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Over 35 years experience across Big 4, FORTUNE 200, Investment Banking and, for the last 15+ years, as CFO to high growth, typically venture-backed companies. Particular expertise in board/SEC/management reporting, M&A, financings, and creating a sound accounting, compliance, legal, and systems foundation to support rapid growth. As CFO, I have achieved uniformly clean opinions from E&Y and other leading audit firms.Led >$2 Billion in Buy- & Sell-side M&A, VC/PE financings, & IPOs for companies in Life Sciences, FinTech, and Mobile Payments & Fraud Prevention. CPA (inactive)Specialties: -Corporate Development -VC, PE & IPO Financings-Financial Reporting, including executive dashboards, key performance indicators (KPIs)-SEC Reporting-Board Reporting-Segment reporting-Netsuite and Sage/Intacct-Grant management, reporting; Single- and Program Specific Audits-Manufacturing and inventory control-Cross-functional leadership of global sales teams; incentive comp plan set-up and management; performance reporting-Multi-National Operational Leadership & Reporting-Legal: Contract Negotiation; IP Protection & Defense-SOC & ISO Compliance-International Expansion-US & EU Data Compliance-Multi-Currency Cash Management-Management and SEC Reporting-Taxation, US (Federal & SALT) & E