I have worked as a senior professional providing accounting and consulting services to medium and small-sized businesses, including several start-ups. AFC Enterprises, Inc.: The largest consulting project was a three-year assignment with AFC Enterprises, Inc. (parent for Popeyes Fried Chicken). Reported directly to the Chief Financial Officer and VP of Finance, assisting them with a complicated restatement of prior-year financial statements (more than fifteen different issues that restated five years of financial information):  Researched and analyzed accounting issues  Performed financial analyses  Drafted financial statements and financial statement disclosures  Drafted filings and refilings of SEC reports  Helped establish financial reporting controls consistent with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.Advanced Material Technologies, LLC: Co-founder and Chief Financial Officer of AMT, a start-up business organized to acquire, develop, manufacture, and market high-technology polymer structures.  Formulated business plan  Prepared financial projections Oversaw finance, accounting, and administrative functions Assisted with the due diligence of selected technologies Traveled to Arnhem (The Netherlands), Mexico City, New York City, and throughout the southeastern United States to negotiate contracts and to conduct investor presentations.

I had a 13-year career with D&T, rising from staff accountant, to manager, to partner.Responsible for the delivery of accounting & audit services to large and medium-sized clients in the cable television, electronic commerce, textile manufacturing, and electric utility industries, both public and private. Managed multiple engagements requiring the concurrent supervision of up to 25 professionals. Responsibilities included strategic planning, marketing of the firm’s services, billings and collections, recruiting, and staff development.Regularly met with Boards of Directors, Audit Committees, and Chief Financial Officers to discuss accounting issues, business risks, internal controls, audit findings, and related mattersAssisted clients with mergers and acquisitions ranging in size, up to $6.5 billion. Conceived, planned, and led a productivity initiative for D&T’s Atlanta office that reduced recurring audit hours by 14% in the initial year, and another 12% in the following year. Leveraging this experience, planned and led a regional productivity initiative that reduced recurring audit hours in Deloitte’s East region by 15% in the initial year. These efforts became the model for a firm-wide initiative. Authored D&T’s Best Practices Handbook for audit effectiveness and efficiency. While hours decreased, the quality of work increased due to better planning and execution of audits.While a young manager, selected as a rising partner candidate to participate in a two-year management development program in D&T’s National Office (Accounting Research). Served as a lead technical specialist for business combinations, asset impairments, and corporate restructurings.Researched, drafted, and defended clients’ proposed accounting positions before the SEC staff. In each case, won SEC approval for my client’s desired accounting treatment. Furthermore, provided extensive assistance to clients in their preparation of various filings with the SEC.