Mark Naude Email & Phone Number

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Orange County, California Area

Short term, part-time, consulting role for a growing company with immense potential. My work consisted of: - Preparing the company's Operating Budget - Margin Analysis and steps for Improvement - Daily strategy meetings with the owner and CEO - Retool the commission structure - Fine tuning the costing model - Forward looking profitability reporting - Sales Analysis by Customer and Sales Executive - ERP optimization - Cash Flow modeling and cash planning - Install and prepare new ERP (SAGE 100) - Upgrade Design software and install server based Vault Architecture - Set up a Terminal Server and VPN line to link USA and China offices - Employee Handbook - HR pay cycle optimization I determined that the company needed a full time CFO/COO, so in July I sourced, interviewed and hired an experienced CFO/COO to assume my responsibilities and to build on the framework I had put in place.

Orange County, California

As a condition of the sale of Another Line, Inc., and the corresponding merger with the Lodis Acessories business, I was contracted to work for Lodis for 3 years in the capacity of CFO/COO of the Another Line division, while lending my expertise to the existing Lodis team, where necessary. During this time, I trained the Lodis team on the systems in place, and implemented additional modules necessary for the Lodis business to operate using our integrated systems. I also hired a new company CEO in mid 2012, to assume much of the responsibility my business partner and I were preparing to hand over after our 3 year management contracts expired, and the new team was in place.

Orange County, California Area

In early 2003, I joined a small fashion accessories business with great potential, as their new CFO. A year later, I added the title of COO. With the owner of the company (who later became my business partner), we were able to grow revenues almost threefold in my first 4 years, while increasing gross margins by 10%. My role was broad based: - All financial decision making and responsibility - Full financial reporting and audit responsibility - All operational decision making and responsibility - All HR, interviewing, hiring and termination processes - ERP and systems responsibility (SAGE, Crystal Reporting, EDI, WFX PLM, Excel Query, etc.) - Domestic and offshore production - Domestic and Offshore Quality Assurance - International and Inland freight and logistics - Insurance (Health and Liability) - Managed onsite and offsite Sales Teams - Facilities planning and management (purchased a new building to house HQ and production) - Maintained relationships with Senior level staff at key customers - Consumer Product safety and testing - Third Party Warehousing and LogisticsIn 2008 I became a shareholder in the company, and in November 2010, I facilitated the sale of 100% of our company to a NY based Private Equity Group, where Another Line, Inc and Lodis Accessories, Inc were "bolted" together to explore synergies.

Durban Area, South Africa

Progressed from Audit Junior to Senior Auditor for Grant Thornton in Durban, South Africa. Specialized in assisting small to medium sized companies with internal controls and processes.

Chartered Accountant [Ca(Sa)]

Post Graduate Diploma In Accounting (Hons), Accounting

Bachelor Of Commerce, Business And Accounting