Sales Vice President

RICHARD A. VOGT

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Senior Executive ? Leadership

Core Competencies

? Revenue Generation ? Revenue Forecast ?

Auditing and Financial Analysis

? Market Strategy and Planning ? Pricing Strategy ?

Process Improvement

? Staff Development and Motivation ? CEO,CFO and CAO ? Budget and

Expense Control

Professional Experience

Notable Accomplishments:

. Co-founded, developed and operated a music technology company

. Oversaw distribution via retail, wholesale, internet and storefront

channels

. Sold music to major TV shows, movies and commercials

. Developed $300 million in gross revenues

. Negotiated music licenses with Sony, Warner, EMI and Universal

. Listed managed and sold over 20k products on Amazon

. Managed 1,500 registered reps doing $250 million annually in 50

offices

Co-founder

Audio Stream Inc. Columbus,

OH/New York, NY 2000-2014

Co-founded, developed and operated a music technology company with revenues

of more than $10 million annually that produces karaoke disks, players and

accessories for the US market. The Company produced karaoke disks in the US

and players/accessories in Hong Kong.

. Oversaw distribution via retail, wholesale, internet and storefront

channels

. Sold music to major TV shows, movies and commercials

. Leveraged product growth 400% via Apple iTunes

. Negotiated sales contracts with Best Buy, Walmart and other major

chain stores

. Created e-commerce website with sales of peak $4 million a year

. Managed IT department for all Systems, Networks, Software

development, Telecommunications and music download technology

. Negotiated music licenses with Sony, Warner, EMI and Universal

. Managed vendors, negotiated contracts and made cross marketing

alliances

Director Capital Markets Group

CDC IXIS Capital Markets North America New York, NY

1995-2000 Responsible for new product development of

proprietary/complex instruments, review of operating results, budgeting,

and liaison with Operations, Accounting, Systems, and Telecommunications in

managing operational processes, financial reporting, trade desk systems and

communications support.

. Launched Municipal GICs, Asset-Backed Derivatives and CDC Mortgage

Capital

. Reduced costs firm wide which was successful in savings of 20%

annually

. Re-organized disparate/overlapping functions for three domestic agents

and two international agents

. Improved fund custodian and transfer agent performance, streamlining

all accounting, and controlling for reporting errors

Senior Vice President

Lehman Brothers Inc. New York, NY

1992-1995

Managed staff of 20 including 10 MBA financial analysts, five air/hotel

travel coordinators and five car service staff; responsible for analyzing

costs, recommending and implementing cost reductions and procedures.

. First year savings exceeded $100 million on an annualized run-rate

basis

. Worked closely with McKinsey and Co. and Boston Consulting Group

consultants to identify cost control and re-engineering opportunities

. Reduced the non-compensation cost base and to implement procedures to

control future costs

Merrill Lynch & Co. New York, NY

1986-1993

Vice President Project Analysis

Led effort to establish a formal evaluation process to instill a measure of

accountability for capital expenditure projects in excess of $2 million, as

well as to provide an update of the project's progress to date.

Chief Administrative Officer Tokyo, Japan

Responsible for Finance, Controller, Tax, Treasury, Legal and Compliance,

Internal Audit, Risk Management, Operations, Systems, Telecommunications,

and Corporate Real Estate.

. Managed four Japanese managers with a combined staff of 150

. Worked closely with expatriate product managers to develop $300

million in gross revenues

. Yen Index Arbitrage, Yen Equity and Yen Debt Trading, Institutional

and Retail Sales (in Tokyo and in five other branches in Japan) for

both Yen and Non Yen products

Vice President/Capital Markets Group New York, NY

Coordinated financial reporting, budgeting, and managerial reporting and

developed new financial and managerial controls for the Capital Markets

Group.

Kidder Peabody & Co. New York, NY

1983-1986

Vice President and CFO-Retail Sales

Business consisted of 1,500 registered reps doing $250 million annually in

50 offices. Provided monthly marketing and financial data to business units

and advised the Vice Chairman regarding the financial impact of all major

business decisions.

. Provided monthly marketing and financial data to business units

. Advised the Vice Chairman regarding the financial impact of all major

business decisions

Vice President-Profit Center Analysis and Control

Performed monthly analysis and reporting of results to the Chief Financial

Officer, the Profit Center Managers, the President and the Chairman.

. Managed direct staff of 25 professionals, including analyst in each of

nine profit centers

. Implemented with the Financial Consulting Group, profit center

budgeting

. Capital management, transfer pricing, corporate and inter-department

cost allocations

. Implemented special financial projects tailored to each Profit

Center's needs

KPMG LLP. New York, NY

1976-1983

Senior Manager, Audit and Consulting Groups

Responsible for stock brokerage and mutual fund audits with direct annual

billings in excess of $1 million. Performed stock brokerage audits which

required an in-depth understanding of financial reporting, net capital

computations and customer reserve requirements

. Conducted a feasibility analysis of mutual fund start-up for a banking

institution

. Consultant to the world's largest communications company's long lines

division

. Performed an evaluation of the relationship between long distance and

local phone charges

. Analyzed company's cash flows and financial exposure to major auto

producer.

Education

Certified Public Accountant Licensed in the State of New York

Carnegie-Mellon University M.B.A., with distinction, in Finance and

Economics

Ohio State University B.S., Accounting - Cum Laude

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