Vitalicious Inc. New York, NY October **** - Present

Market leader of innovative frozen baked goods that promote a healthy lifestyle

Controller

●Reported directly to the CEO with support mission to strategically and financially reposition the distressed $10M Vitalicious brand for growth, profitability and a successful divestiture in October 2015.

●Rebounded from 2014 EBITDA loss of $1.9M to 2015 Break Even Plan while delivering a 2nd half run rate of $2.5M EBITDA derived from operational efficiencies.

●Expanded role beyond core Controllership, assuming responsibilities, along with day to day activities of both the displaced CFO and prior Controller.

●Responsible for managing all financial aspects of the Company.

The Connors Group Inc. DBA TradingMarkets.com, Jersey City, NJ June 2009 – October 2014

Online Distribution of financial market trading information

Controller

●Reported to the CEO with responsibilities for overseeing all financial aspects of the Company, including financial reporting, budgets, forecasts, payroll, cash management, accounts receivable and payable, and Human Resources.

●Responsible for setting revenue recognition policies.

●Prepared investor materials relating to a $1.25M investment.

●Partnered with Engineering to ensure 100% accuracy of an internal Order Management System (OMS) by defining business rules followed by continuous testing to ensure seamless integration into the financial system.

●Analyzed monthly subscription sales by product and recommended changes to improve renewal rates.

●Monthly reconciliation of credit card transactions.

●Responsible for royalty calculations to third party vendors.

Mochila Inc. New York, NY March 2007 – March 2009

Internet Advertising

Controller

●Reported to the CEO with responsibility for all financial aspects of the business, including ongoing operations, partner/client compensation, employee compensation and Human Resource management.

●Managed the financial relationship with all of Mochila’s premium publisher clients (Associated Press, Reuters), overseeing the sale and syndication of content.

●Produced monthly and quarterly Financial Statement review and analysis, budgeting and forecasting for monthly board and ongoing investor presentations.

●Coordinated with Product Management and Engineering to revamp the entire customer online earnings reporting experience.

●Worked closely with Product Management and Engineering to ensure that online ad-revenue was correctly appropriated to customers based on a 3 way split.

●Reviewed all contracts signed by Business Development during deal process to ensure profitability.

●Recommended spending reductions to Executive Management resulting in savings in excess of 50% of T&E and Marketing expense

Click Tactics Inc. Waltham, MA October 2005 – March 2007

Marketing Services Provider

Controller

●Controller of a multi-channel marketing services provider for Global 2000 companies; recognized as one of New England’s top-25 fastest growing companies in Deloitte & Touche LLP’s Technology Fast 50 program.

●Reported directly to the CEO, providing monthly and quarterly Financial Statements and analysis, including margin analysis by major customer (Bank of America, Verizon, Comcast, JP Morgan).

Click Tactics Inc. Waltham, MA (cont)

●Initiated and implemented processes and procedures to reduce monthly billing cycle by over 50%, resulting in accelerated receivables collections.

●Reduced DSO from over 60 days to less than 40 days.

●Coordinated with Chief Operating Officer to initiate pre-billing customers for significant contracts resulting with a more favorable working capital position.

Vertical Communications Inc. Cambridge, MA April 2001 -May 2005

IP based phone systems

Corporate Controller

●Responsible for the review, analysis and Financial Statement presentation of a $10 million publicly traded Software Company.

●Managed the acquisition of Vertical Networks, a privately-held $30 million hardware and software Company.

●Financial Statement presentation of the combined entities, accompanied with analysis by product-type.

●Consolidated and centralized Finance functions subsequent to acquisition, achieving significant cost-savings and increased efficiencies.

Assistant Controller

●Reported directly to the CFO, providing monthly and quarterly Financial Statements and analysis.

●Responsible for all aspects of quarterly and annual external audit reviews, including SEC filings of Forms 10-Q and 10-K.

●Managed Payroll, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions.

●Managed all aspects of Sales Tax, Workers Compensation and 401K audits.

●Administered Employee Stock Option and Purchase Plans.

Lily Transportation Corp. Needham, MA July 1995 –April 2001

Transportation and Leasing

Assistant Controller

●Reported directly to the CFO of a $50 million division of a private truck-leasing and logistics Company.

●Prepared, analyzed and presented to Management, the monthly operational results of 30 locations on an individual, regional and consolidated basis.

●Responsible for variance analysis to prior, actual results and budgeted results.

●Prepared weekly revenue reporting, accompanied with analysis to Company Management.

●Communicated with external auditors during year-end audit.

O’ Donovan, Cuddy and McCarthy, Cork, Ireland May 1989 – February 1995

Chartered Accountants

●Public accounting experience in auditing various industries, including retail, manufacturing, construction, agricultural and service.

●Extensive experience in taxes; including corporate, income, sales, inheritance and gift taxes.

EDUCATION

Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland, 1987-1991

●Graduated with a degree in Chartered Accounting

●F.C.A. Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ireland

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

Navision, Great Plains, JD Edwards, MAS 200, Softrax, Lawson, Quickbooks, SPS Commerce, ADP, Excel, Word, Concur

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