Engineer Customer Service

GEORGE K. VARGIS MBA PE

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Web page resume:http://home.socal.rr.com/vargis/George%20K.%20Vargis.doc

SUMMARY PROFILE

Results achiever executive providing value using progressive experience and education, as VP and CFO and/or

Corporate Controller, in high growth entrepreneurial, start-up and private or public, manufacturing and/or service

companies, strategizing in Finance and Administration, Operations and Planning areas, maximizing profitability

and valuation of the Company.

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Broad based success in Master's Degrees in Business

Finance, Business, Operations, and Engineering

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Administrative, Manufacturing and Industrial Certification as Professional

Engineering technical areas Engineer in California

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High technology Passed California CPA

manufacturing, service and examination

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ecommerce/Internet companies Officer of companies for

• Implemented acquisitions, many years

financing, placements in rapid growth and/or

turnaround companies

SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Venture Capital Investment funding of $ 7 M in first 100 days of employment into

entrepreneurial growing extremely cash tight high technology computer storage equipment manufacturing

company.

$ 3.5M credit line negotiated with bank for rapid growth company listed twice in INC. 500, with

$11M in sales.

Strategizing for start-ups, acquisitions and mergers, leveraged buyouts, R&D partnerships,

venture capital funds.

Turnaround management from $450K loss by consolidating facilities. Proactive Transition

Management through extremely tight cash situations, reorganization requiring crisis communications, Corporate

Development.

Maximize ROE by reducing inventory by $500K by perpetual systems and negotiating deliveries

from suppliers.

Reduced insurance costs for liability/property/medical/workers comp coverages; maximize ROA

and ROI.

Change Management by negotiating complex five-party 3-acre building leases resulting in

minimum expenses.

Participated in four major company moves involving 125,000 square feet facilities.

SEC reporting, including 10Q and 10K, worked with auditors of Big Four CPA firms, publish

Corporate Mission.

Consensus building strategizing feasibility of transferring operations to Malaysia, Mexico and

Taiwan.

Organizational Development by Team Building with recruitment of executives, managers and

professional staff.

Cross-functional team leadership selecting firms for accounting, insurance, inventory control

and legal counsel.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DEAN RYAN CONSULTANTS & DESIGNERS, INC. Los Angeles CA. Revenues $5M 51 employees 2004-Present

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Corporate Controller, for private, growing, technology SERVICE company, working for government (federal and

cities) and private customers. Conducted all finance and accounting functions of internal reporting and management,

working with DCAA, administration functions of human resources and insurance, implemented and policies to

improve profitability and valuation.

MAGNASYNC CORPORATION - MOVIOLA - J&R FILM COMPANY, Hollywood, CA. Revenues $25M, 100

employees. 2002 to 2004

Corporate Controller, for two private, high technology entertainment post-production equipment

MANUFACTURING companies, consolidated with two other companies, with sales, rentals and service to

international and domestic private and government customers. Established manufacturing methodologies for finance

and accounting, working in tight cash situation, leases with Dell and Sony, implemented procedures and policies

throughout companies to improve profitability and valuation. Reason for leaving: Restructuring of Finance staff.

DATADIRECT NETWORKS, INC., Chatsworth, CA. Revenues $25M, 125 employees. 2001 to 2002

Corporate Controller, a private, rapidly growing, $7 Million venture capital investment funded, international high

technology computer storage equipment MANUFACTURING company, with sales and service to private and

government customers. Strategize finance and accounting functions for manufacturing operations, work with

attorneys, bankers and Arthur Andersen CPA's, turned around tight cash situation, leases with Dell and IBM,

improved profitability and valuation. Reason for leaving: Consolidation of Finance and Accounting Department.

GAGE MARKETING SERVICES, Van Nuys, CA. Revenues $15M, 400 employees. 1999 to 2001

Controller, a growing telemarketing, distribution and fulfillment SERVICE company, division of publicly held

corporation, with international and domestic customers such as DirecTV, Disney, Earthlink, Fleetwood, Fox, H&R

Block, Honda, Mattel, NetZero, Pokemon and Travelodge. Reporting to Division COO, and to Corporate Controller.

Reason for leaving: Finance & Accounting functions transferred to parent in Minneapolis.

COMPUTER SOFTWARE ANALYSTS/C-SYSTEMS, LA, CA. Revenues $25M, 250 employees. 1992 to 1999

Corporate Controller, large privately held, seven division multi-state SERVICE employer of highly qualified

technical personnel with customers BOEING, IBM, IRS, JPL, LORAL, MARTIN MARIETTA, TRW and US AIR

FORCE; using DELTEK; prepared financial statements and business plans, Requests for Proposals (RFP's) and

Quotations (RFQ's) per FAR rules, coordinated audits by DCAA. Reason for leaving: Company closed down.

MODULITE CORPORATION, Compton, CA. Revenues $11M, 160 employees. 1984 to 1991

Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration, in Compton, California, a private company and subsidiary

UNIVERSAL GLASS CORPORATION, MANUFACTURERS of consumer products for international distributors,

included twice in INC. 500 most rapidly growing companies; managed customer service, data processing, with MRP/

SBT, finance, insurance, personnel, and legal affairs; restructure by sale and leaseback of building, leveraged buyout

of founding stockholders, set up Maquiladora in Tijuana, strategize company move to Malaysia, and consolidated

operations into one facility. Reason for leaving: Company closed down after collapse of building roof.

AMPERIF CORPORATION, Chatsworth, CA. Revenues $15M, 200 employees. 1981 to 1983

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Chatsworth, California, a private company and subsidiaries,

MANUFACTURERS of computer peripheral systems, for large companies, Government agencies and military

applications; reported to President and Board of Directors, instituted Finance Department, audit, bank relations, data

processing, R&D partnerships and equity placement activities, private placements, stock purchase and option

programs, and vendor relations; negotiated with equipment suppliers for long financial terms to balance cash flow

from material acquisition, to sale of leaseholds; negotiated present value of income streams from equipment leased to

Government agencies, with leaseholders GECC and Westinghouse Credit. Reason for leaving: Higher position.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Progressive Finance and Accounting experience in MANUFACTURING as Corporate

Controller with public COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Torrance, CA., Revenues $20M, 200 employees,

and as Manager of Cost Accounting with JAMES B. LANSING (JBL) SOUND, INC., Northridge, CA., then

Revenues $70M, 1,500 employees, a division of public BEATRICE FOODS; and Manufacturing and Industrial

Engineering experience with PERTEC COMPUTER CORPORATION, Chatsworth, CA., Revenues $100M, 500

employees, and BURROUGHS (UNISYS) CORPORATION, Division Revenues $120M, 1,400 employees; titles

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included Assistant to Vice President of Operations, Senior Lead Industrial Engineer, Manufacturing Project Engineer,

Manufacturing Engineer and Industrial Engineer.

EDUCATION

MBA in Finance, Management and Marketing from California State University at Los Angeles (CSULA). Placed in

upper quartile of class while working full time as Manufacturing Engineer. Completed California CPA examination.

MS in Industrial Engineering from University of California at Berkeley (UC-BERKELEY). Granted tuition

scholarship during entire program based on high GPA. Completed degree program in two semesters in nine months.

BS in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology at Bombay (IIT-BOMBAY). Granted Merit

Scholarship during entire four-year program based on high GPA. In addition to Mechanical Engineering courses,

curriculum included Electrical, Chemical, Civil and Industrial Engineering, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics.

SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS

Completion of all parts of California CPA examination at first appearance.

Registration as Professional Engineer in State of California.

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