I am currently seeking to join a company board of directors to add value by contributing my knowledge and experience. I am a proven and effective Board Director, strategic leader, serial entrepreneur and business builder with over 30 years of extensive experience assisting companies with growth and complex transactions. I am considered a highly effective client facing executive, active in finance and accounting, marketing, business development and brand building. I strive to achieve collaboration at all levels of an organization by setting the example. KEY VALUE DRIVERS• Private and Public Company Board experience-having served as Lead Director, Audit Committee Chair, member of Compensation Committee and Nom-Gov Committee• Co-Founder Private Directors Association Dallas-Fort Worth• Serial Entrepreneur and proven and effective business builder with over 30 years of middle market leadership experience.• Advisory Board experience• Hands on M&A experience, leading both an upstream merger and a downstream merger, including all negotiations, due diligence, structuring and post-merger integration • Extensive experience with assisting clients in mergers and acquisitions from both the buy side and sell side through performance of due diligence, analyzing quality of earnings, working capital considerations, purchase price accounting, and structuring• Highly effective market facing executive, having served in CEO, COO and CFO roles. Very active in marketing, business development and brand building• Certificate in Private Company Governance; Certificate in Private Equity Portfolio Company Governance, Certificate in ESOP Governance Essentials• Member Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance (IECG)AREAS OF EXPERTISE• Business builder focused on strategic growth • Strategic Planning• Collaborative leader at all levels of the organization• Financial expertise-public and private companies• Merger & Acquisition experience• Lower middle market/middle market companies• Leading Cross-Functional Teams• Staff Training and development• Marketing and selling• Corporate Governance• Risk ManagementBOARD COMPETENCIES• Qualified Financial Expert• Board Governance; Certificate in Private Company Governance; Certificate in Private Equity Portfolio Company Governance; Certificate in ESOP Governance Essentials• Merger & Acquisition• Strategy• Lead Director• Audit Committee Chair• Compensation Committee; Nom/Gov Committee• Collaborative Leader