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California, United States

Scarsdale, Ny, Us

We are a pet insurance marketplace, pet health platform, and employer benefits provider. We make pet care accessible by guiding pet owners and employees to the best coverage, at the best possible price.

Ondas Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONDS)• Supported acquisition of Airobotics, LTD (TASE: AIRO), effective Jan 2023.• Managed accounting treatment of complex convertible note financing. • Assumed Interim Controller responsibility at Ondas Networks subsidiary. • Provided support to financial statement audit and related SEC filings. env0, Inc. • Advisor to CEO/CoFounder in the build out of Finance and Accounting leadership and G&A department. Fastly (NYSE: FSLY)• Executed agreed upon procedure-based review of internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR).

San Francisco, California, Us

Building company-wide operating plan encompassing $500M+ loan portfolio management, loan financing facilities, loan sale facilities and bespoke interchange fee structures, to enable more effective long-term strategic planning and to support future corporate debt and equity financings.Uplift sold to Upgrade, Inc. in July 2023.

San Francisco, California, Us

• Led financial execution of company sale to Experian for $320M (20x ARR) affording over 8x average equity investment multiple. Sale completed October 2021.• Closed $8M subordinate venture debt facility supplementing existing $3.5M bank debt, enabling 8 month runway extension. • Co-established global compensation committee, providing framework for cash and equity compensation in excess of $12M annually. • Full Finance and Accounting responsibility during 128%+ annualized revenue growth. • Board appointed company officer, Treasurer. Gabi is a technology based consumer insurance broker allowing those with existing car insurance to quickly shop their current policy in the marketplace, enabling average savings of $960 per year.Founded in 2016, Gabi raised over $39 million in venture capital funding from Canvas Ventures, Mubadala Ventures, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, Correlation Ventures, CUNA Mutual Group, Securian Ventures, A. Capital Ventures, Project A, and others.

San Francisco, California, Us

• Completed $10M of equity financing over eight closings and four corporate charter amendments. • Extended runway 3+ months by refinancing $5M bank debt facility. Led negotiations on additional $3M venture debt facility.• Assumed cap table ownership in-house via Capshare, saving thousands in paralegal fees. Administered $2M+ stock option compensation. • Yielded up to 15% immediate cash burn savings through continuous improvement of spending reductions. Managed cash runway via multiple three-statement scenario planning models. • Enabled 120%+ annualized growth via headcount expansion of 35 to 58 pre-Covid, across sales, growth and engineering teams.• Partner to sales organization ensuring commercial, operational, legal and GAAP (accounting) concerns are aligned with business strategy and risk tolerance. Reduced sales cycle time by estimated 12% via streamlined Master Subscription Agreement legal terms.• Completed rollover from QuickBooksOnline (QBO) to Netsuite SuiteSuccess. • Board appointed company officer with fiduciary responsibility.Rhumbix is a Greylock backed, mid-stage mobile and desktop SaaS platform serving the Construction industry. Rhumbix streamlines and digitizes the capture of all construction field data and workflows as a single source of truth. This enables a connection of field data across projects, workflows and construction software systems, increasing project-level visibility and insights, as well as improving decision making and project outcomes.

Strategic FP&A and accounting engagements, primarily to SaaS and business services industries. Representative clients: Okta, Capsilon Corp, Gracenote/NielsenCorporate Finance• Supported CFO with due diligence package for $100M+ private equity investment.• Led a team of three to support sell-side diligence. Identified $3.6M of financial statement corrections. Absolved issues related to cap table, credit, tax positions, payroll, 401(k) admin. • Judgmentally reviewed key valuation assumptions of audit client 409A reports up to $400M annual revenue.• IPO (S-1) preparation including detailed review of EPS disclosures.• Calculated un-accrued $7.5M aggregate interest charge due to the conversion of multi-tranche notes to equity. Operations• Created multi-tiered sales commission plan for $12M+ ACV target, designed to incentivize new customer growth over upsells projected to increase annual revenue run rate by +38%. • Drafted pricing models with 36+ variables for $3M+ annual recurring revenue contracts designed to incentivize larger commitment tiers in exchange for small pricing concessions. • Reduced quarterly royalty reporting time by 75% through process automation.• Managed the re-org of HR accounting workflow, saving back-office capacity of 2 FTEs (30%). FP&A/Management• Supervised teams of up to 4, managed up to 6 outsourced accounting and finance engagements including financial close responsibility and financial statement preparation. • Full ownership of 12 week rolling cash forecast, annual budget, A/P and A/R management.• Built rolling 3-stmt model with 10 global entities and 3 currencies. Augmented financial control via bottoms-up account-level monthly department and country budgeting and forecasting. • Full responsibility for board presentations, integrated with KPI measurements and forecasts. • Managed vendors for HR, payroll, 401(k), benefits, insurance, tax, legal, banking, and IT.

Lake Oswego, Oregon, Us

Operations Manager - Led operational forecasting and manufacturing control to deliver $400M+ annual production goal through delegation of risk management, agile problem solving and cross-functional collaboration.• Managed a team of six coordinators responsible for workflow distribution and performance monitoring of suppliers to achieve $1.5M/day manufacturing production quota. • Yielded $700k annual savings through supplier bidding process. Responsible for ~$25M annual spend across 20+ global suppliers

Lake Oswego, Oregon, Us

• Drove consistent 2% quarterly improvement in spend reduction and plant-wide productivity across $24M of annual variable cost during post-acquisition period.• Managed post-acquisition implementation of management reporting of daily & weekly working capital, P&L, and KPI results for $400M operation. Increased process efficiency 70%.• Energy analyst, $6M annual spend: built model incorporating spot/hedge/forward rates and forecasted usage. Managed supplier relationships and led contract negotiations.

Culver City, Ca, Us

Completed integrated risk-focused operational and IT audits for Sony Pictures’ $9B entertainment portfolio including domestic operating units and international sales offices in London, Paris, Munich and Mumbai.

Worldwide, Oo

Audit and Enterprise Risk Services (AERS)• Supervised 1 to 2 staff, and subject matter experts for IT controls, data analysis and benefits.• Daily management of 1 to 2 financial statement, Sarbanes Oxley (SOX 404), pension and 401(k) plan audits. Responsible for audit coverage up to $1.1B.• Identified $5M P&L adjustment, equal to 2.3% of revenue. • Primary industries; telecommunications, consumer goods, and medical device.

Mba, General Mgmt/Finance

Bba, Finance/Accounting