BRUCE A. RUDIN, CPA MBA
MORRISTOWN, NJ 07960
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Reldata Inc. – start up software/hardware developer - < $1mm sales
Nov 2007 to Present
VP Finance/Controller Corp Secretary
• Developed all monthly departmental reports in US GAAP in Quickbooks
• All HR including policies (handbook) and office management activities including payroll
and taxes
• Cash management
• Bank and Loan Relationships
• Periodic tax and sales tax reporting
• Interact with all levels and departments of business including VCs
• Develop budgets and cash forecasting
• COGS - Costing of hardware
• Cap tables/stock option plans and liaise with outside counsel
• Manage year end financial audit Amper Politziner
• All insurance policies
• Applied and received NJ Tax Transfer NOL credit and EDA Loan
• Board Meetings and minutes
Interactive Technologies Inc. – software subsidiary of Fiserv Inc., $12mm Revenue
Controller
September 2005 to October 2007
• Monthly and year end reporting (in US GAAP), forecasts, budgets. Consolidate UK
subsidiary.
• Month end financials completed by 5th workday
• Installed Great Plains accounting software replacing Quickbooks
• Supervise UK subsidiary accounts and consolidate into US GAAP
• Monthly billing for license fees, professional services and maintenance
• Review all contracts for Revenue Recognition and legal issues.
• Special requests from management and corporate
• AR collections
• Compliance with Sarbanes Oxley – internal controls
• Audit liaison
• Oversee sales commission calculations and payments
Orchestria Corporation – start up software developer and professional Services - $7mm
sales
Sept 2003 to Sept 2005
Controller
• Developed all monthly departmental reports periodic tax and sales tax reporting
• Installed Great Plains accounting system.
• Approve and make all purchases to ensure cost control
• All HR including policies (handbook) and office management activities including payroll
and taxes
Periodic tax and sales tax reporting
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Interact with all levels and departments of business including VCs
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Develop budgets and cash forecasting
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Cash Investment Management and burn rate
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Supervise UK subsidiary accounts and consolidate into US GAAP
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Cap tables/stock option plans and liaise with outside counsel
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Manage year end financial audit (KPMG moving to Weiser for 2004)
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All insurance policies
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Consulting -
November 2001 to September 2003
Acted as temporary controller/cfo for various small corporations including Tacit
Networks
GlarNet Communications Services, Inc Private “C” Corp February
2001 to November 2001
Out of business start up Telecom and ISP Billing Service- Insignificant sales
CFO
• Provided billing and call center services for telecoms, ISPs, wireless and DSL. Utilizing
Portal software and Paymentech credit card clearing.
Isogon Corporation Private “S” Corp
December 1999 to February 2001
Enterprise Software for Software Asset Management, Development, Sales & Support - US Sales
$30MM
VP Finance
• Reported to CEO owner.
• Responsible for accounting, finance, HR, administration, risk management and facilities.
• Created a professional finance and admin department (supervised 16)
• Installed & used “Softrax” - an integrated ERP financial and contract database software
to track and bill new and ongoing maintenance of deferred revenue calculations within
GAAP.
• Developed new management financial reporting for strategic modeling and new
management report package.
• Developed yearly and long term growth needs in the strategic plan and budget. Created a
monthly rolling forecasting system.
• All reporting and consolidation of foreign subs in UK, France, Spain, Australia, and
Japan.
• All tax strategy, compliance and reporting including sales taxes.
• Liaised with outside auditors E & Y and legal advisors.
• Developed various company wide cost containments reducing expenses.
• Treasury function - funds management and implemented online banking to improve real
time balance and detail information (lockbox) allowing accurate forecasting of cash
flow. All insurance coverage.
Macro 4, Inc - US Sales Office April
1995 to December 1999
US Subsidiary of Macro 4, PLC - a UK publicly traded company
Enterprise System Software Sales, and Support-Subsidiary grew from $11million to $30million in
US.
VP Finance/Controller (supervised 8)
• Responsible for accounting, finance, HR, administration, risk management (insurance)
and IT.
• Monthly and year end reporting (in UK GAAP), forecasts, budgets.
