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Stow, Oh, Us

Stow, Oh

Stow, Oh And Tempe, Az

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for NMG Aerospace. Responsible for finance, accounting and information technology for this $110 million, family-owned aerospace manufacturing company with locations in Stow, Ohio, Phoenix, Arizona, and Colorado Springs, CO.

Canton, Ohio Area

Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary – Helios Coatings, Inc., Canton, Ohio -- Responsible for accounting, finance, taxes, purchasing, human resources, information technology, corporate minutes, and investor records for this venture-capital funded, early-stage automotive products manufacturing company that will shut down operations in October 2009.• Implemented an ERP system in 6 weeks to track production, shipping, invoicing & cash receipts – on time and under budget.• Negotiated debt reduction agreements with more than 25 vendors and arranged payment plans with 17 delinquent vendors.• Redesigned and implemented new business processes for sales quoting, product warranty processing, and customer acceptance.• Manage limited cash resources using a custom-designed daily cash tracking, forecasting and reporting system.

Beechwood, Oh

Tax Director, Chess Financial Corp., Pepper Pike, Ohio -- Responsible for individual tax planning and compliance for this $3 million wealth management organization that serves high net worth clients ($10 million+). Supervised and trained staff of 6 professionals, performed technical review on 200+ tax returns, frequent meetings with clients and the IRS on various tax matters. • Engineered improvements that resulted in a 50% increase in the number of tax returns completed by April 15 in 2008 versus 2007.• Designed a new client presentation report used to review and discuss key tax issues and planning points.• Converted majority of client communications from paper-based communications to email using secure PDF files.

Twinsburg, Oh

Dec 2005 – Feb 2007: Corporate Controller, GED Integrated Solutions, Twinsburg, Ohio -- Supervised staff of 6, responsible for financial reporting, budgeting, accounting operations, manufacturing inventory costing, and taxes for this $80 Million venture-capital owned company in the window production equipment manufacturing business. • Implemented financial reporting system to include daily and weekly reports on sales, orders, backlog, production, loan and cash balances. • Redesigned equipment billing and receivable collection system, improving cash flow by reducing collection time.• Refined manufacturing costing process, improving labor/OH rate setting and measuring operations costing for pricing decisions.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Chief Financial Officer - VP Finance, Jeter Systems Corporation, Akron, Ohio -- Supervised staff of 7, responsible for banking, accounting, manufacturing costing, financial reporting, contracts, taxes, and employee benefits for this privately-owned company. Extensive involvement in strategic planning, as well as all aspects of operations, sales and marketing, and manufacturing management for this $20 Million office storage systems manufacturing company.• Restructured $6 million of debt, reduced interest by over $150,000 a year and implemented on-line banking and cash management system.• Reduced closing cycle to 5 days from 18 days by implementing automated systems, procedures, controls, and reconciliation systems.• Developed Excel sales tools used by 250 dealers and 13 direct sales reps to increase sales of the mobile filing system product line.

Hudson, Ohio

President and Managing Director, CFO Financial Technologies, Inc. Hudson, Ohio – founder of this financial service consulting firm specializing in ERP system installations, financial analysis, tax planning and compliance, and interim financial management. • Implemented ERP software (TCM) shop floor reporting module, including planning, user menu interfaces, shop floor training.• Served as Regional Controller for US Office Products, Inc. – worked with top management to streamline operations.• Provided SAP module design, implementation, and reporting services in Germany for manufacturing cost system of an international manufacturing company – Kendro Products LLC.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

World-wide Controller and Treasurer, Alpha Technologies, LLC, Akron, Ohio -- Restructured accounting staff of six, including hiring a European controller for this $35 million venture-capital owned international manufacturing company. • Directed accounting transition in United Kingdom operations, including coordinating the transfer of inventory that reduced world-wide inventory levels by over $2 million, improving cash flow and saving more than $200,000 annually in interest expense. • Implemented cash controls, reconciliations, currency hedging system, and multi-currency consolidation system.• Successful implementation of Fourth Shift Manufacturing ERP System

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

CFO-Retail Lending, Controller, Bank One Akron, N.A., Akron, Ohio – CFO of Retail Lending (2/96-1/97) for group performing retail loan origination, underwriting, processing, and collections. Controller (7/93-2/96) for staff of 17 professionals.

Columbus, Ohio Area

Manager of Financial Reporting

Youngstown, Cleveland, Cincinnati Oh

Senior Audit Manager