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San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

• Led finance, accounting, treasury, and tax functions (23-person team) for Diamond Foods, LLC, a $500 million carve-out nut processor/distributor that was acquired by Blue Road Capital in 2017. Oversaw annual audit, tax.
• Directed financial execution of six-month transition service agreement, including accounting allocations, for former owner, Snyder’s-Lance, as a Diamond Foods, LLC employee.
• Led successful financial integration of National Pecan, a Blue Road portfolio company, into Diamond Foods’ systems. Delivered $10 million of annual cost savings.
• Recruited and developed a high-performing, Stockton-based finance and accounting team for the new, consolidated entity.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Managed accounting close for 13 domestic and international subsidiaries of this $1 billion company. Oversaw consolidation and preparation of financial statements. Managed quarterly earnings release and annual audit.
• Served on Diamond deal team for Snyder’s-Lance $2 billion acquisition of Diamond Foods. Provided financial information, modeling, and analyses to investment bankers, attorneys, auditors, and buyers.
• Directed review and update of SOX compliance, including processes, narratives, and flow charts, for key internal controls. Work products supported acquisition integration planning.
• Led Hyperion Financial Management implementation and business process transformation project. Eliminated material weakness in internal control. Reduced close cycle time 22%.
• Partnered with Snyder's-Lance Finance and IT teams to integrate three brands’ accounting systems with new parent’s Oracle system. Completed on time and within budget.
• Following Snyder's-Lance's decision to sell Diamond Nuts, developed pro forma financial carve-out. Supported marketing process and late 2016 sale to private equity firm, Blue Road Capital.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Promoted to VP by new CFO. Led eight-person planning, budgeting, and forecasting team.
• Managed preparation of well-documented, defensible budgets and forecasts to serve as essential exhibits in recapitalization efforts. Supported new $225 million debt investment from Oaktree Capital and amended credit.
• Led preparation of financial exhibits for defense against investor class action lawsuit related to a prior earnings restatement. Supported argument that plaintiffs’ request would create value impairment and liquidity.
• Supported successful second round of debt financing following elimination of financial uncertainty caused by class action suit.

Salem, Oregon

• Promoted to VP Finance for newly acquired $200 million subsidiary. Led acquisition integration. Managed financial and cost accounting, inventory management, and tax. Led 10-person team.
• Served as member of senior management team that laid foundation for 60% growth. Kettle brand motivated LNCE to pay double-digit market premium to acquire DMND.
• Realized planned accounting synergies following acquisition. Transitioned Kettle from legacy ERP to JD Edwards. Moved transaction processing to Diamond’s shared services center.
• Directed successful SOX implementation for this previously privately held company.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Recruited by former Controller at Ocular Sciences (acquired by CooperVision) to build and operate financial infrastructure following Diamond’s conversion from $400 million agricultural co-operative to stock ownership.
• Implemented Cognos, company’s first planning, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis software. Instituted discipline and enabled company to give investors earnings guidance.
• Managed internal and external reporting. Identified and resolved technical issues. Drafted full GAAP financial statements. Developed processes for closing, earnings releases, and SEC reporting.
• Performed financial due diligence on $200 million Pop Secret and $670 million Kettle acquisitions. Modeled EPS dilution, financial impact of expected synergies, etc. Supported bankers in obtaining transaction.

San Francisco Bay Area

Prepared monthly consolidation of 18 global entities, coordinated quarterly reviews and annual audit, and prepared SEC filings for $320 million Ocular Sciences (acquired by CooperVision). Shifted to budgeting, forecasting, and development of standard costs following CooperVision acquisition. CooperVision: $1.5 billion division of $1.8 billion Cooper.

San Francisco Bay Area

Technical GAAP and SEC expert. Prepared financial statements, earnings release documents, and SEC filings. Supported acquisitions and debt issuances. Solectron: $18.7 billion, and world’s largest, electronics manufacturing services company for OEMs. Operated in 20+ countries. Baldridge Award winner. NYSE: SLR.

San Francisco Bay Area

Led preparation of Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFRs), in compliance with Government Accounting Standards (GASB), for several Bay Area entities, including the City and County of San Francisco. Audited the California State University system and St. Mary’s College.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), (Joint Program, Columbia University & U.C. Berkeley)

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting