Mark F. de Beer

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Milwaukee, WI 53202

Mobile 414-***-****

Email: acyqhm@r.postjobfree.com

Summary: Eleven years of experience in public accounting with large public accounting firms, over two years of Controller/Assistant Controller experience in a large public company, over seven years as Chief Financial Officer/Executive Vice President of a private companies.

Experience: Mahler Enterprises, Inc. – Chief Financial Officer June 2015 to Present

600 N Broadway Avenue

Milwaukee, WI, 53202

Mahler Enterprises, Inc. is a privately held Company, which has a Janitorial and Placement division.

Responsible for monthly and year end closing process, making sure books were closed in a timely manner and in accordance with General Accepted Accounting Principles

Responsible for all reporting to the Advisory Board

Developed policies and procedures to accelerate the closing process

Responsible for cash management

Responsible for HR, IT and general office administration

Developed budgets and forecast

Primary contact for banking relationships

Responsible for the tax filings

Experience: Still Water Partners – Executive Vice President May 2009 to June 2015

Still Water Partners is a private investor group created to support the acquisition of private companies. In my role as Executive Vice President my major responsibilities were as follows:

Acted as group CFO for portfolio companies

Look for acquisition opportunities

Review opportunities and decide on next steps, if any

Performed due diligence on acquisition targets

Participate in arranging bank financing and completing legal documents

Provide operational assistance as needed for portfolio companies

Provided financial and operational reporting to the advisory board

Member of the advisory board for each of the portfolio companies

Still Water Partners: ES Plastic Products LLC – Executive Vice President December 2011 to Present

809 Mohr Ave

Waterford, WI, 53185

Phone: 262-***-****

ES Plastic Products is a custom plastic injection molder with facilities in Waterford and Saukville

Led all of the due diligence for the acquisition (Finalized in December 2011) including:

oFinancial due diligence

oSetting up of financing

oReview of legal documentation

Post-Closing

oActed as an interim President for 5 months while we were looking for an industry expert to run the business

Completed an add on acquisition in May 2012

Had various other operation rolls in the business as needed

Developed and monitored various financial and operational metrics

Handled the banking, business insurance and other professional service relationships

Still Water Partners: PanelTEK LLC – Executive Vice President May 2013 to Present

130 E Larsen Drive

Fond du Lac, WI, 54937

Phone: 920-***-****

PanelTEK engineers and designs electrical panels

Led all of the due diligence for the acquisition (Finalized in May 2013) including:

oFinancial due diligence

oSetting up of financing

oReview of legal documentation

Developed and monitored various financial and operational metrics

Performed the detail accounting while looking for an accountant

Handled the banking, business insurance and other professional service relationships

Still Water Partners: Mid-America Bag LLC – Chief Financial Officer and Secretary May, 2009 – June 2011

10680 88th Avenue

Pleasant Prairie, WI, 53158

United States

Mid-America Bag LLC was formed in March 2009 to purchase certain assets of a blow film plastic bag manufacturer. The company had a division in Canada. Responsible for entire finance function and very involved in all aspects of operations, sales, IT and Human Resources.

Responsible for monthly and year end closing process making sure the books were closed in a timely manner and in accordance with company policy and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Development of various business and financial metrics and financial reporting package that were used to report to the board of directors on a monthly basis

Responsible for cash management of the business

Developing company policies and internal controls

Responsible for various tax filing both in US and Canada

Primary contact for internal and external auditors

Involved in all aspects of costs and developing and setting labor and burden rates

Responsible for developing annual budget and forecast

Primary banking contact and arranging of bank financing

Prepared purchase accounting and development of models for evaluation of intangibles

Involved on a number of cost saving initiatives and teams

Managed the sale of the business, sale of remaining assets and closure of the facility

Experience: Actuant Corporation May, 2007 – May 2009

N86 W12500 Westbrook Crossing

Menomonee Falls, WI, 53051

United States

Phone 262-***-****

Actuant Corporation: Enerpac Controller July, 2008 to May 2009

Responsible for a number of US and international business units, which reported into Enerpac Americas. Worked with an accounting department of approximately 5 individuals

Responsible for month end and year end closing process making sure the books were closed in a timely manner and in accordance with the company policy and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Primary contact for internal and external auditors

Performed variance analysis and certain trend analysis on each of the primary departments

Responsible for developing annual budget and quarterly reforecast

Responsible for the company car lease program

Worked on various costing projects

Involved on a number of Company and Corporate cost saving initiatives and teams

Actuant Corporation: Assistant Corporate Controller May 2007 to July 2008

Responsible for the accounting in the corporate cost centers, the SEC reporting and payroll and accounts payable for a majority of the US business units (Shared Services Group)

Responsible for month end and year end closing process making sure the books were closed in a timely manner and in accordance with company policy and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for all the corporate departments, including HR, Shared Services, IT, Internal Audit, treasury, tax and business segments

Responsible for maintaining compensation accounting and maintenance of records for restricted stock and stock options

Primary contact for external auditors

Involved in all the of audit committee meetings and audit committee document preparation

Responsible of all the SEC filings

Responsible for developing annual budget and quarterly reforecast for all departments

Involved in numerous acquisitions including purchase accounting and dealing with valuation firms

Responsible for SOX compliance for various department and was involved in a number of internal audit assignments

Developed Corporate compliance charter and involved in setting a number of accounting policy standards

Involved on a number of Company and Corporate cost saving initiatives and teams

Experience: Grant Thornton LLP June, 2002 – May 2007

100 E Wisconsin Avenue

Milwaukee, WI, 53202

Telephone 414-***-****

Manager and Senior Manager in assurance and business advisory July, 2002 to May 2007

Managed twenty-eight engagements in various industries, the main industries being manufacturing and distribution industries. The clients were mainly middle market clients. Manage the activities of staff professionals, which could range from 2 to 10 people per engagement. At any one time as many as 5 engagements could be in the field.

In June of 2002 I was involved in starting up the Grant Thornton LLP office in Milwaukee. The office grew by over 100% in five years

Experience: Arthur Andersen LLP June, 2000 – June 2002

100 E Wisconsin Avenue

Milwaukee, WI, 53202

Manager in assurance and business advisory June, 2000 –June 2002

Manage twenty-two engagements in various industries, the main industries being manufacturing and transportation. The clients were mainly middle market clients. Managed the activities of staff professionals, which could range from 1 to 5 people per engagement. At any one time as many as 5 engagements could be in the field.

Experience: Arthur Andersen and Co January, 1996 - June, 2000

Johannesburg, South Africa

Manager March, 2000 - June, 2000

Supervisor March 1999 - March, 2000

Senior March, 1998 - March 1999

Staff / Experiences Staff January 1996 - March, 1998

As staff and as a senior, I was responsible for performing the audit work on numerous clients, both public and private. These tasks included administration, fieldwork, financial reporting, research under international and South African auditing and accounting standards. The clients were in various industries including manufacturing, retail and oil. As a manager and supervisor I managed the client’s numerous engagements performing the tasks mentioned above, under Arthur Andersen LLP. The main industries were manufacturing, retail, distribution and petroleum.

Education:

United States

Certified Public Accountant - State of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin:

Course in US taxation and business law

South Africa

Charted Accountant - Republic of South Africa

University of South Africa:

Honors; Bachelor of Accounting Science, December 1995

Major: Accounting and Auditing

University of the Witwatersrand:

Postgraduate diploma in business management, December 1991

Bachelor of Science, December 1990

Major: Zoology and Physiology,

Systems: Sage 100, TCM, Infor Visual Manufacturing, Oracle 10.7, Hyperion

References: Available on request

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