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San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Photographed various trade shows for publications and media of Industry Trade Shows and Conferences, such as CES – Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas; IDF – Intel Developer’s Forum, MacWorld, Oracle Open World, Nvidia GTC Conference, Samsung Developer's Conference, Inter Solar Conference and Semicon West. Also photographer and videographer for Roadway Media, as well as a contributing editor, photographer, and videographer for Bright Blue Innovation International.Authored “Searching for Chopin”, covering the 200th birthday of Chopin at the Chopin International Piano Competition, in Warsaw, Poland published in Polonia SF.Produced short film, “When Sally Met Rascal”, starring Academy Award Nominee, Sally Kirkland and “Rascal, the World’s Ugliest Dog”, which played at U.S. Film Festivals. Also produced several short films directed by Ray Arthur Wang, such as "Black and White" and "Surprise", in which he was Executive Producer.Film review blogger covering and promoting the Bay Area Film Festival scene, such as San Jose’s Cinequest and the SF International Film Festival for www.mlsentertainment.wordpress.com.

Berkeley, Ca

Handled both A/P vendor and A/R customer inquiries, responding tactfully and quickly, researching any discrepancies, resolving issues for a rapidly growing Startup company, which was ranked the 80th fastest growing company in 2010 in the U.S., according to Inc Magazine.Oversaw and recorded all bank deposit checks, ACH’s, wires, and credit card payments on a daily basis, which assisted in predicting cash flow forecasts for the VP of Finance. Reinforced A/P approval process for vendor invoices, ensuring all documents are properly signed and authorized within company guidelines and in compliance with company policies, ensuring expenses are properly allocated by department.Strengthened and prioritized A/R collections, aggressively notifying customers with outstanding past due balances, while establishing and keeping good customer relations, keeping amounts on the A/R aging to a minimum.Performed credit checks on potential customers, analyzing and processing customer credit applications, reducing the risk for any future bad debt balances and potential write-offs.Administered sales order audits, verifying customer purchase orders agree to the company issued sales orders, insuring the correct product is shipped out and that all invoices are issued error free.Reconciled and maintained various prepaid accounts and amortization schedules, fixed asset and depreciation schedules, as well as accruals, generating monthly journal entries, including uploads from CSV vendor files, when available.

Interacted closely with personnel, vendors, and auditors, quickly responding to all A/P related issues, resolving invoice and credit discrepancies in a timely manner, attaching proper supporting documentation, when needed, assuring excellent customer service.Implemented proactive policy to guarantee suppliers invoices inputted within 24 hours after receipt to improve traceability and reliability of A/P Aging Reports and cash flow forecasts for the controller, ensuring all incoming invoices are accurately processed in a timely manner, especially those offering discount terms. Recruited, hired, and trained up to four direct reports; delivered performance reviews and recognized staff contributions. Facilitated weekly departmental meetings to motivate and encourage open communication, collaboration for resolving A/P issues, and ensure quality teamwork.Assigned, audited, and posted journal vouchers, reviewed A/P Accountants work to ensure quality processing, and verified G/L account codes compliance with GAAP and departmental standards. Instituted Travel Expense Report procedures that required proper travel receipts and documentation to prevent any misappropriated expenses and overpayment by the company.Designed a new fixed asset tracking system to simplify preparation of property tax filings with Contra Costa County and ensured compliance within tax deadlines. Initiated and developed discrepancy databases for Purchasing/Receiving Department to eliminate repetitive inquiries between departments, minimizing purchase price variances, while keeping inventory counts accurate. Maintained 1099 supplier data base for Federal and State reporting.

Controlled and monitored WIP project expenditures and transactions involving the addition, transfer, or abandonment of fixed assets accounts valued at over $200 million.Researched and analyzed all retirements from sales of surplus equipment, resulting in significant tax benefits. Initiated, designed, and implemented Microsoft Excel macro program, saving up to 35% of time associated with closing projects to proper investment accounts. Provided timely, accurate reporting of expenditure and appropriation data to assist in monitoring expenses.Received awards for four consecutive years for improving work processes and reducing costs, participating actively in Chevron's Quality Improvement program.Prepared and verified $500,000 payroll records accurately.

Instrumental in the successful pilot implementation and subsequent enhancements of the FILENET imaging system which automated the entire A/P operation.Efficiently responded to numerous difficult inquiries from operating personnel, vendors, auditors and other account personnel, demonstrating excellent customer service skills.Processed and coded for payment up to 1,200 vendor invoices and related documents totaling over $1 million monthly, with speed and accuracy of processing recognized as one of the best in department.Achieved and maintained 100% accuracy rate in reviewing invoices for correct sales and use tax applications, expenditure and payment authorization, discount terms, and G/L account codes.