Project Clients & Past Employers

• Occidental Petroleum ($20B publicly traded oil and gas production)
• The Walt Disney Studios ($12B studio division)
• Warner Bros. ($8B studio division)
• Paramount Pictures ($5B home entertainment group)
• DreamWorks SKG ($2B home entertainment group)
• MGA Entertainment ($1B privately held toy manufacturer and distributor)
• New Regency Productions ($600M privately held movie/television/music)
• Virgin Entertainment Group ($240M retail division)
• Berry Petroleum ($200M publicly listed oil and gas production)
• Shoe Pavilion ($150M publicly traded retailer)
• Superconductor Technologies ($75M publicly traded provider of RF wireless solutions, adaptive filtering, and cryogenics)
• Inogen ($50M privately held bio tech and medical device company)Post Logic Studios ($20M privately post production - entertainment)
• AltraBiofuels ($20M privately-held, high-growth biofuel technology company)
• Buzznet ($10M social networking web site)
• The Ultimate Game (pre-start up motivational speaker)
• OleOle ($10M privately held online ticket broker)
• SADA Systems (information technology services firm)
• Arthur Andersen (Clients included ITT, Robinson May, Spectra Star, Pierce Bros., Electro Rents)

Functional Finance & Accounting Experience

Financial Reporting & General Accounting
• Executive CFO experience at both the corporate and subsidiary level with a variety of companies; experience encompasses external and management financial reporting, period end close, consolidations, AP, AR, and Payroll.
• Served as Interim CFO of a $1B manufacturing and distribution company with full accountability for all accounting, finance and treasury functions.
• Functioned as interim Controller for multi-unit retail entity, providing significant support to new CFO appointed during period of financial crisis.
• Managed AR, credit, collections, AP, Payroll, Fixed Assets and period end closing, including development of accruals, posting of all subledgers, and reconciliation of all key accounts.
• Drafted year-end financial reports, including financial statements, all required footnote disclosures, and internal management reports. Consolidated all reporting information for senior executives and BOD review.
• Closed and consolidated the books of a company with 15 different reporting entities.
• Overhauled accounting team and implemented industry best practices; mentored company financial staff through transition and modeled appropriate behaviors and demeanor.
• Managed year-end physical inventory count process involving third party.
• Evaluated various accounting software platforms including Great Plains and NetSuite. Developed RFP document and made final recommendations.
• Oversaw all residual, participation and third party royalty payments, including application of FAS 53 and SOP 00-2 as it relates to TV and film distribution.
• Responsible for corporate tax compliance and preparation (both U.S. and foreign), including resolution of European tax issues.
• Set up Excel-based inventory system to automate and improve inventory tracking.
• Performed extensive forensic accounting procedures and data review to help rebuild historical records of Indian (Native American) royalty payments between the United States government and the U.S. reservation system.
• Analyzed and provided written analysis on variances to senior management.

Financial Planning & Analysis
• Extensive leadership experience working closely with senior executive colleagues and operational management to develop financial objectives and create and implement plans to monitor and achieve desired results.
• Led all aspects of the annual planning process for a variety of companies, including creation of company-wide budgeting processes, reviewing departmental budget requests, and presenting final budgets to senior leadership teams and Boards of Directors for approval.
• Authored written analysis of business for equity investors and management. Identified key revenue and cost drivers with recommendations for savings opportunities.
• Managed capital budgeting and planning processes, including buy vs. lease analysis for major equipment purchases.
• Created fully integrated 3 year financial and operational forecast model and presented to board of directors for internet start-up company.
• Provided analysis, including fee and scenario analysis to support several business acquisitions and a major television distribution deal.
• Created feature valuation models to value foreign TV library and other entertainment properties and prepared profit by product report.

Treasury & Cash Management
• Oversaw all corporate treasury functions, including cash management, monthly cash flow projections, banking relationships, foreign hedging for a $1B manufacturing and distribution entity.
• Developed and maintained relationships in the banking and financing industry and have assisted in the search for financing.
• Calculated borrowing base calculation for asset based lending facility and created borrowing base forecasts used to secure bank financing.
• Helped secure a $600M line of credit with a banking syndicate using a 5 year cash flow forecast model.
• Worked with senior product team to maximize cash flow by the carefully monitoring the timing and amount of inventory purchases and monitoring return cycles.

Financial Audit, Internal Controls & Sarbanes Oxley Compliance
• Extensive experience managing SOX compliance programs, internal control reviews, and streamlining business processes to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.
• Served as SOX project leader for Fortune 100 company with domestic and overseas operations; supervised preparation of process documentation and oversaw testing of internal controls at both the corporate and subsidiary levels.
• Analyzed business processes and documented internal control structure.
• Flow charted and documented Risk Navigator Tool for significant business processes.
• Functioned as primary client contact for all SOX 404 related inquiries, including clarifications of process documentation, selection of walkthrough and test samples, and remediation of testing exceptions.
• Managed numerous financial audits including preparation of all requested schedules, provision of audit samples, and resolving related accounting issues.
• Audited government contracts for compliance with Department of Defense reporting standards.

Corporate Restructuring & Turnaround
• Supervised the calculation of the debtor's liquidation analysis for a potential business dissolution and bankruptcy proceeding.
• Assisted in the restructuring of a distressed company, including search for additional financing and recapitalization.
• Worked with external turnaround and bankruptcy consultants to prepare company for filing of bankruptcy which included the preparation of all the documentation needed at the time of filing.
• Re-engineered accounting department following the discovery of employee embezzlement; hired and trained new accounting staff, supervised forensic accounting processes, implemented new internal controls, and converted to new G/L software.
• Helped prepare and present financial forecast and work-out plan to $300M banking syndicate.
• Performed liquidity analysis and created 100 day action plan to stretch available cash resources for distressed company.
• Created cash flow forecast used to manage negative cash flow; maintained daily/weekly cash reports. Drafted monthly reporting package for multi-unit retailer's bank.
• Oversaw the Treasury and Accounts Payable functions through a near bankruptcy crisis situation, in which crucial vendor payments were analyzed, prioritized, and sometimes restructured to avoid operational disruptions.
• Led turnaround of unprofitable organization; restored profitability by systematic review of unnecessary costs and eliminating unprofitable product lines.
• Served as point of contact for financial matters for work-out group of a major bank.

Systems Expertise: Selected Detail

Microsoft Excel
• Advanced Level Excel User including complex modeling, pivot tables, macros, advanced charting, shared data, heavy database linking, customization of toolbars and menus, and creation of user-oriented applications using controls and custom add-ins.

Microsoft Access
• Proficient Level Access User with experience building custom databases from scratch, utilizing forms, custom and nested queries and multiple reports.
• Experience interfacing multiple databases to complete ad hoc reporting and analysis.

Oracle
• Proficient Oracle user of general ledger module.

Mas-90
• Led full cycle Mas-90 implementation, including the AP, Trial Balance, Job Costing and Inventory modules.
• Implemented Crystal and FRX Reporting.

Risk Navigator
• Experienced in navigation of software, management of approvals, and attaching/retrieving documentation.

Education & Credentials

• California State University, Northridge, BS, Accounting and Finance, August 1990
• CPA, State of California