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President, CEO

Location:
Portland, OR
Posted:
August 20, 2014

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Richard M. Noling

**** ******** *****, *******, ** 93428 805-***-****

acfh6b@r.postjobfree.com

Proven success at evaluating, directing, and growing operations and finance

for venture-funded and public companies in turnaround, startup, and high

growth situations. Financial expert with the demonstrated leadership

ability to build market leadership; provide vision, focus, and execution;

and assemble and motivate talented, top management teams. Forward thinking

strategist and effective decision-maker who pinpoints inefficiencies and

employs integrity, principle, and a passion for service and success in

every endeavor.

Notable Career Achievements

> Successfully directed IPO's and orchestrated corporate mergers

> Revitalized an underperforming high tech Public Company to a technology

market leader

> Founded, built, and sold market leading computer disk manufacturer after

attaining 60% market share

> Established growth and profitability during a turnaround for a VC-backed

computer peripheral manufacturer

> Successfully raised over $30 million in five rounds of venture financing

and two rounds of angel financing

> Served as CEO of a British public company and two U.S. Green Technology

Companys

Value Offered:

Extensive International Large Scale Fundraising Global Market

Experience Efforts Expansion

New Product Development / M&A / Due Diligence / IPO's Strategic Financial

Focus SEC Reporting / SOX Compliance Planning

Fundraising / Investor Financial / Risk

Relations Analysis

Education

M.S., Administration, (Finance and Quantitative Analysis), University of

California, Irvine, CA, 1979

M.A., Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary, 1972

B.A., Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Science, University of

California, San Diego, CA, 1970

Professional Experience

Intellergy Corporation

A renewable energy company that converts organic waste into"green" hydrogen

and other useful products without combustion

President / CEO / Board Director

2008 to present

Developed business strategy, key partnerships and alliances for this late

stage development company with patented disruptive technology.

Richard Noling LLC

Outside director to two public companies and consultant to several private

companies raising venture funding

Consultant / Board Director

2005 to 2010

Director and Audit Committee Chair for both Phoenix Technology (NASDAQ-

PTEC) and Hifn Corporation (NASDAQ-HIFN). Member of Compensation Committee

and Nomination & Governance Committee. Both companies were sold to

strategic partners during 2010 at which time I left those boards.

Forest Home Ministries, Forest Falls, CA 2005 to 2006

A camp/conference center with 600+ employees in six locations, serving

60,000 guests per year

Board Director, 1996 to 2006; Interim CEO, 2005 to 2006

Provided executive leadership, financial expertise, and operational focus

during transitional period. Faced with the residue from an inefficiently

run operation, led the turnaround and revitalization of staff, facilities,

and work ethic. Spearheaded fundraising and financing efforts; created a

collaborative culture based on focus groups and culture shift; and improved

and refurbished physical layout of the facilities and organization.

ThinGap Corporation, Ventura, CA 2003 to 2005

An Angel / VC backed four-year old start up with innovative, cutting edge

electric motor technology

President / CEO / Board Director

Requested by the Board to serve in concurrent leadership role in this

manufacturing company to provide direction and revitalize underperforming

operations. Set the company on a path for substantial growth, reorganized

organizational structure, updated insurance and accounting methodology, and

hired new executive management.

. Closed 2 venture capital rounds (primarily angel investors) and one

strategic investor financing.

. Grew revenues 10X in a 2-year period.

. Partnered with Japanese firm and established large scale manufacturing

operations in China in 2004, effectively modifying operations in the

United States to a more customized plant serving specialized businesses.

. Received CleanTech Forum "Most Promising Company" award.

Insignia Solutions, Plc, Fremont, CA; High Wycombe, England 1996 to 2003,

2005, 2006

President / CEO, 1997 to 2003; Board Director, 1997 to 2006

Chief Financial Officer, 1996 and 2005 (Interim)

Originally joined Insignia as CFO in 1996 to restore relations with Wall

Street. Following identification of questionable prior accounting

practices, promoted to CEO in early 1997 to reposition this faltering

public company and provide fresh vision and direction for new markets. My

solid industry reputation preceded the events that I inherited from prior

management as I led the company through an SEC investigation (with no

penalties) and negotiated settlement of a shareholder lawsuit.

Within the next few years, we downsized and sold off stale product lines to

provide funding for new technologies. Returned the company to a culture of

integrity and respect while building the company into the market leader for

Java on smart devices and resource constrained products. While

headquarters were in California, the company was British and more than two

thirds of the employees were located in England.

. During tenure, built and sold three divisions - SoftWindows, Ntrigue, and

Jeode and built a Java Virtual Machine business partnering with Sun

Microsystems.

Documagix Inc., Santa Clara, CA 1994 to 1995

Chief Financial Officer

Prepared the strategic business plan and raised venture capital for this

developer of personal paper management software with intelligent document

understanding techniques. Responsibilities included finance, accounting,

administration, human resources, three building facilities, manufacturing,

purchasing, and shipping.

Gupta Corporation, Menlo Park, CA 1991 to 1994

Senior Vice President / CFO

Performed a $45MM IPO and oversaw expansion of the company infrastructure

to facilitate growth from a $12MM revenue run rate to an $80MM run rate for

this producer of relational databases and development tools for PC's.

Oversaw Finance, Accounting, Investor Relations, MIS, Human Resources,

Facilities, Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Shipping departments.

Community Presbyterian Church, Danville, CA 1988 to 1991

Administrator / Minister of Prayer

I took a sabbatical to fulfill a personal goal of serving on the pastoral

staff of my church. Oversaw financial and administrative functions,

managed construction and relocation into an 80,000 square foot facility,

implemented sound business based policies and procedures, and established a

24-hour prayer chapel and ministry.

Prior Experience

(1973-1978) Atlantic Richfield Corporation (Engineer, Financial Analyst),

Los Angeles, CA; (1978-1979) Ford Aerospace (Financial Analyst), Newport

Beach, CA; (1979-1981) Century Data Systems, A Xerox Company (Sr. Financial

Analyst, Financial Planning Manager), Anaheim, CA; (1986-1988) Data

Technology Corporation (DTC) (CFO), Santa Clara, CA; (1981-1986) Charlton

Associates (CFO) (acquired by Xidex and Anacomp), Irvine, CA.



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