James Gerber Email & Phone Number

Chevy Chase Village, MD, US

Vallaris Advisors brings key insights to corporate and institutional leaders, insurers and Boards of Directors on leading edge issues in cybersecurity, retirement security and investment security. Its most recent focus areas have been in the implementation of the new Cyber Regulations by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Washington, DC, US

Finance, Audit and Retirement Committees (Chair)

Boston, Massachusetts, US

SimSpace is the premier provider of classified and unclassified, high fidelity cyber ranges and training platforms for the United States' national cyber defenders, major corporations and other national institutions around the globe seeking high states of cyber readiness and protection. Its ranges are used to build, validate and assure high levels of cyber.

Vienna, Virginia, US

Was with IronNet Cybersecurity in its early growth years growing at 40%+ annually, as it established itself as a leading edge provider of nation-state grade, integrated cyber security platforms and services with specialties in advanced behavioral threat detection, efficient hunt and rapid mitigation as well as leading edge, real-time capabilities in.

Charlottesville, Virginia, US

• WorldStrides is the segment-defining global leader in education services, serving nearly 400,000 students a year at all age levels and specialities from 6th grade to Executive MBAs. Through nine years as the CFO of.
• Quadrupled earnings yielding a six fold increase in value for private equity investors over nine years with the company -- growing it from two divisions domestically to six with global reach and completing two.
• Sustained double digit compound top line growth over the last five years;
• Steered rebranding and communications, using newly crafted customer aspirational themes;
• Developed sophisticated business analysis capability focused on optimizing sales and individual customer behaviors driving strong organic growth and well as improving operational efficiencies with savings of over.
• Established green field operations in China and completed the acquisition and integration of twelve domestic and international businesses, including in the UK, Australia, and Asia;

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Financial ServicesAs the Chief Financial Officer for this multi-billion dollar systemic risk insurer of the private defined benefit pensions system in the United States and financial regulator, growing at over 25% per.
• Directed the investment portfolio is it grew from $32 billion to over $50 billion AUM;
• Revised and integrated the strategic planning/budgeting process with management objectives;
• Redesigned agency financial systems to a customized Oracle environment in record time and on budget;
• Integrated SOX 404 compliance with daily operating procedures to reduce time and costs;
• Advised on special case negotiations (United, Delta/Northwest, US Air, GMAC, Delphi, Oneida);

Dallas, Texas, US

• The Rail Products Business Group is the largest and most established group within Trinity Industries doubling in size and operating on three continents. As the first Group CFO of this division following its merger with.
• Completed post-merger finance integration of 82 plants (12 international) in five lines of business;
• Improved investor reporting and quarterly conference call support including added focus on backlog growth, cash flow measures and primary business drivers;
• Initiated a further $40 million expansion in Mexico-based tank car production;
• Implemented numerous job and department controls/forecasting procedures to improve financial and operations visibility, find and retain cost savings, and increase staff efficiencies;
• Revised foreign exchange forecasting and hedging procedures saving $1.2 million in the first year;

• Thrall Car Manufacturing was the premier manufacturer of freight rail cars in the United States specializing in automobile carriers, grain cars, plastic pellet cars, coal cars and a number of other specialty freight.
• Established highly profitable UK operations, moving first of the primary US players into Europe.
• Supported a further $150 million expansion into Eastern Europe, Czech Republic.
• Coordinated and gained approval for the multi-country tax structure for the European operations.
• Streamlined activity based cost analysis and expanded 20%+ margin product lines.
• Led annual strategic and R&D/capital planning sessions with the senior management team.

• As the first CFO of this MBO spin-off from Morrison Knudsen, responsibilities included establishing new treasury, legal, benefits and risk management functions on top of previous responsibilities managing financial.
• Secured the $210 mm in debt and equity financing needed to spin off the new private company;
• Worked with operations to reduce losses on existing contracts by $20 mm and with sales and engineering to secure new work consistently producing 15%+ gross margins;
• Handled bank and investor relations with regular meetings and conference calls; and
• Completed the sale to a strategic acquirer and coordinated the financial and administrative integration for what continues today as the primary US operation of France-based GEC Alsthom.

