Professional Experience

BasicGrey, LCC: VP of Finance 2006 - Present

Controller

BasicGrey is a surface design company that designs, facilitates

manufacturing, and distributes products primarily for the craft and hobby

industry to retail stores worldwide with 30% of sales being made outside

the US. The company is among Utah's fastest growing companies as

recognized at the 'Utah 100' awards in 2008 and 2009.

- Manage day-to-day accounting functions performed by Staff Accountant;

oversee operational tasks completed by Distribution Manager and

Assembly Supervisor.

- Establish standard processes and controls for collection of accounting

information.

- Perform month close process, including preparation of financial

statements with supporting reconciliations, data analysis and revenue

and expense forecasts.

- Prepare quarterly and annual regulatory filings.

- Review inventory levels, project demand and place purchase orders.

- Create ad-hoc reports and customized data tools for use in all

departments. Including tools to evaluate product demand, inventory

aging and discounting, inventory costing, customer sales history, sales

rep commissions and designer royalties, warehouse cycle counts,

shipping priority, and targeted email blasts.

- Setup and maintain information technology. Oversee work of in-house

developer and contract programmers.

- Project Manager: layout floor plan and workflow of warehouse space;

meet order fulfillment requirements of mass channels (Michaels, Big

Lots); EDI and data uploads, new software development and

implementation; offsite trade show operations; development of company

policies and formal review process.

KPMG, LLP: Audit Senior 2004 - 2006

Audit Associate

- Assisted in financial statement audits, primarily in non-technical

areas such as cash, A/R, prepaid expenses, inventory, fixed assets,

investments and revenue and expense accounts. Participated in both

public and private engagements with emphasis on investment funds,

federal liabilities, and SEC.

Hansen, Barnett & Maxwell, PC: Audit Intern 2004

- Assisted in financial statement audits, primarily in non-technical

areas with emphasis on local governments and privately held companies.

Education and Skills

Certified Public Accountant- Licensed in UT since 2006

University of Utah- Salt Lake City, UT

- Masters of Professional Accountancy, 2004

- Honors: University of Utah Fellowship

Weber State University- Ogden, UT

- B.S. in Accounting, Summa Cum Laude, 2003

- Honors: Goddard Scholar- Top 10 graduate of Goddard School of Business

Technical Skills

- Master MS Excel user: Pivot tables, data import, array and lookup

formulas

- Database architecture: Advanced MS Access user and Intermediate SQL

user

References

Nate Arnesen, VP of Sales and Marketing, Quickutz 801-***-****

Dick Blackburn, Sales Executive, Printech Plus 801-***-****

Gary Peterson, Partner, Adams & Peterson CPAs 801-***-****

Mac Newbold, Chief Technical Officer, Code Greene 801-***-****

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