Patrick A. Cozza, Board Director, Executive In Residence Email & Phone Number

Florida, United States

South Orange, NJ, US

Honored to join the Board of Regents at my undergraduate alma mater! Member of the Audit and Academic Affairs committees.

Teaneck, NJ, US

As an Executive in Residence act as a strategic advisor and liaison to the Dean for the Silberman College of Business, partnering the business community with the University, as well as being a member of the board of advisors of the business school, chairman of the partnership committee and Professor. Developed, installed and instruct on line proprietary on.

Board member and committee chair

Provides strategic consultation to company C suite executives, focusing on the areas of business transformation, leading to sustained revenue and profit growth through strategic focus, organization design as well as acquisition or divestiture means, independently or through Guidepoint, a leading global consulting firm. Provides consulting services in the.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

Member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee for this Cerbus Capital private equity company. Helped lead the strategic transformation of the company.

Franchise Group is an operator of franchised and franchisable businesses that continually looked to grow its portfolio of brands while utilizing its operating and capital allocation philosophy to generate strong cash flow for its shareholders. Franchise Group’s business lines included Buddy’s Home Furnishings, American Freight, Pet Supplies Plus, Wag N'.

Was asked to join the board to provide transformational change in board governance leadership as an Independent Board Director and member of the Audit committee, Chair of the Compensation Committee for this public company turn around story with tremendous potential, the 3rd largest tax preparer in the US with 4,000 offices in the US and Canada. Effective.

Board member for this Mariner Finance owned company.

Webster, NY, US

$15M angel investor funded industry disrupter automated pizza machine business needing strategic redirection, investors or possible sale. Was asked by angel investors to take on the job of CEO to redefine the strategy, perfect and manufacture machines for deployment, build relationships with distribution partners and position the company for future success.

London, GB

• Board Chairman and CEO of four insurance companies located in the US, Canada, India, UK which marketed insurance and annuities in the U.S. and Canada, through the distribution channels of digital, credit card, bank and.
• Doubled the profits of the business to c$.8 billion. Consistently beat annual revenue and profit goals.
• Established superior risk, compliance and board governance functions with no material fines or actions by any insurance regulatory department, OCC, CFPB, FSA or FRB regulator.
• Developed industry leading patented technologies which created first of its kind data driven underwriting.
• Advised HSBC’s businesses in Mexico and the UK on US business best practices centered on patented technological achievements in products and service which significantly improved revenues and costs.
• Achieved the lowest expense to revenue metric in all of HSBC’s North American businesses and HSBC’s worldwide insurance businesses for 5 years through technological innovation and global outsourcing.

London, GB

• Group Executive, Taxpayer Financial Services and North America and Mexico Insurance (2000– 2004)Designed and led the turnaround of a struggling financial services and insurance business in the US, Canada and Mexico.
• Transformed the tax preparation business from 4 million customers, $4B of lending and $40MM of profit, to 9 million customers, $14B of lending and $250MM of profit and the #1 provider of financial services to tax.

London, GB

CFO (12 years), President and COO (3 years) within Beneficial Corporation and Household International subsidiaries, the largest US consumer finance company

American Financial Services Association Executive Program Kenan-Flagler Graduate School Of Business

Bs, Management

Mba, Finance

Leadership At The Peak

Board Leadership Fellow