Senior financial executive with 50 years of experience in financial analysis and management, advising large privately held and public companies in audit preparation, accounting consulting, financial statement preparation, securing and negotiating business financing including asset-based lines of credit, bank term loans, secured and unsecured subordinated debt and public offerings. A&A consultant to CPA firms. Royalty and participation auditing; forensic and expert witness assignments.

Partner in charge of public company audit practice; former partner in charge of accounting and auditing. Responsible for development of SEC practice.

Audit partner responsible for public and non public clients in diverse industries including entertainment, major and independent film producers and distributors, heavy manufacturing, wholesale, retail, service industries. Represented debtors and creditors in bankruptcy proceedings; forensic and expert witness assignments.

Senior auditor responsible for certified audits of state and county government organizations such as community colleges, universities, hospitals, boards of supervisors and regulatory agencies.

Enlisted in the US Navy out of high school and served aboard a nuclear missile submarine operating out of Agana, Guam.