• As the senior finance and marketing officer seconded to this history-making, high speed rail joint venture was responsible for $8.4 billion of long range capital and market planning, strategic partner development.
• Developed primary sales and operational relationships with major airline partners (American and Delta) as well as an innovative market positioning strategy that added 40% to the likely addressable market;
• Researched legislative histories to identify trust fund, large scale public-private development arrangements, right of way acquisition and advance funding methods;
• Successfully pressed the introduction and passage of favorable legislation in Washington and actively worked with state and local political leaders in each of the major Texas metro areas;
• Coordinated financing-grade ridership studies and wide-scale customer preference surveys;
• Developed the moving microcell and long haul fiber aspects of the company's business plan;

• Morrison Knudsen Corporation was a 90 year old diversified company known for its heavy construction, telecommunications infrastructure and industrial development projects that included Hoover Dam and numerous major.
• Participated with teams executing strategic acquisitions, joint ventures, and corporate organizational changes;
• Led the market and financial teams for the successful bid for the franchise to develop 200-mph high-speed rail routes in Texas; and
• Prepared expert witnesses and testified under oath for two days on marketing and financial issues in contested case administrative hearings before the State of Texas leading up to the franchise award.

Tokyo, JP

• Sony Corporation is one of the most recognizable names in consumer electronics, reputed for its innovations and leadership. As one of the first five students selected for a newly formed exchange program sponsored by.
• Hosted by Sony senior executives responsible for major R&D, manufacturing and headquarters operations with special focus on lessons learned from new product and process introductions;
• Supported the team negotiating with Philips to establish the CD-I multi-media international technical standards – predecessor to current DVD standards;
• Developed US marketing plans for Sony's engineering workstation product line; and
• Learned workable Japanese living in the Shinagawa district in Tokyo.

• Recruited to Morrison Knudsen's primary process engineering business and, with a former executive of Science Applications Inc., founded its Automated Systems Division to focus on the application and use of leading edge.
• Researched and designed and executed the first two phases of a program to upgrade the voice, video, and data communications capabilities of the rapidly expanding $5 billion, 26-site Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and
• Developed the first $20 mm in backlog for the division and grew initial staff to ten.

Boston, MA, US

Industrial Electronics Business GroupRobotics and Vision Systems DivisionIntelligent Platforms DivisionCorporate R&D Center (Schenectady, NY)Software Engineering ProgramClient Assignment (Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, CT)Client Assignment (Hughes Aerospace - Hybrid Microcircuits Division)Electronics Automation Applications Center (GE Center of Excellence)

Princeton, NJ, US

Invited by faculty overseeing the University's Interactive Computer Graphics Lab, provided technical and programming assistance to graduate and undergraduate users and oversaw the care of $300,000 in computer graphics and processing equipment.Undergraduate thesis demonstrated coding for and use of 3-D graphics and nesting logic to optimize the.

Reston, VA, US

• Science Applications International Corporation is a leading provider of information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. During the summer of 1981 and working in the.
• Researched, and was later invited as a co-author of, a published study on developments in industrial robotics and their use in Japan from 1960-1980;
• Organized an industry conference on the same subject; and
• Consulted during my senior year.

Washington, DC, US

• The National Air and Space Museum is one of the iconic museums in the world, reputed for its innovative and engaging galleries educating visitors from around the globe on one of the most exciting phases of recent US.
• Redesigned curricular content and visitor flows for the satellite communications gallery;
• Worked on curatorial and topics planning for an exhibit on solar energy technologies and their applications; and
• Consulted during my junior year.

Washington, DC, US

• Researched and produced the forecast portion of the briefing book on potential future satellite communications requirements through 2000, including consideration of terrestrial alternatives.
• This internal report was used to support the inter-government negotiations on geosynchronous orbit bandwidth allocations at the 1979 World Administrative Radio Conference that immediately followed my assignment

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance And Operations

Bse, Mechancial And Aerospace Engineering