• Treasury - Funds management ($10 million), improved and streamlined banking relations
and installed lockbox redirecting manpower to A/R collections, negotiated yearly health
and benefit plans.
• All tax strategy and reporting using Amper Politziner CPAs.
• Improved credit and A/R collections with closer attention and more aggressive
collections reducing balance by 30%.
• Liaised with outside auditors PWC YE audit and legal advisors Budd, Larner, Gross.
• Evaluated, implemented, installed & used “Softrax” software financial system for billing
and financial system specific to the software industry. Resulted in improved billing times
and no lost maintenance billing. Initially installed and then replaced Great Plains
Dynamics.
• Reengineered the Finance Department resulting in streamlined procedures and systems
and reduced staff costs.
• Reviewed and modified customer contracts with signature authority thus standardizing
the process.
• Negotiated large vendor contracts and large sales contracts with VP Sales.
• Lead due diligence for acquisition planning and coordination – acquired one company.
• Executive team member to model strategic planning issues as budgets and forecasting,
pricing, growth strategy, commission plans and acquisitions
Axel Johnson Ore & Metals/AIOC Corporation Private “C” Corp
March 1986 to May1995
Metals Non-Ferrous and Ferrous Importation Distribution and Commodities trading
(bankrupt in May 1996) Revenue $500 million. Terminal Trading on all US and European
Exchanges.
VP Controller
• Post AIOC takeover (May 1993): Controller for European subsidiaries, supervised 6
accountants and assimilated Axel Johnson into AIOC, tracked, controlled and reconciled
worldwide inventories.
• Pre AIOC:
• All banking relationships including financing, L/Cs, trade finance, banker’s acceptances,
foreign exchange etc
• Developed Job Cost system and created inventory tracking and reconciliation systems; all
inventory reconciliation, mark-to-market, obsolete identification (unusable) and write
down.
• All accounting, administrative, budgets and strategic planning and risk management
activities.
• All financial reporting in both US GAAP and Swedish GAAP.
• Installation of computer systems (IBM System 36 and PCs) and custom software
• Developed policies and procedures manual.
• All tax returns and tax issues using now Amper Politziner CPAs.
• Dealt with import brokers and supervised traffic department.
• Heavy contract compliance involvement and some negotiation for deals involving joint
ventures and final settlements.
Almet, Inc. Subsidiary of Allegheny Int’l a Large NYSE traded company
September 1974 to March 1986
Non-ferrous and ferrous Metals and Chemicals Importation Distribution and Commodities
trading (Revenue $200 Million) Terminal trading on all US and UK exchanges. Company sold.
Controller promoted from Accountant
• All financial closes, reports and consolidation of UK and South African Subsidiaries.
• All banking relationships including financing, L/Cs, trade finance, banker’s acceptances,
foreign exchange etc.
• Developed Job Cost system and computerized all financial systems including billing and
inventory from manual.
• Controlled and reconciled inventories, mark-to-market, obsolete identification (unusable)
and write down.
• Produced all reports for internal management and parent company.
• Ran the entire accounting department including A/R and A/P.
• Developed policies and procedures manual, foreign exchange hedging purchasing and
recording, and all tax returns.
• Dealt with import brokers and supervised traffic department.
• Heavy contract compliance involvement for deals involving joint ventures and final
settlements.
• Liaised with external auditors (KPMG-Peat Marwick) for year-end audit and interim
reviews.
Suture Manufacturing
Ethicon June 1972 to September 1974
Cost Accountant- standard process cost, budgets and forecasts, BOMs, variance
analysis.
Education
Fairleigh Dickinson University MBA Finance, BS Accounting and BA Economics (full
academic scholarship)
CPA License # 1058600 current
Computer Skills
Financial Systems –Great Plains, Softrax (ERP), Accpac, Peachtree, Quickbooks, Mapics,
Software Tools – Excel (expert level), Lotus 123, Powerpoint, MS Outlook, Lotus Notes, Access,
Word
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Community Service
Church Treasurer and Vestry member, Former town committeeman.
Activities: Tennis, karate, hiking, reading, travel and golf