Manager Sales

ANTHONY R. CIROCCO

**** ******** ***** **. ********* Ranch, CO 80126

Mobile: 303-***-**** ***************@*******.***

SUMMARY

A seasoned Executive with progressively increasing responsibilities in

Management, Strategic Planning & Analysis, Finance, Accounting, Audit, and

Systems. This background, combined with a continued focus on performance,

quality, productivity, and process improvements, as well as a personal

drive that has consistently provided the basis for exceptional results.

Recognized by one Senior Executive as "a leader that takes an active role

in driving change into the organization" - documented in an annual

performance evaluation.

EXPERIENCE

COCHLEAR AMERICAS Denver, Colorado

2006 - Present

A wholly-owned subsidiary of Cochlear, LTD (ASX:COH), a $601 million (AUD)

Australian-based global leader in innovative implantable hearing solutions,

with over 100,000 recipients worldwide.

Senior Director - Controller

Responsible for a $200m division that operates in US, Canada and Latin

America, by providing leadership, direction and guidance over the company's

financial activities with the primary objective of assuring the

development, establishment and maintenance of a sound system of financial

control; reporting accurate and timely financial statements in accordance

with IFRS and US GAAP; compliance with federal, state, and local tax

regulations; and maximizing the repatriation of funds to the Parent company

while maintaining optimal liquidity for the division.

. Implemented a turnaround strategy for the Accounts Receivable/Credit

and Healthcare billing services teams by building the necessary

organization, formalizing key processes, and analyzing key metrics;

resulting in a vast improvement in cash flow by achieving an increase

in the average daily collections to over $1m per day, a 36% increase.

Reduced DSO to 45 days.

. Greatly improved the internal control environment resulting in the

division being used in a pilot program whereby the external financial

auditors performed virtually their entire year-end audit at an interim

period; streamlining the process, allowing issues to get surfaced and

remediated more quickly, and accelerating sign off. This program was

subsequently implemented in all divisions around the world.

. Developed fundamental reporting packages enabling key users, such as

the Division President, Division CFO, department heads, and the Parent

company to more effectively measure the financial performance of the

division. Many of the reports that were developed were replicated

throughout the Company.

. Partnered with the Operations and Regulatory teams to create a

manufacturing company within the US, reducing the dependency on foreign

parties when delivering products to US customers that reside in a

highly regulated environment (FDA).

. Built an Accounting & Reporting organization from the ground up to

support a division that has doubled in size in the past 5 years,

ensuring that reports were accurate, timely, relevant and included

meaningful analysis.

. Executed a strategy to get all 50 states tax compliant by participating

in the Volunteer Disclosure Program.

. Developed key metrics and forecasting models to ensure cash flows were

monitored on a daily basis, enabling the division to balance the

requirement to send excess cash to the Parent company so it can

optimize its cash position, while off shoring the division's excess

cash to maximize a return while ensuring the division maintained the

appropriate level of cash to meet its operating needs.

HARRIS CORPORATION (NYSE:HRS) Denver, Colorado

2002 - 2006

A $2.5 billion international communications equipment and systems company

focused on providing communication solutions for government and commercial

customers in more than 150 countries. In 2004, Harris acquired Encoda

Systems, Inc., a $150m division that operats in over 40 countries around

the world including Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and the

Americas.

Harris Software Systems Division (formerly Encoda Systems, Inc.)

Director - Financial Planning & Analysis (2004 - 2006)

Responsible for ensuring division met its key financial objectives of

revenue growth, increased profitability, improved cash flow, and fiscal

discipline. Focused on strategic planning, pricing, performance-based

management, global financial reporting, internal policies & procedures, and

global financial systems.

. Increased the Division's worldwide earnings by 3 percentage points to

21% of revenue, while achieving year-over-year earnings growth of 19%,

by developing key tools for measuring performance, maintaining a

sustained focus on growing the sales pipeline, measuring the

performance of the customer fulfillment team, funding strategic

investments in R&D, implementing the systematic use of financial

justifications to support business decisions, and instilling spending

discipline throughout the organization to obtain tighter controls on

spending, without sacrificing high-growth initiatives.

ANTHONY R. CIROCCO

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. Achieved year-over-year growth in earnings of the Automation business

unit by 200%, by successfully integrating Classic Encoda with

traditional Harris Automation, improving the predictability, stability,

and profitability of the combined business unit by reducing the

resources in mature products while upgrading & redeploying key

resources into growth areas.

. As part of Harris' acquisition of Encoda Systems, Inc., led the finance

team that developed and successfully implemented the "100-day" plan of

integrating the financial functions around the world, resulting in a

newly formed world-class organization, including Sarbanes-Oxley (404)

implementation.

VP Finance & Business Unit CFO - Automation Solutions Group (2003 - 2004)

(with Encoda Systems, Inc.)

. Produced excellent results for 8 consecutive quarters, achieving year-

over-year growth in worldwide revenue of 89% in 2004 and 33% in 2003,

and EBITDA of 315% in 2004 and 120% in 2003.

. Established "tops down" financial targets and created key measurement

tools to ensure clear linkage between actions and results. Developed

stretch targets, representing revenue growth by an additional 40%,

after annual plan was achieved 9 months into the year.

. Divested non-core assets, such as a wholly-owned manufacturing facility

that after divestiture, converted fixed costs (10% of total operating

expenses) to variable costs, improving cash flow during non-peak times

and greatly reducing the need for future capital requirements.

VP Finance & Business Unit CFO - Multimedia Solutions Group (2003) (with

Encoda Systems, Inc.)

VP Finance - Financial Planning & Analysis (2002) (with Encoda Systems,

Inc.)

QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (NYSE:Q) Denver, Colorado

1998 - 2002

A $14 billion global leader in Broadband Internet-based communications.

With one of the largest, most technologically advanced networks in the

world providing services in multimedia content images, data and voice.

Senior Director of Finance - Indirect Sales Channel (2001 - 2002)

Director - Financial Planning & Analysis (2000 - 2001)

Senior Manager - Corporate Accounting (1998 - 2000)

BECKMAN COULTER, INC. (NYSE:BEC) Fullerton, California

1994 - 1998

A $2 billion designer, manufacturer and marketer of laboratory instruments,

reagents and related products used in diagnostic laboratories, as well as

bioanalytical laboratories in the life sciences market.

World Wide Accounting Manager - Corporate Accounting (1996 - 1998)

Manager - Corporate Financial Reporting (1995 - 1996)

Senior Financial Analyst - Corporate Consolidations (1994 - 1995)

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY (NYSE:DIS) Burbank, California / Orlando,

Florida 1990 - 1994

A world-class global entertainment conglomerate with operations in motion

pictures, theme parks & resorts, and consumer products.

Financial Analyst - Theme Parks & Resorts (1992 - 1994)

Senior Auditor - Corporate Management Audit (1990 - 1992)

ARTHUR ANDERSEN & COMPANY Los Angeles/Irvine, California

1987 - 1990

Worldwide certified public accounting firm with practices in Audit,

Taxation, and Consulting Services.

Supervising Senior - Audit Practice

EDUCATION California State Polytechnic University - Pomona,

California

B.S. in Business with an emphasis in Accounting

(1987)

CIVIC/AFFILIATIONS Certified Public Accountant (inactive) - Colorado

(2003) and California (1992)

Natural History Foundation of Orange County -

Treasurer (1989-1990)

Cal Poly Society of Accountants - President (1987)

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