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Transformed capital structure for highly-acquisitive and growth-oriented multi-site dental services organization (DSO) through multiple debt and equity offerings. Responsible for accounting, treasury, human resources, financial planning, capital markets, and investor relations.• Completed sale of majority interest in the company in September 2018 to private equity investors generating substantial returns for stakeholders.• Successfully raised $250M in capital over 18 months taking company through two recapitalizations during significant period of growth.• Secured two successively larger senior secured credit facilities to strengthen balance sheet and fund near-term growth opportunities.• Aggressively transformed Rock Dental through execution acquisitions of 61 dental clinics from 2016-2018, increasing scale by 250% and solidifying position as a top-15 dental service organization in the United States.• Named 1 of 3 finalists for Arkansas Business CFO of the Year (2018) in Large Private Company category.• Led due diligence efforts on robust acquisition pipeline to normalize results of target entities and build pro forma financial view for lender and Board packages.• Partnered with operations team on organic growth initiatives to optimize production with targeted investments in infrastructure and technology. • Served in primary role for communications with shareholders, lenders, Board of Directors, and executive management team, facilitating buy-in and collaboration on strategic initiatives.• Built and managed an industry-leading finance team increasing degreed accounting professionals from 1 to 9 over two years, including hiring company’s first Controller and standing up a Financial Planning organization.

Maintained full P&L, accounting and planning responsibility for $1.4B in annual telecom spend (fifth-largest telecom spend portfolio in industry), as well as managed all carrier billing and collection functions.• Designed and implemented strategic cost savings programs that drove incremental EBITDA of $114M in 2013 and $111M in 2014 through circuit inventory rationalization, elimination of waste, improvements in contract terms, and revenue assurance recoveries.• Negotiated complex volume discount contracts with three largest vendors, leveraging $4.2B in aggregate spend over five years and securing $450M in buying credits.• Accelerated collection efforts to reduce $120M of outstanding wholesale receivables by 12.5% in 2014, including a 25% reduction in past-due accounts.• Negotiated and executed 2014 acquisition of Business-Only Broadband, and opened four new markets within 12 months of transaction to introduce fixed wireless broadband technology as a failover product to fixed wireline customers.

Tasked with using finance discipline to drive P&L improvement in traditional operations functions, including telecom expense management, revenue assurance, collections, corporate and network procurement, corporate real estate, and billing system management.• Served as chief procurement officer and led supply chain management and inventory planning • Drove incremental earnings from wholesale customer billing audits and revenue assurance findings.• Led RFP driving negotiated cost reductions.• Improved workflow management of customer service orders increasing on-time delivery• Negotiated location-based incentive grant with State of Arkansas in 2010 to maintain significant long-term employee presence at corporate headquarters.

Oversaw company’s accounting transition through spin-off and financing to new stand-alone public company, and ensured compliance with all SEC reporting and filing requirements.• Drafted and filed company’s first two Form 10-K’s as a public company, as well as periodic 10-Q, 8-K and S-4 filings.• Coordinated documentation of technical accounting positions with external auditors, along with Sarbanes-Oxley implementation.• Reduced month-end accounting close and consolidation from 16 days to five days.• Designed and implemented new general ledger account classification and internal reporting system.

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