Javier Aldape

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Salinas, CA *3908

E-mail: aczwx6@r.postjobfree.com

Cell: 831-***-****

EXPERIENCE

**** ** ******* *** ******* RANCH, INC. Salinas, CA

Analyst

. Reconcile pre-paid accounts of over $5MM.

. Construct financial models for the strawberry division of the

corporation to create a P&L and an estimate of what Net Income will be

on a full year basis.

. Track, reconcile, and record all seed and fertilizer usage from

dispersal in the field to the A/P system and into the P&L. This data

is then used to analyze the cost of these commodities on a field by

field basis.

. Assume A/R, A/P and Payroll responsibilities when staff is on vacation

. Simplified the tracking of Cattle movement by working with owners and

moving data from Lotus to Excel spreadsheets and teaching owners how

to use Excel models

2010 to 2013 E & J CONSULTING Salinas, CA

Partner

. Consulting advisor leads 'turnaround' efforts of profit challenged

Companies in the Agriculture and CPG Industries. Immediate results

have turned profit performance of clients by over 50% within 60-days

. Turnaround success within three months of signing contract with

client. Strong cost controls led to a P&L change of over +$1MM within

twelve months.

. Full P&L, Sales, and Operational reviews led to this success.

2008 to 2010 NOR CAL HARVESTING - BERRY VALLEY FARMS Salinas, CA

Chief Financial Officer

. Responsible for all accounting and finance functions for a $70MM

Strawberry Harvesting and Growing company.

. Supervised a staff of eight including A/P, A/R, and Payroll.

. Moved the company from a cash accounting to an accrual based

accounting system.

. Implemented a close process that now closes the books on the tenth

work-day from the end of the month.

. Created various key operating indicator reports including one that

tracks harvesting costs on a daily basis and P&L's by ranch that

include harvesting and growing costs.

. Negotiated a Line of Credit/Borrowing Base with a new financial

institution that increase borrowing capacity by almost $1.5MM and

reduced costs by 75 bp's.

. Company has grown 60% during my tenure.

2005 to 2008 CHIQUITA BRANDS INT'L INC. / FRESH EXPRESS FARMS

(CQB) Salinas, CA

Sr. Financial Manager - Sales Finance

. Responsible for creating customer specific P&L's for all customers in

the United States. These P&L's are to the Net Margin Level and a

contract cannot be finalized until this P&L is presented to upper

management. Contracts that are reviewed have an annual value of about

$800MM.

. Work extensively with Sales to ensure costs are at contracted levels.

Also act as liaison between Sales and Business Management to quantify

the best use of our promotional dollars.

2002 to 2005

Sr. Financial Manager - Fruit

. Responsible for all financials related to this new division. Work

with all departments to ensure that both revenues and costs are within

budgeted guidelines.

. Re-structured our product lines to a more profitable line up when the

analysis indicated that the prior SKU's were going to meet neither

revenue nor cost expectations. This produced a positive variance of

about $2MM within 12 months.

. Duties include Capital Expenditures, Variance Analysis, Cost

Studies, Pricing Scenarios, etc.

1999 to 2002 SHOP.COM / ALTURA

INTERNATIONAL Monterey, CA

Director of Financial Planning, Analysis, and Reporting

. Co-authored and maintained the Private Placement Memorandum which we

used to open our "F" round of financing. This round will raise $50

million when fully subscribed.

. Obtained four independent valuations of our common stock to comply

with audit requirements and to inform our Board and shareholders of

our progress. Price has increased over 7X from the date of our first

valuation.Championed a re-structuring of our workforce that reduced

costs by 60%.

. Implemented an official close procedure which reduced the close

process from 45 workdays to 8 workdays. This included detailed

Variance Analysis that was presented to the Board of Directors and all

employees on a monthly basis.

1995 to 1999 FRESH EXPRESS FARMS/CHIQUITA BRANDS

Salinas, CA

Sr. Financial Manager - Manufacturing

. Evaluated and implemented process improvement procedures which

encompassed working with R&D, operations, manufacturing, and

engineering; these procedures resulted in cost savings of about

$3MM.

. Developed and implemented a corporate-wide "scorecard" to insure

that five regional plants were compared on a consistent basis;

therefore facilitating more accurate measures of the manufacturing

process. This consistency facilitated a greater use of "best

practices" techniques among all plants and aided in increasing

plant capacity by 30%.

. Team leader on all multi-disciplinary groups that focused on

reducing manufacturing costs.

Financial Analyst - Financial Planning

. Directed and facilitated a bottoms-up corporate-wide budgeting process

(including five regional plants) for all of Fresh Express, Inc. - $500

million in gross revenues.

1993 to 1995 DOLE FRESH VEGETABLES (DOL)

Salinas, CA

Financial Analyst - Operations

. Prepared weekly financial forecasts and variance analysis for

product lines with yearly revenues in excess of $43 million.

Interacted extensively with the Harvesting supervisors for yield

and cost data.

. Evaluated and made recommendations on capital expenditures of up to

$5 million.

. Monitored, tracked, and analyzed TQM cost savings in excess of $7

million. These analyses involved working with all departments,

including: Sales, Engineering, and Harvesting.

. Prepared special analyses to assist management in assessing plant,

operation, and job consolidations for maximum profitability and

efficiency with expected cost savings of $5 - $6 million. These

evaluations included yield analysis by grower and ranch, reviews of

pack charges, and analysis of the use of multiple labels.

. Developed and produced presentations for company officers on Dole's

cost savings and financial position.

1991 to 1993 ARCO OIL AND GAS COMPANY

(ARC) Dallas, TX

Financial & Planning

Analyst - Planning

. Consolidated and analyzed results for AOGC Marketing Business

segment to support the close process - Communicated results to

senior management.

. Prepared and consolidated monthly data concerning AOGC capital

budget and the YTD spending; identified trends and made appropriate

recommendations that reduced spending by $12 million.

. Conducted studies as requested, utilizing trend and linear

regression analysis techniques - Communicated results of analyses

to senior management.

Summer 1990 XEROX CORPORATION (XRX)

Rochester, NY

Summer Intern - Development & Manufacturing

. Contributed and worked with the financial organization of a

Manufacturing Resource Team responsible for delivering new copier

products to the market.

Winter 1985 CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS

Madrid, Spain

International Intern

. Interacted extensively with members of Parliament to produce report

regarding international trade treaties.

EDUCATION

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Ann Arbor, MI

Graduate School of Business Administration

Master of Business Administration, May 1991

. Concentration in Finance/International Business

. Awarded $5,000/yr Business School Scholarship

DEPAUL UNIVERSITY

Chicago, IL

College of Commerce

Bachelor of Science, October 1987

. Concentration in Finance/Economics

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Served on the Board of Directors at the Steinbeck Credit

Union as the Chairman of the Board. Assets grew 30% during my

two year term.

Also served as Chairman of the Measure H committee at

Hartnell College.

PERSONAL

Fluent in Spanish - Proficient in Excel, Word, Essbase and

FAMOUS - Familiar with Access, and PowerPoint.

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