Kerry Klein, Mba Email & Phone Number

The Oak Printing Company is a privately held organization. They are one of the country's premier label producers and distributors.

• Tempo is a prime manufacturer of marine after-market accessories and has been in business for over 60 years. During my tenure, Tempo had increased its sales from $5M to $15M in a highly competitive industry. Tempo’s.
• Senior Executive with strategic planning and P&L responsibility for a $15M manufacturing company. Worked closely with the CEO on market positioning while maintaining complete authority of operations, finance, sales.
• Continued with Tempo’s business strategy of increasing its manufacturing capability by installing injection mold operations for its own products resulting in a company savings of $500,000.
• Restructured the plant management by empowering the divisional managers and holding them accountable for their performance, a decision that reduced scrap rates by 50% and increased the moral of the managers.

• As CFO of Tempo (reporting directly to the CEO), I administered all financial services including personnel, budget, data processing, plant administration, auditing and insurance administration. In addition, I worked.
• A key player in converting Tempo from a marketing company of consumer accessories in the boating industry to a prime manufacturer of its own products by the use of blow and rotational molding processes; restructured.
• Effectively managed a line of credit of $2M for all administrative functions, operations and capital improvements.
• Successfully acquired ISO certification in 1995 and upgraded to the new ISO 2000 standard in 2003. This was an important certification to maintain market share throughout the US and Europe.
• Revised health package to provide better coverage at a reduced rate. Saved the company over $100k in the restructure over two years.

• Implemented new financial/manufacturing package (Exact/Macola) software.
• Managed the conversion from a mainframe computer system to a MS server based network system.
• Developed budgets working with all departments for the company and measured actual results accordingly.
• Prepared monthly financial statements on a timely basis and reported those results to the operating committee.
• Prepared year-end work papers for the outside auditor and the annual audit.
• Performed monthly reconciliation of inventory and cash accounts.

• Prepared federal, state franchise and personal property tax returns.
• Assisted the manager of financial planning in preparation of the annual operating budget and the year-end financial report.
• Maintained custody of all accounts payable and payroll checks.
• Automated tax return worksheets for federal tax preparation by use of Multi-View software.

• Audited year-end accruals and made journal entries as needed.
• Completed federal, state and local corporate tax returns.
• Analyzed fixed asset accounts and expense accounts.
• Assisted in preparation of financial statements and related assignments.

Mba, General Business

Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration (Major-Accounting, Minor-Mgmnt., Finance, Economics)

Diploma