Richard C. Youngberg CPA

***B Caminito Madrigal

Carlsbad, California 92011

760-***-****

acr0jf@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE

Applied Membranes, Inc. - Appliedmembranes.com

Controller – November, 1998 to August, 2015

Responsible for all Accounting/Financial/Human Resources functions and some Operations functions of this 30 year old mid-market Manufacturer and Distributor of reverse osmosis water treatment systems and components.

Provided the infrastructure guidance to double company’s business over 10 years.

Initiated inventory controls to eliminate slow moving inventory, promote high sales items and keep levels down to improve carrying costs.

Initiated product margin analysis to eliminate low margin/low volume items from product line.

Set up automated company product pricing for OEM and END users through the ERP system

Set up MRP module for membrane manufacturing to control raw materials purchasing and finished goods inventory.

Guided the company through a change in Bank relations for a $2 million Line of Credit with EXIM Bank support.

Introduced Value added costing to manufactured products including labor and overhead factors.

Changed over the entire MIS systems from DOS based to NT WINDOWS based environment. This major Y2K changeover included all new workstations and software upgrades.

Helped improve bottom line profitability 75% by tightening inventory levels, improve Accounts Receivable and eliminate wasteful activities.

Ismeca Group/ Ismecam USA

Project Manager - January, 1996 to November, 1998

Responsible for the Electronics industry segment’s projects for this manufacturer of high technology precision Swiss machinery located in North County San Diego. Oversaw $15,000 to $900,000 projects from customer purchase order through the delivery of each machine. Projects ranged in length from two weeks to six month life cycles including engineering release, material procurement and Quality Assurance testing and shipping.

Within first year, brought all machine orders within budget while consistently maintaining favorable shipping delivery schedule to customer’s request.

Contributed to the business segment’s overall profit budget and delivery schedules for 1996 and first quarter 1997.

Controller January, 1989 to January, 1996

Helped establish the company’s first Division outside of Europe. Set corporate policies and procedures. Initiated a Corporate wide Accounting/Manufacturing System capable of maintaining manufacturing bills of material, job shop costing and inventory control including systems selection and implementation. Manufacturing needs included purchased and manufactured parts requisition planning, detailed job costing and profit tracking and necessary management reporting for Job progress monitoring. Systems design included remote site PC networking and the integration of multiple corporate entities and locations. As part of corporate cost cutting program, initiated the restructuring of company benefit package to include Group health and profit sharing programs.

Bravado & Company, Inc.

Controller July, 1987 to January, 1989

Developed the initial Corporate Business Plan including strategic Marketing Plans with appropriate actions, Financial Budgets and Projections detailing income/expenses, Cash position with Line of Credit, Sales/Cost of Sales and Balance Sheet items. Also included were necessary executive summaries for presentation to investors and bank financing officers for this start-up liquor importing and marketing company headquartered in California. Participated in the promotion of new products in Southern California market including on-sale establishment promotionals. Preparation of product pricing was instrumental in gaining product acceptance in the New York Market.

Userware International

Account Executive -- February, 1987 to July, 1987

Acquired and maintained customer accounts through direct sales and marketing efforts including Southern California territory development. Drafted news releases for new and enhanced products for press dissemination. Produced various marketing collaterals for distribution. In charge of assessing competitive software application information. Sold financial application software within three months of hire.

Software International/Computer Associates

Marketing Support Representative June, 1985 to February, 1987

In charge of sales support activities for the DEC VAX Masterpiece financial software product’s sales campaign in the Midwestern territory. Responsible for all product presentations and demonstrations of DEC VAX financial products from the customizing of prospect demonstration data files to executive presentations.

Amdek Corp.

Accounting Manager April, 1983 to June, 1985

Responsible for the entire financial planning and control functions of this $50 million personal computer manufacturer. These responsibilities included all financial planning and analysis, general accounting, inventory and cost accounting. Developed the annual operating plan, monthly executive reporting package and an extensive cash and income forecasting model.

American President Lines, Ltd.

Regional Finance and Administration Manager -- September, 1980 to April, 1983

Responsible for the accounting, reporting and analysis, planning and budgeting, purchasing, office services and project administration functions for the Midwest Region of this international ocean freight carrier. Specific activities included administration and control of billing, credit and collections, accounts payable, revenue and cost reporting, capital appropriation and expenditure reporting, asset management, capital and personnel planning.

Revere Aluminum Building Products, Inc.

General Accounting Manager September, 1977 to September, 1980 Promoted from Staff Accountant

Responsible for the management of all aspects of corporate general accounting functions including implementation of a new in-house designed System 3 accounting system, preparation of procedures manuals, divestiture analysis, profit planning and internal auditing for this $50 million subsidiary of Revere Copper and Brass.

EDUCATION

Certified Public Accountant based on the successful completion of the May 1979 examination.

Master of Business Administration degree in Accounting and Economics conferred from DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois.

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