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Have medical problems, not working since July 2009

Member of Business Management Services (Budget) Financial Services group, where the main responsibility is preparation and coordination of the annual corporate budget. This involves dealing with all areas of the company and maintaining monthly variance with the budget through communication with the various departments and reporting to the Board of Trustees on a monthly basis..

Duties include journal entries and financials for an entity acquired in late 2006 as a subsidiary of GlobalSCAPE, Inc. Review of 10-Q SEC filings for the CFO and completion of the Annual Proxy statement. Other responsibilities include Sarbanes-Oxley documentation and testing, calculation of commission and bonus for all sales and product management personnel (monthly & quarterly) for both entities and gathering information regarding the merger and consolidation of all entities into one to be

Member of the Financial Services/Special Projects group, where the main responsibility is preparation of cash flow forecasting for 25 years, based upon data from forecasting, budget and actual costs. In addition, the cash flow model is currently being updated for more efficiency by me and another team member. Special projects include writing procedures for minimum balances of fund accounts, sweep account study, procedures for escrow account audit, ATM project coordination and analysis, customize in-house Access database for use by another area and assist budget management with finalizing the CPS O&M and capital budgets for fiscal years ending 2008-2012.

Reporting to the President/CEO and the Board of Directors, I was responsible for all accounting, finance and treasury operations including monthly general ledger close and financial statements, cash management, supervision of accounts payable, accounts receivable, insurance, and budget preparation and maintenance. Authoring and filing of quarterly 10-Q, annual 10-K, annual proxy and other required reporting to SEC including Forms 3, 4, 5 and 8-K for publicly traded companies. I facilitated quarterly reviews and annual audits with external auditors. Reconciliation of various general ledger accounts as required supporting financial statements. Insure management of general ledger using Great Plains accounting software, supervision of staff, management participation and generation of various reports from Access database. I supervised a small accounting staff of 2.

Reporting to the President and CFO, I was responsible for the monthly general ledger close and financial statements, supervision of accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, equipment/building maintenance and human resources personnel, web reporting for major client, customer billing, management of 3 buildings (approximately 90,000 square feet total), MAS90 accounting system, Peachtree accounting system, prepared financial reports for quarterly Board of Directors meetings and all insurance. Consulted and directed in house programmers to develop concept for automated billing system. I was promoted to Controller in May 2003.

Reporting to the Corporate Accounting Manager, I was responsible for the supervision of eight Accounting Associates processing over 4,000 payables per month for 40 companies, assist corporate accounting with monthly close by preparing correcting journal entries, facilitated accounts payable portion of annual audit with external auditors, interfaced with parent company on inter-company receivables, general ledger account reconciliations (resulting in a large increase to net income), participated in company wide accounting management meeting, weekly conference calls and data warehouse queries using Impromptu by Cognos.

Reporting to the President and Chairman of the Board, I was responsible for the monthly general ledger close, financial statements, cash management, bank borrowing base reports, customer financing, UCC filings, acquisition of line of credit and capital financing, supervision of 5 accounting clerks in remote locations, inventory reconciliation and variances for feedstuffs and cattle, pro-forma work on potential acquisitions and new lines of business. I also purchased cattle and assisted in commodity trading. I was responsible for updating the accounting system to facilitate Controller position move from Texas Panhandle to San Antonio. The move was efficient and resulted in managing the accounting for two feedlots and partnership interest in two others at the corporate office. I continued automation of accounting system throughout my tenure. I also acted as controller for meat purveyor (partnership of owners) in addition to feedlot duties. This included researching industry specific accounting software, monthly general ledger close, financial statements, implementation of new order entry and inventory software, training staff, inventory analysis and staff supervision. I handled hardware and software for these and other related entities.

Monthly general ledger close, financial statements, manual general ledger and job cost system, customer billing, accounts receivable, accounts payable and payroll, all done manually. I prepared all sales tax for multiple entities including locations in California. I also prepared all payroll tax returns including 940, 941, 1099, W-2, W-3 and TWC. I assisted agency principals with customer presentations and prepared and maintained client budgets.

Public work included; write up work, participation in audits, preparation of financial statements and tax returns for individuals, partnerships, corporations and various profit sharing plans. Prepared various, sales tax, payroll tax and franchise tax returns.

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Bachelor Of Business Administration, Accounting