Vice President Financial

Neil L. Kiernan

*** **** **** ******, #** 212-***-****

New York, New York 10075 ***********@*******.***

SUMMARY

Experienced financial professional offering a distinguished performance

record coordinating and implementing financial planning and budgeting;

formulating and executing corporate development transactions; structuring

and negotiating capital raisings; and building and managing relationships.

EXPERIENCE

LICT Corporation (OTC: LICT) 2008 to Present

Treasurer Rye, New York

. Coordinate financial planning. Manage financial planning for publicly

traded telecom company across eleven operating subsidiaries including

preparation of annual budget and cash flow projections on a consolidated

and subsidiary basis.

. Orchestrate capital structure and raise financing. Raise and manage debt

including bank facilities and subordinated notes. Negotiate credit

agreements, amendments and note terms. Coordinate share repurchase and

cash management activities.

. Manage corporate development. Analyze acquisitions and divestitures

including valuation, due diligence, operational analysis and financial

modeling.

Punk, Ziegel & Company 2007 to 2008

Vice President, Investment Banking New York, New York

. Advised clients on financial and strategic alternatives. Prepared and

delivered recommendations to management for corporate development, capital

structure and capital raising alternatives.

. Led capital raising transactions. Managed transactions including company

analysis, financial modeling, due diligence, investor syndication, and term

negotiation for public and private financings (IPO's, follow-on offerings,

PIPE's).

HSBC Securities Inc. 2002 to 2003, 2004 to 2007

Vice President, Global Banking New York, New York

. Managed corporate finance transactions. Closed a broad range of

corporate finance transactions including debt financings (bank, bond and

securitization), equity offerings and derivatives.

. Developed and maintained client relationships. Built and managed client

relationships including origination and execution.

. Deployed capital. Analyzed, structured and presented recommendations to

credit committee for capital deployment.

Cross Border Private Capital, LLC 2003 to 2004

Vice President, Investment Banking New York, New York

. Led capital raisings. Led capital raising and M&A transactions for

emerging growth companies including business plan development, financial

analysis, due diligence and investor syndication.

J.P. Morgan Chase & Company 1998 to 2001

Associate, Investment Banking New York, New York

. Executed corporate finance transactions. Managed corporate finance

transactions from origination to close for initial public offerings,

private equity placements, leveraged buy-outs, loan syndications, bond

offerings, and mergers and acquisitions.

. Managed financial analysis. Constructed financial models (cash flow and

valuation) and conducted due diligence for capital raisings. Identified

and structured M&A and investment transactions.

The COBA Group 1993 to 1996

Management Consultant Boston, Massachusetts

. Implemented operational improvements. Executed on client engagements

including strategy formulation, product marketing, process re-engineering,

organizational design and benchmarking. Earned promotion within eighteen

months.

Bank of Boston 1992 to 1993

Financial Analyst Boston, Massachusetts

. Conducted financial analysis. Projected and monitored performance of

real estate loan portfolio.

EDUCATION

Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina

1998

. Master of Business Administration. Fuqua Fellowship, Merit Based

Scholarship

Babson College, Wellesley, Massachusetts 1992

. Bachelor of Science in Finance. Graduated with Highest Distinction

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Treasury Professional (CTP)

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