John Hu Email & Phone Number

Palo Alto, California, United States

San Diego, California, Us

Menlo Park, California, Us

* Direct finance and accounting operations and order management; oversee financial reporting, banking operations, stock administration, 401K, tax, 409A valuation, and risk management* Implemented new ERP (NetSuite) and equity management system, streamlined internal process from order to cash, internal and external reporting.* Develop and lead Financial Planning processes – Board of Director package, strategic planning and financial modeling for fund raising, manage the due diligence, successfully closed series B and additional bank debt during COVID and closed series C in May 2022.* Collaborated with other executive team members, optimize operation, expanded customer base to Canada, Europe and Asia. * Revamped accounting review process, updated Corporate Policy Manual. * Established HR annual review process, pay scale and benchmark policy, equity allocation, improved hiring and retention process.

* Business Partner with EVP of Global Sales, Service & Marketing, provided financial guidance & advice on operational strategies, KPI, compliance, and manage budget for the entire organization.* Led annual planning process, align global sales team with all Business Units and all functions.* Participated in M&A review and integration planning. Led the global distribution site consolidation after the acquisition of Rofin.* As the key business partners to selected Business a Units, managed full P&L, financial challenges and opportunities (capacity planning, R&D portfolio review, outsourcing, etc), won multiple volume business in a dynamic market; at the same time, managed financial and compliance risks.* Business partner with CIO on Global IT organization.* Finance support to the global HR organization, managed the global sales commission program.* Managed North America revenue recognition testing; Responsible for submission of North America set of book; participated in internal accounting policy review and update, contract T& C review, ASC 606 implementation.* Managed and developed a team of financial analysts, helped several team members receive promotions to managerial positions. In 2011-2012, also managed the North American Cost Accounting team. * “EXCEPTIONAL” RATING EVERY YEAR (2009-2018)

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* Directed corporate annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting policy and process, worked with executive management developing multi-year strategic plan for rapidly growing business, raised total $50+M private equity and venture loans in 2006 and 2007, filed S-1 for IPO in Sept 2007 and S-4 in Aug 2008, successfully merged with a public company in 2008.* Direct corporate investment operations in compliance with Corporate Treasury policy, manage the relationship with commercial bank on loan and credit facility.* Managed company’s business insurance programs including Property and Casualty, Directors & Officers and Workers Comp Insurance.* Design and publish management reporting packages to executive management and Board of Directors. * Managed month-end close process by reviewing expense and balance sheet booking, organizing close review meetings and drafting narratives. * Designed competitor analysis report and provided updates to Board of Directors.* Implemented new budgeting software* Received the highest performance ranking every year and promoted to Director in May 2007.

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* As administrator of the project management system, developed and managed new project financial analysis process.* Provided cross-functional financial and analytical support for portfolio analysis, new business collaborations, licensing, and technology assessment proposals.

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* Managed corporate budgeting and worldwide business insurance programs. Successfully completed new budgeting software implementation, from concept to completion.* Drafted “Results of Operations” of MD&A section of 10-Q and 10-K, provided various analyses and reports to Senior Management and Board of Directors.* Participated in process design, documentation and testing under Sarbanes-Oxley.* Received the highest performance ranking every year.

* Worked with founders, co-wrote business plan, co-negotiated and closed $18.8M of 1st round venture investment.* Negotiated and closed $7.5M lease line with favorable terms in a tough environment.* Managed finance/accounting function, converted all book entries to comply with GAAP, finished 3yr auditing and received “clean” opinion.* Responsible for administrative duties including legal matters, IT and facilities.* Cleaned up chart of accounts, converted all book entries to comply with GAAP, managed the relationship with outside auditing firm, finished 3 year audit and received “clean” opinion.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Mba, Finance

Ms, Chemistry

B. Engineering, Chemical Engineering