Engineer Manager
Resume:
Paul B. Matthews, CPA
Austin, Texas 78731
**********@*****.***
Professional Experience
Hagerty Consulting, Evanston, IL, December 2005-present
Senior Management Consultant
• Worked as a Systems Analyst, Data Administrator, and Process Engineer to FEMA in multiple disasters
including Hurricanes Ike, Katrina, and Rita; the 2006 Texas wildfires; and the 2008 Iowa floods.
• Created ad hoc reports for FEMA management and the US Congress using Access, Word, Excel and SQL
• Supervised 14 professionals as the Field Coordinator for FEMA’s Joint Housing Solutions Group (JHSG)
project. This project established standards for the procurement of temporary housing units and resulted in
the award of over $100 million in new contracts.
• Audited government contractor work following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; developed real-time, web-
based reporting tools to track contractor work performance.
Venor Consulting Group, Austin, TX, July 2005-December 2005
Financial, Accounting, Audit, and Tax Consultant
• Worked with the CFO of an international security logistics company to complete audit of US operations.
• Interacted and advised company Controllers on financial matters including firm deprecation policies,
accounts receivable factoring, and various state tax issues.
• Prepared financial statements for the firm’s United States operations and prepared consolidated financial
statements for the firm’s operations in Holland, Ireland, Malaysia, Mexico, and the US.
Roth Management LLC/Geneva Roth Holdings Group Northfield, IL, November 1993-August 2003
Controller and Managing Director
• Co-founded this investment partnership in November 1993. In April 2000, I reorganized and registered the
general partnership as a Delaware-based Limited Liability Company (LLC).
• Served as the Portfolio Manager for two $3 million hedge funds: PBK Funds LLC and Geneva Funds LLC.
• Maintained all LLC accounting ledgers and prepared all quarterly financial statements and tax filings.
Refco Group, LTD. (now MF Global), Chicago, IL June 1995-February 2001
European Credit Analyst (August 1997-February 2001)
• Wrote daily and quarterly credit market reports for the German, British, Italian, and French bond markets.
• Published a weekly bond options volatility report on the German Bund and British Gilt bond markets.
Grain and Oilseed Analyst and Market Technician (August 1995-August 1997)
• Analyzed USDA and other supply/demand information to forecast cash and futures market prices.
• Wrote daily market commentaries on the corn, wheat, soybean, and soy product markets.
Education
University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business, May 2005
Master of Business Administration GPA 3.85/4.00
Concentration in Accounting; Specialization in Corporate Finance, Investments, and Financial Services
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, May 1995
Bachelor of Science in Business (Finance) with Distinction and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics
Minors in History and Political Science GPA 3.66/4.00
Professional Licenses
• Texas Licensed Certified Public Account (CPA)
• NASD Series 3 (National Commodity Futures), NASD Series 7 (General Securities Representative), and
NASD Series 63 (Uniform Securities Agent State Law) Licensed
• CFA Level III Candidate (passed the Level II exam in June 2009)
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