Paul Daniel Email & Phone Number

Gibraltar CFO Services provides outsource CFO services to multiple businesses in the Santa Barbara and Ventura county area, including CIO Solutions, ACI Materials, Rusty's Pizza, ParentSquare, Visus, Mambo Media, Bishop Diego High School, and the United Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County. My focus is twofold: 1)to ensure that the accounting.

Ottawa, CA

The Leadership Group is a professional development group focused on helping business owners expand their skills and improve their businesses.

• B and H Flowers is a cut flower grower and bouquet maker serving mass market and wholesale markets.
• Led company through chapter 11 bankruptcy filing to successful confirmation of bankruptcy plan
• Successfully converted enterprise business system in 90 days
• Implemented labor management system, leading to cost reductions >1% of sales annually
• Negotiated $700K claim for losses due to power interruption with PG&E
• Managed cash flow, banking relationship and suppliers during tight cash situation

• Commerce Planet is an e-commerce company providing on-line membership services
• Built reporting systems to meet SEC reporting requirementso Filed all required 10-Q, 10-K, and 8-K reportso Initiated Sarbanes Oxley 404 compliance plano Coordinated annual audit
• Created integrated financial models for P&L and Cash Flow projections
• Created reporting systems to deliver financials in 3 days
• Implemented weekly cash management process

Santa Barbara, CA, US

• ABC-CLIO is a publisher of educational and reference products
• Implemented numerous process improvements with a customer service process improvement team
• Automated financial reporting to utilize FRX report writer features within SOLOMON
• Led team to evaluate and recommend new business system
• Created automated billing tracking system for annual renewal products

Bethesda, MD, US

• Govplace is a reseller of computers and peripherals to the Government
• Changed sales compensation system, resulting in dramatic increase in profitability
• Assumed responsibility of conversion from QuickBooks to Great Plains, one year after cutover and successfully closed the entire year in one month
• Implemented monthly reporting process, resulting in full P&L completion in 5 days
• Improved relationships with major suppliers during periods of high growth despite cash flow limitations

• Ericsson, the global telecom provider, acquired Advanced Computer Communications in 1998, a manufacturer of internet communications equipment.
• Led the operations organization, with full responsibility for subcontract manufacturing, manufacturing engineering, system integration and test, quality assurance, and order management while the company grew from $20M.
• Implemented cost reduction strategies for key components within the supply chain, leading to 15%+ annual decrease in cost of goods
• Focused the manufacturing organization on customer based metrics to improve customer satisfaction
• Managed contract manufacturers of communications equipment and power systems. Also experienced with in house manufacturing organizations and third party OEMs