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Mountain View, Ca, Us

Countsy is your company's back office function. We provide Accounting and HR as a service to venture backed startups around the globe. Through a unique combination of on demand CFOs and streamlined technologies, we free you from back office management and empower you to focus on what matters most. Delighting customers. Perfecting solutions. Accelerating growth. From payroll and benefits to GAAP financials and board reporting, you get the support you need to be transaction ready. Efficient. Scalable. Done right. Countsy spun out of Accretive Solutions in 2017.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Since 1985 the Los Angeles Venture Association has been providing forums where entrepreneurs and executives of start-up, emerging growth and late stage venture funded companies actively meet and learn from fellow executives, investors, bankers, financial advisors and other providers of professional services.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

ProVisors started in 1988 as a select group of top “trusted advisors” to the Los Angeles business community, from attorneys to bankers. Now ProVisors is a national organization with 5,000+ members in California, Boston and Chicago, with an aggressive expansion plan into other regions.

Chicago, Il, Us

Countsy spun out of Accretive Solutions in 2017.Accretive Solutions is a leading provider of execution focused professional services that measurably improve business performance. As a national firm, we are comprised of 800 professionals across the country. We improve operational & financial performance by addressing critical Technical Accounting, Enterprise Governance and Technology challenges & business issues. Our objective is to be a long-term go-to partner for our clients throughout the entire business life-cycle, from emerging growth, to IPO, M&A and Turnaround.Through our Countsy brand, we provide Accounting and HR as a service to venture backed startups around the globe. Through a unique combination of on demand CFOs and streamlined technologies, we free you from back office management and empower you to focus on what matters most. Delighting customers. Perfecting solutions. Accelerating growth. From payroll and benefits to GAAP financials and board reporting, you get the support you need to be transaction ready.+ Overall responsibility for the Southern California market including practice development & business development, engagement management and P&L management.

Tampa, Fl, Us

Kforce is a national firm that provides professional staffing & human capital solutions across all industry lines and sectors.+ Overall responsibility for Greater Los Angeles market including multiple locations and products.+ Service offerings include project/interim engagements in finance & accounting, provide technical expertise with challenges and strategic initiatives & other solutions to optimize clients' profitability and success.+ P&L management for various product lines including several verticals and teams.+ Client development and strategic account management for portfolio including largest clients and new business development/emerging clients.+ Hired, trained & mentored sales professionals and resource managers.+ Strong collaboration with other leaders across firm to ensure revenue growth & increase margins.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Tatum is a national advisory and consulting firm that provides expertise around performance improvement, business transformation & transactions.+ Client development & account management for the Los Angeles practice of Tatum, focused on advisory, leadership and project consulting solutions for the Executive Office. Service offerings to help clients optimize business performance and profitability.+ Worked closely with senior leadership, resource managers & CFO/CIO Partners. Instrumental in selling, scoping and delivering solutions to the firm’s corporate clients.+ Negotiated with clients appropriate fee structure based on objective and nature of the solution (advisory, deliverable, interim). Set milestones depending on the work and expectations.+ Developed relationships with investment bankers, private equity groups, transactional M&A attorneys and CPA firms to further enhance client base and channel partners.

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Robert Half Management Resources provides finance & accounting professionals on an interim and project basis.+ Led efforts to grow and manage the Consulting Services division of Robert Half comprised of 25 account executives, talent managers and consultants. Nearly tripled billable headcount during tenure and doubled overall revenue.+ Hired, trained and conducted monthly evaluations for team of account executives and finance/accounting consultants. Conducted training sessions on compensation issues and reducing organizational complexity.+ Represented RHI as member of Financial Executives International (FEI), Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and Association of Latino Professionals in Finance & Accounting (ALPFA).+ Sold project & interim accounting & finance professionals. Within first year became top performer in local office, and by second year was top performer throughout Southern California.

filmBUZZ is an early-stage marketing research consultancy firm focused on the entertainment & media industry. + As head of finance and operations for an early-stage business, had responsibility for developing business relationships, secured several rounds of investment capital and planned growth & expansion strategy with company founder.+ Hired, trained and managed 15 event managers and employees to run our partner events around the country. Oversaw vendor selection, venue manager training and data collection efforts.+ Reduced operational expenses by creating relationships with local staff and special employee programs. + Structured and managed partnerships with 15 film festivals, including the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival, the Newport Beach Film Festival, the Nantucket Film Festival and the Starz! Denver International Film Festival.+ Tracked and analyzed over 25,000 surveys, 450 independent feature films using proprietary research methodologies, including the BUZZ Score™ metric, created to help producers find their appropriate distribution channel.

New York, Ny, Us

Morgan Stanley is a global provider of institutional securities, wealth management and asset management.+ As an Associate within the Fixed Income Division, managed the financial fees and costs for each CBO (Collateralized Bond Obligation) transaction, liaising heavily with the lawyers for each deal, as well as being involved in the closing of several transactions.+ Responsible for managing existing deals, working closely with the analysts on modeling and performance, on deals that were in the $400M range.+ Promoted to main trading floor to assist sales force and traders working with the Special Situations/Distressed Loan Trading Group.

Bs, Industrial & Operational Engineering

Mba, Finance, Operations