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Seattle, Washington, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Pre-IPO company providing a cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) platform to enable companies of all sizes to rapidly and cost-effectively launch, manage and monetize IoT services on a global scale.- Manage the traditional accounting responsibilities, including revenue oversight, and manage a team of eight.- Significant involvement in the company’s pre-IPO preparation process.- Evaluate revenue recognition practices as well as current and historical financial statements resulting in the implementation of changes in anticipation of going public- Evaluate and implement process improvements, including the remediation of deficiencies in financial reporting that existed prior to my arrival.- Manage the independent auditors and prepare audit committee presentations.- Significant involvement in due diligence related to the Cisco acquisition.

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Newly public company in April 2011 providing on-demand software (SaaS) that enables companies to engage in orchestrated marketing across email, mobile, social, display and the web.- Manage the traditional accounting responsibilities and manage a team of more than 30, including staff in Australia.- Actively evaluate and implement process improvements, including the remediation of a material weakness in financial reporting that occurred prior to my arrival, making sure the company was SOX compliant for its first post-IPO year and evaluating the company’s ERP/business systems.- Manage relationships with independent auditors and other external service providers.- Responsible for regular audit committee presentations.- Significant involvement in due diligence related to the Oracle acquisition.

El Segundo, Ca, Us

Turn-around opportunity with a publicly traded online search advertising network solutions company that has approximately $50 million of revenue.Managed the traditional CFO responsibilities along with legal, human resources and facilities. Interfaced with Board of Directors, investors and equity analysts. Also responsible for:- Contributing to the company achieving profitability for three straight quarters after twenty-five straight quarters of losses.- Working closely with the CEO and Board in developing a remediation plan and evaluating strategic alternatives.- Interfacing with customers to negotiate contracts and resolve operational issues.- Providing cross functional business support, including the development of operating metrics.- Improving quarterly financial close and reporting process to comfortably meet Board, earnings release and SEC filing deadlines while reducing cost by 33%.- Identifying and completing headquarters move resulting in annual savings of $2 million.

San Jose, California, Us

Reported to the CFO and managed a team of more than 300 employees.Strategic Planning - Recommended a number of corporate organizational structure changes and actively participated in the implementation of those decisions.Mergers & Acquisitions - Collaborated on more than 40 acquisitions, including the $13 billion acquisition of Veritas. Participated in due diligence, negotiation of terms and conditions, reviewing agreements, integration, valuation, tax structuring, purchase accounting implications and filing of Form S-4 registration statement.External Reporting/Technical Accounting - Direct involvement in the regular SEC filings on Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-8, annual proxy and evaluation of technical accounting issues.SOX - Provided leadership and direction in evaluating internal controls, including project management, evaluation of control deficiencies, remediation, evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures, assistance with management’s assessment, and communication with the external auditors and the audit committee.Tax - Significant involvement/experience in accounting for income taxes, forecasting the effective tax rate, controversy, and federal, state and foreign tax audits.Audit Committee - Key participant with responsibility for developing the agenda, preparing and presenting relevant information, coordinating and reviewing all presentations, and drafting minutes.Treasury - Responsible for recommending investment and foreign exchange policy changes to the audit committee. Assist with stock buyback strategy, cash flow forecasting and analysis, and insurance related decisions.Convertible Debt Offerings - Assisted with evaluating capital structure alternatives, including the type and size of debt to be offered, researched the accounting and tax consequences of the convertible debt offerings, bond hedges and warrants, and helped prepare the related Form S-3 registration statement and supplemental filings.

New York, Ny, Us

Provided tax compliance and consulting services primarily to companies in the high technology industry. These companies varied in size from small start-ups to large multi-state and multinational operations. Areas of experience included: transfer pricing, foreign royalty arrangements and inter-company agreements, foreign tax credit planning, foreign structures and reorganization transactions, IRS and state income tax examinations, accounting for income taxes, stock option planning, state income and sales tax compliance and research, and federal income tax compliance and research.