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Port Angeles, Washington, United States

• Oversee the budgeting, financial analysis, reporting, and centralized grant administration of Clallam County, a county government with a combined annual budget of over $144 million, managing a team of 5. • In collaboration with the County Administrator and Deputy County Administrator, heavily involved in the daily administration of the County, including meeting and coordinating with department heads and elected officials on operational, financial, labor relations, and risk management decision-making.• Led the grant administration and disbursement of over $26 million in COVID-19 federal grant funding awarded to the County. Key duties included forming a new centralized grant administration function, collaborating with Commissioners and leaders of multiple local and state agencies and nonprofits to assess community needs, confirming eligibility of funding requests, drafting recipient agreements, establishing internal controls for disbursement of funds, and overseeing all regulatory reporting. • Redesigned the County’s 5-year capital planning process, resulting in increased Commissioner understanding of County capital needs, improved prioritization of capital projects, increased engagement among departments, and more sustainable use of the County’s capital funding sources.• Implemented a new monthly financial reporting and forecasting report, resulting in improved transparency and understanding of the County’s financial results for the Commissioners, other County leaders, and the public. • Provided significant support or led several key agreement negotiations for the County, including the renewal of select collective bargaining labor agreements, the County’s cable franchise agreement, and various interlocal agency agreements.• Represented the County in several inter-agency forums and conferences hosted by Washington State Association of County Administrators, Washington State Association of Counties (WSAC), and Washington State Association of Auditors.

Tacoma, Washington

• Prior to the further restructuring of McClatchy’s finance function which resulted in this role being eliminated, I directed the accounting, financial planning and analysis, financial reporting, risk management and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance of five Puget Sound-based news organizations, with annual revenues of over $50 million. • Led the regionalization of the financial planning & analysis function for McClatchy’s Northwest region, providing budgeting, forecasting, reporting and business intelligence support for the region.• In collaboration with fellow executives, successfully led multiple cost reduction efforts that yielded year-over-year annual cost savings of $4 million in the first year of my tenure as CFO, and enabled a 37% increase in profit margins in my division despite a 4% year-over-year decrease in revenue.

Greater Denver Area

Provide outsourced CFO, controller and project management services, including leading clients' accounting and finance functions, preparing financial reports, administering clients' annual audits with external auditors, conducting ad hoc financial analysis, trouble-shooting and stream-lining current accounting processes and controls, identifying cost reduction opportunities, and designing new reporting, cash forecasting, and key performance metric tools. Also provide strategic planning, business valuation, and ERP selection and implementation services, including recently leading as project manager a Hyperion Essbase implementation across two continents for a $7 billion multinational mining services company as well as an Ultipro HRIS ERP implementation for a SaaS healthcare services company.

Greenwood Village, Co

• Provided hands-on management of the accounting, finance, treasury, HR, legal, facilities and risk management of 3t Systems, a healthcare IT provider of network managed services, cloud hosting and consulting services. Also led pricing and contract administration functions. Led staff of 6. • Successfully restructured a $2 million credit facility, partnered with the CTO in developing a business plan for outsourcing the Company's cloud hosting infrastructure that led to $5 million in savings, and outsourced certain HR functions to reduce benefit costs 22% while improving the quality and cost of benefits for employees.• Partnering with the executive team, undertook an analysis of profitability by client and by service offering, recommending optimal staff utilization rates, elimination of unprofitable services, and re-alignment of the services catalog and sales commission structures.

Greenwood Village, Colorado

• Prior to the Company being acquired by United Health Group and the position being eliminated as a result, I led the accounting and finance functions of Healthtrans, a $300 million annual revenue company providing pharmacy benefit management company, managing a staff of 15.• Leveraging my expertise in valuing businesses, intangible assets, and stock issuances, I saved the Company over $100,000 annually in valuation consultant fees.• Led Company's tax compliance efforts, including automating the Company's tax distribution process, coordinating the completion of two IRS audits, re-designing the Company's state sales apportionment methodology to comply with state nexus rules, and implementing FIN48.• Working collaboratively with operations and marketing, developed business plan and analytical support for a new direct-to-consumer discount healthcare program.

Centennial, Colorado

• Provided support for strategic growth initiatives undertaken by Catholic Health Initiatives (“CHI”), a $12 billion non-profit healthcare company, including preparation of business valuations and investment analyses for several potential acquisition, merger and joint venture opportunities.• Successfully completed a complex joint venture investment analysis that led to a $37 million investment to expand CHI’s presence in national testing laboratories.

• Directed the accounting, finance and treasury functions of Jones Media Group, a privately-held $100 million operator of radio and cable television programming and syndication networks, online media, and advertising representation service companies. Managed decentralized team of 21. • Completed the $100 million strategic sale of the Company to Oaktree Capital Management, a $60 billion private equity fund. Successfully secured over $41.5 million in additional sale proceeds through negotiation efforts and a key synergy analysis I prepared. • Key contributor to realized annual EBITDA growth of 23% through strategic business acquisitions, organic revenue growth, cost savings efforts, and investments in technology that reduced back-office costs, attracted new advertisers, and generated new revenue streams. Led several M&A transactions, including the acquisition of a $13.7 million radio services company.

• Controller and treasurer responsibilities, including GAAP compliance, SEC financial reporting, cash management, internal controls, and audit coordination. Managed shared services staff of five covering general ledger, payroll, accounts payable and accounts receivable for eight subsidiaries. • FP&A duties included budgeting, rolling monthly forecasting and long-range strategic planning, supporting financing efforts, modeling acquisition targets and new business opportunities, monitoring covenant compliance, recommending cost-cutting opportunities, and investor relations. • Prepared due diligence and financial analysis essential in securing $38 million in bank financings, and served on the M&A team that arranged the sale of two subsidiaries in cash transactions totaling over $150 million. Managed a $20 million investment portfolio. • Led the over-haul and migration of the Company’s budgeting and forecasting process from Excel to Hyperion, shortening the Company's budget cycle by 25%.

• Provided operational support, budgeting, financial analysis and reporting for several early-stage companies, including two cable television networks, an e-commerce company, a broadcast facility, and a affiliate sales group.

• Directed accounting, SEC reporting, consolidation and establishing internal controls for twenty subsidiaries, including IT support and software development, cable networks, an online university, an international education company, and three publicly traded motion picture limited partnerships.

• Performance of audits with extensive experience in commercial banks, credit unions, mortgage companies, and other financial institutions. Other industry audit experience in cable and telecommunications, high-tech manufacturing, health care, mining, education, governmental agencies, health benefit plans, and pension plans. Supervised staffs of up to 15 employees.