of 6 years.• Grew annual volume 9X in 5 years through program design and consistent execution. Grew loans outstanding 6X in 5 years through careful investing, even with early stage business.• Added SBA commercial real estate financing to the mix. Managed company to #1 position in the region in first year of lending.

Restaurant chain in Pittsburgh and Metro DC. Sold to Famous Dave's BBQ (NASDAQ) out of Minneapolis.Responsible for raising capital, financial reporting and control, treasury, banking relations and long range planning for this startup restaurant company.• Filed the S-1 and maintained investment records for 155 shareholders and key employees.• Raised $6,300,000 of private equity (angel investors), $2,500,000 of Convertible Debt, $8,000,000 of other Debt.• Helped to manage growth from 1 to 6 restaurants and 50 to 350 employees (3 States).• Established first budgets, forecasts and long-range plans. Enabled fund-raising ahead of needs (no surprises at a start-up).• Developed all investor & trade show presentations.

Acquisitions of private companies for high net worth clients.Sourced deal flow, negotiated pricing and financing and closed deals on small company acquisitions for company's private clients, screening targets, doing on-site evaluations, seller negotiations and closing of acquisitions of companies with sales up to $20 million.• Expanded the network of merger and acquisition contacts by 50%• Tripled deal flow and generated a 40%+ pretax profit for a division that had lost money for each of the prior 10 years.• Effective in persuading founders to sell, parting with their "baby."

Highly leverage company (80s LBO) in highly capital intense industry. • Redesigned the quote system reducing bid time by 90% and increasing sales by 15%.• Reduced maintenance 31% and healthcare costs by 35% in a union environment • Completed a $4,000,000 refinancing in a tight credit market (1990-91 recession), reducing debt service by 90% and eliminated need for new borrowing. • Created first comprehensive management reporting.

Division Controller for Brasil (Sao Paulo)- Effectively handled finance in the chaotic Cruzado Plan years. - Dealt with hyperinflation of 800% during this time. - Created financial systems from scratch. - Solved production issues at Brasilian plant (in Portuguese).

- Introduced planning to the business units. Educated them on using the process. - Saved $10,000,000+ by analyzing process for using scrap in aluminum production, significantly increasing % of can scrap used in making can sheet.-Solved a production problem at a subsidiary, finding the issue that was causing customer complaints, allowing subsidiary to correct the issue.