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Meridian is a fully integrated life science company that develops, manufactures, markets and distributes a broad range of innovative diagnostic test kits, rare reagents, specialty biologicals and components.Responsible for Corporate Development (M&A), Business Development, Strategy, Corporate Social Responsibility / ESG, Public Relations (including Corporate Website), Global Lean Initiatives, and Global Procurement for the Diagnostics Division reporting to the COO/CFO with a team of 6.

Meridian (NASDAQ: VIVO) is a fully integrated life science company that develops, manufactures, markets and distributes a broad range of innovative diagnostic test kits, rare reagents, specialty biologicals and components.Responsible for Corporate Development (M&A), Business Development, Strategy, Investor Relations & ESG, Public Relations (including Corporate Website) reporting to the CEO. Transactions:4/30/2020 - Acquisition of Exalenz Bioscience7/31/2021 - Acquisition of BreathTek product line from Otsuka4/30/2022 - Acquisition of EUPROTEIN10/26/2022 - Acquisition of asset from Estel Biosciences1/31/2023 - Sale of Meridian Bioscience, Inc for $1.5B (announced 7/7/22)

Boutique advisory firm specializing in strategic finance, mergers & acquisitions, growth strategy and interim or fractional CFO projects.Example Projects:Ark Malibu (https://arkmalibu.com/) - Industry expert for Ark Malibu on a potential sell-side M&A engagementRefinery Ventures - Planned and led a finance workshop for portfolio companies of Refinery VenturesEVERYTHING BUT THE HOUSE (https://www.ebth.com/) - Supported the CEO of EBTH on a variety of projects including strategy, business development, financial reporting and monthly close 80 Acres Farms (https://www.80acresfarms.com/) - Supported the founders as CFO in advance of joining the company full-time

80 Acres Farms is an indoor farming pioneer providing customers with flavorful, and nutritious locally grown fruits and vegetables at affordable prices. Utilizing state of the art proprietary technologies, including modular grow zones, customized LED lighting, precisely-tuned climate controls, and an artificial intelligence powered growing system, the Company is able to offer customers a wide variety of pesticide free produce with a longer at home shelf life that exceeds the highest standards in food safety.https://www.80acresfarms.comhttps://www.infinite-acres.com/

Member of the Corporate FP&A Group leading the Strategic Finance and Corporate Functions Teams (team of seven plus two remote indirect reports).Corporate Functions:1) Management of OpEx and CapEx budgets for Finance, HR, Legal, Business Development and Facilities2) Finance business partner to the CFO, SVP HR, General Counsel, SVP Business Development and VP Facilities3) Responsible for monthly and quarterly reporting and variance analysis, weekly outlook and quarterly forecast, and ahoc projects as required to support the business partners and their leadership teamStrategic Planning:1) Lead strategic projects as requested by the CFO or VP of Corporate FP&A2) Ownership of the long-range strategic financial model and target setting3) Creation of all financial analysis / materials for the Board of Directors4) Finance support to Investor Relations in the quarterly earnings process5) Creation of the Key Metrics Dashboard for the Board of Directors & CEO Staff6) Competitive benchmarking7) Adhoc financial reporting for CFO, VP of Corporate FP&A and VP of IR8) Support for legal as designated finance representative for EA9) FP&A representative on key cross-functional accounting and finance projects such as GAAP accounting changes, new system implementations, etc.

Member of the Corporate FP&A Group leading the Strategic Planning Team with two direct reports.Core Responsibilities Included:1) Lead strategic projects as requested by the CFO or VP of Corporate FP&A2) Ownership of the long-range strategic financial model and target setting for annual plan lock3) Creation of all financial analysis / materials for the Board of Directors4) Finance support to Investor Relations in the quarterly earnings process5) Creation of the Key Metrics Dashboard for the Board of Directors & CEO Staff6) Competitive benchmarking7) Adhoc financial reporting for CFO, VP of Corporate FP&A and VP of IR8) Support for legal as designated finance representative for EAExample Strategic Projects:1) Location consolidation analysis2) Growth plans for EA's subscription offerings and financial impacts3) Business case for the new Competitive Gaming Division4) Business case for EA's Broadcasting Strategy5) Evaluation of new IP green light process6) Strategy to improve quality of operational dataMember of the Analytics Guild - a select cross functional, cross level group tasked with accelerating the advancement of analytics within the company and driving our digital-first capabilities

Internal mergers and acquisitions and corporate strategy group for EA. Key projects include:1) Led the carve-out divestiture of the World Series of Poker mobile and Facebook game to Caesars Interactive Entertainment and managed post-closing transition.2) Managed the strategic evaluation and approval of the opportunity to license the Star Wars IP from The Walt Disney Company in future game development.3) Conducted a strategic evaluation and recommended market entry strategy of the online gambling and social casino industries for the senior executive team and the board of directors.4) Led the evaluation and negotiation of numerous uncompleted acquisition opportunities.

Internal mergers and acquisitions group for AT&T. Responsible for all aspects of the transaction including financial due diligence and managing the cross functional due diligence team, financial projections, valuation, strategic rationale, approval presentations, and contract review and negotiation.Sample of transactions include:2007 - Acquisition of Interwise (web conferencing)2007 - Acquisition of Ingenio (pay-per-call technology)2008 - Sale of a division of the Berry Company to Local Insight Media (print yellow pages)2009 - Acquisition of Plusmo (mobile application development)2010 - Sale of Wayport, Inc's International Assets in Copenhagen (WiFi hotspot provider)2011 - Acquisition of two rural wireless carriers in Texas2011 - Acquisition of T-Mobile USA (terminated prior to close)Positions:Associate 8/2007 to 8/2008Senior Associate 9/2008 to 8/2009Associate Director 9/2009 to 1/2011Director 2/2011 to 4/2011

Graduate of the 2005 Lifeguard AcademySouthern Section Recurrent Summer Lifeguard

Investment Banking Summer Associate in the BAS Technology GroupSample Projects:Contributed to the valuation analysis of the $196M sale of Intervideo to Corel through development of the DCF model and preparation of the board of directors' report.Spearheaded the creation and analysis of a 600,000+ record customer sales Access database to evaluate a financial sponsor's potential acquisition of a semiconductor company.

Mergers & acquisitions advisory services as well as general strategic consulting. Sample Projects:2002-2003 - Support for the CFO of the House Ear Institute 2003-2005 - Sell-side advisory to Zions Bank regarding select portfolio investments2004-2005 - Buy-side M&A advisory to Alltrade Tools2004-2005 - Cash flow management assignment for Smith Emery Labs Sample Transactions:2003 - Sale of P5 eHealth Services to Pinnacle Health Systems (Zions Bank Company)2004 - Acquisition of vegetable packaging facility of J. R. Simplot by Norpac Foods2005 - Venture capital raise and sale of Providus Software Solutions (Zions Bank Company)

IT Consultant for PwC Consulting (now IBM Consulting)Member of ASCENT 10Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical Company Project: Designed and tested over 25 processes to load, validate and transform data feeds through the use of a job scheduler, a data transformation tool, Oracle SQL and Unix scripting. The data provided information to the sales teams, pivotal in their evaluation of sales strategies.ASCENT Training Program: Twelve-week program emphasizing experience with n-tier technologies. Employed Java, SQL (for Oracle 8), UNIX fundamentals and a graphical user interface (GUI) Java development tool to develop an online client server application.