Owner - An advisory practice providing business insight through part time CFO services and project based solutions LEAP Enterprises LLC - First financial leader for this $10MM private equity start-up. Cleaned up the books from inception, built accounting and reporting processes, established internal controls and secured two rounds of financingTeneo LLC – Financial and administrative leader for this $4M startup. Established the key business systems from scratch, including accounting, payroll, insurance, banking and HR along with the general processes and proceduresAHL Inc. – Steering the business from sale to orderly shutdown. Successfully negotiated a 20% settlement with outstanding creditors, resolved an IRS audit, settled several legal claims and collected on remaining receivablesMulti-Tech Systems Inc. – Restructured and automated management reporting for a $45M manufacturer. Developed a dashboard, enhanced sales and product line reporting and developed a management summary that provided operational insight into the companies performance

Responsible for finance, accounting and HR for this $36M Private Equity owned marketing services company and its national and International affiliates with a focus on call center marketing support and fulfillment services • Shored up a significant decline in financial operations, tailored reporting packages to focus key metrics and cost drivers, reestablished internal controls and process disapline and improved the management of the cash cycle and reduced the time to publish monthly results by half• Achieved a $600k increase in profitability by selling a Mexican subsidiary and reengineering processes• Successfully orchestrated the sale of the Company in four separate transactions - modeled the various purchase scenarios,manged the due diligence process and led the detailed contract negotiations

Managed the finance, accounting, IT and HR for this $55M Private Equity owned, high end sheet fed print services and consumer social stationery company. •Management team developed a strategy which resulted in a 60% increase in sales within 2 years •Successfully engineered the concurrent acquisition of a major competitor and a highly profitable sale of this family business to private equity•Significantly improved all facets of cash management practices during a severe liquidity shortfall•Sold the Company to two buyers and was recognized by the TMA as the Turnaround Transaction of 2008

Responsible for finance, accounting, planning, budgeting, treasury/cash management, risk management, ESOP management, IT and HR for a $25M 100% employee owned packaging equipment manufacturer and its national & international affiliates• Led a strategic diversification initiative which increased sales by $2M by acquiring a company which leveraged our operational competencies into a new industry – responsible for transition and integration• Implemented a structured business planning and analysis process resulting in the savings of $500K from the pruning of unprofitable product lines and a Swedish subsidiary • Significantly improved customer facing and sales processes by implementing a CRM system by focusing on assessing and redesigning processes and then using the system to enhance the upgraded processes

Responsible for finance, accounting, contracts, IT and administrative functions of a delisted publicly held $20M agricultural capital goods manufacturer.• Updated accounting practices in the areas of cost reporting, financial modeling and forecasting to improve informational content and timeliness, adopted business line P&L reporting and implemented an engineering project cost tracking process • Successfully led a computer systems conversion which resulted in the Company’s first MRP planning system, complete integration of accounting and manufacturing systems, and a significant improvement to the operational and reporting tool sets

• Division Controller for a $25M field engineering division • Operations Controller for the $400M Minnesota based production operations including the divisions procurement organization and the printed circuit fabrication and electronic assembly operations