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Led all financial DD associated with the merger of FocusVision and Confirmit, and the subsequent acquisition of Forsta by Press Ganey. Upon completion of integrating Forsta into Press Ganey, I am available to assist small to mid-sized PE backed companies with CFO / Controllership and M&A projects.

PG Forsta is a global leader in market research with a leading edge SaaS Platform. Forsta has over $150m in revenue and 750 employees in the US, Europe and Asia.

Nardello & Co. is an international investigations firm that provides a broad range of services including litigation support, due diligence, corporate fraud investigations, business intelligence and asset tracing. With offices in New York, London, Milan, Washington, Miami and Hong Kong. Nardello & Co. has extensive experience conducting investigations in challenging jurisdictions, with particular expertise in FCPA and anti-corruption matters and complex cross-border litigation.

Assumed financial leadership at this NYC based internet start-up during critical period of senior management reorganization

Assumed financial responsibility for Nielsen Entertainment with the primary objective of improving the profitability of this business unit.Nielsen Entertainment is a diverse portfolio of global businesses providing information services to the Music, Book and Film Industries, with Revenue and Ebitda in excess of $120m and $30m respectively

Lead finance role for the Local TV ratings unit with $340m in Revenue, and $70m of Ebitda. During this time, the company introduced new metering technology in Local Television Markets; multi year project with capital expenditures in excess of $200m

Nielsen Media Research became a stand-alone publicly traded entity as a result of a spin-off from Cognizant Corporation in July of 1998, and was subsequently acquired by VNU, (a Netherlands based media conglomerate), in October 1999.Established external reporting function for this market research company, with annual revenue of $500m. Responsible for all corporate SEC filings from inception through acquisition, prepared the company’s first annual report, prepared company’s quarterly earnings releases

Cognizant became public as a result of a spin-off from the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation in November 1996.Established tax department for this multinational market research company, with annual revenues of $1.4 billion with operations in over 80 countries.

Held various General Accounting and Tax RolesCreated Tax Accounting department, responsible for global implementation of SFAS 109 and annual tax provision.

Certified Public Accountant: responsible for diverse roster of clients; retail, import/export, manufacturing.

Cost Accounting Manager at manufacturing facility in Queens, NY