Responsible for leading the entire organization, with the exception of traders, toward striving to reach and exceed corporate goals and mission. Lead Finance/Accounting, HR, Logistics, IT, Inventory and the entire operations. Lead and mentor a team of 15 with varying levels of experience and job duties. Report directly to President with dotted line to Corporate CFO at Parent office. Seaboard is a $400M distributor of lumber and other forest products throughout the globe, with a strong import and export business. • Ensure the margin accuracy of each completed orders to ensure Trader Compensation is accurate• Work with traders and President to keep inventory turning, reduce our borrowing base to maximize profits• Heavily Margin focuses business, very detail oriented with each order• Responsible for the accuracy and timely completion of monthly Financial Statements, including analytics• Mentor and lead staff to improve efficiencies and accuracies within the organization.• Work heavily with trading floor to improve their accuracy and ensure margins are maximized• Drive logistics (Rail and Truck) to reduce costs and increase days until order pickup or delivered, ongoing effort to continuously prospect new trucking companies to increase our pool of candidates for delivering orders• Managed Finance department for organization growing 60% since arrival with no new heads• Responsible for all audits from outside firms (i.e. CPA annual audit, W/Comp, State Sales Tax, Bank audit, etc.)• Divisional Director of HR responsible for all payroll, review and internal benefits and HR Matters

Head of Finance for a leading designer and manufacturer of magnetic motors, generators and drives. Member of executive team reporting to CEO responsible for all financial matters, including budgeting, costing, financial statement preparation and analysis. Heavily involved in the day to day operations of the manufacturing and engineering teams. • Create detailed financial statements and flux analysis for internal and external parties.• Drive on-going efforts to increase usage of MRP system throughout organization• Work on Cash Management including rolling 13 week cash projection, extending vendor terms and collections on major customer accounts• Started an internal budget/operating plan for entire company, working with department leads on flux analysis• Presented quarterly and annual financial results/budget to board of directors• Worked on establishing strong banking/lending relations• Managed Finance department for organization growing 200% since arrival• Responsible for all audits from outside firms (i.e. CPA annual audit, W/Comp, State Sales Tax, Bank audit, etc.)

Financial Officer of a leading High Speed Internet Access Company with Management and Support Solutions reporting to CEO and Board of Directors (Privately Held). Managed all Finance and Human Resource functions, Promoted from Director of Finance/HR to CFO. Responsible for all administrative functions and heavily involved with day to day operations/installations and go to person for all department heads and employees. Go to person for all Financial, HR, Internal IT and benefits matters. •Leader of monthly/annual close process, driving for increased efficiency•Responsible for revenue recognition of in-process jobs and accuracy of revenue on a monthly/fiscal basis.•Perform daily cash management of LOC and monthly borrowing base calculation/compliance and Financial Statement Package.•Established a bottoms up budget process and monthly flux analysis•Managed Finance and HR department through 100% headcount growth and 50% sales growth with minimal departmental headcount additions.•Responsible for all audits from outside firms (i.e. CPA annual audit, W/Comp, State Sales Tax, Bank audit, etc.)•Negotiated new banking relations to foster growth (Banking, Sub-debtors)•Negotiated all insurance policies (Liability, W/Comp, and employee benefits)•Consistently created new business model for non-stop growth to attract investors and to accurately plan efficient new headcount needs.•Lead weekly operational meetings to understand operational results and ensure forecasts are being met and realize where new hires are needed•Juggled HR and Finance functions with extreme detail and fiscal responsibility while growing our corporate culture.•Established documented Finance/Accounting Policies which hadn’t existed, including T&E/expense Reports, Capex Approval, subordinate functions, etc., while ensuring GAAP compliance and creating foundation for growth.•Supervised and Mentored staff of four plus rotating interns.

Led finance department of eight for growing defense contractor with three locations, directly reporting to GM. Managed accurate and timely billing of revenue, its compliance to contract, and month end close with flux analysis. CONTRACT •Responsible for M/E Close in a timely manner and financial rollup for parent company consolidation (13 page package for parent company and internal use)•Transformed formerly private company to public company standards. Created policies and narratives related to SOX “grass roots” effort. •Established detailed annual budget process for sales, awards, earnings, headcount, capital expenditures, and R&D with a five year outlook.•Improved integrity of GL and financials through Costpoint/Deltek ERP system•Coordinated audits from internal and external parties (EY, D&T, DCAA). •Increased focus on job costing and EAC reporting analysis for programs, creating an “early warning” system for profitability degradation.•Drove revenue recognition process to ensure accuracy of contract and timing, through involvement in procurement and sales ends of business •Established Value-based efficiency at department level. Estimated savings of $1M+ per year.•Led timely year end obsolete inventory analysis and cycle count protocol

Maintained general ledger and integrity of financial statements and fixed assets and FAS fixed asset register. Performed variance analysis, monthly revenue recognition, and compliance with GAAP and Sarbanes Oxley with use of strong internal controls. •Responsible for M/E Close in a timely manner and financial rollup for parent company consolidation (15 page package for parent company and internal use)•Decreased PPV 100% by determining actual cost and maintaining standard cost of imported finished goods from China. •Served as primary contact for audits by Berrkshire Hathaway internal corporate audit team and EY.•Created annual sales, expenses, ROIC goal, and complete operating plan. •Led implementation of monthly revenue forecast, based upon trends and sales team feedback versus annual budget. Key to achieving business ROIC % goal.•Implemented monthly expense budget controls. Cost avoidance of $1M per year as a result.•Reduced headcount through process improvements, saving $125K per year. •Performed system conversion and led system training for two divisions•Created sales analysis function to assist sales team in achieving goals by establishing a product (brand) line reporting structure by region and territory.•Established inventory allocation system, with customer service, to improve stock-out rates to key customers, and to support growth rate. •Implemented vendor compliance deductions process. Saved $500K in 1 year.•Managed Accounting/Finance team of 14 employees.