Christopher “Todd” Garner

Dallas, TX 469-***-**** ad1ah2@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/ctoddgarner/ github.com/SMU-DataHub Summary

Results-oriented Leader with an impressive background in leading companies from startup to scaling by providing hands-on expertise in business planning, strategy, financial analysis, statistical and AI assisted analysis, raising capital, accounting, budgeting and operations. Data Science savvy entrepreneur that continues to acquire state-of-the-art statistical, artificial intelligence, machine learning with R, Python, SAS, Azure related analytical techniques and able to gather actional insights from data sets of most any kind.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Master of Science in Data Science – Southern Methodist University, scheduled to graduate in Dec 2024 Concentrations: Machine Learning and Business Analytics – Halfway through the program with a 3.714 GPA FinTech Boot Camp Certificate – Six-month program at Rice University, completed August / 2022 (GPA 96.36%) Dallas College – Advanced Accounting Associates program – 9 hours from sitting for CPA, 4.0 in all accounting courses. Master of Business Administration, Concentration: Finance and Entrepreneurship Rice University – Houston, TX Bachelor of Science - Engineering Physics, Concentration: Electrical Engineering Texas Tech University – Lubbock, TX WORK EXPERIENCE

Vice President of Finance and Business Analytics/Shareholder – temp/extended layoff 2023 to Present CRYPTOTAX SOLUTIONS, LLC – SAAS ACCOUNTING AND CRYPTOTAX FIRM Remote

• Leading the firm’s capital raising, strategic development and SaaS deployment strategies and implementation of Azure back-end AI/ML pipeline and analysis technology to provide CEO with comprehensive analytics for decision making

• Cryptotax Solutions is the only global accounting & tax firm with a comprehensive CryptoTax & Accounting Software

(think Quickbooks and TurboTax combined) that will “decrypt” transactions across all blockchain wallets, show actual profit & loss, and produce audit ready materials, and calculate all transactions, whether trading or crypto used as payment, correctly and accurately

• As this is a startup, wear a lot of hats. Raised capital, developed marketing pitch decks, provided pipelines from Azure DB for web analytics using advanced statistics and machine learning techniques.

• Creating deployment strategy, revenue analyses, economic and business modeling, managing strategic partnerships, acquisitions, and development for the near and medium term and developing backend Business Analytics methodologies and practices for tracking user behaviors, web site functionality and driving marketing insights

• Ensuring long-term success by spearheading the analysis, implementation, and continuous oversight of corporate, project, and business costs, revenue, cash management, human capital acquisition, establishing and increasing EBITDA margins

• Securing funding for development, mergers, acquisitions, and deployment, using extensive contacts in capital markets

(debt and equity)

Chief Executive Officer 2021 to 2023

PINNACLE ECONOMICS, LLC – CONSULTING FIRM Dallas, TX

• Provide consultancy support to energy-based clients regarding raising initial and follow-on capital, accounting and finance analyses and processes

• Create strategy, project analysis, project / business modeling using MS Excel, acquisition, and development

• Ensure long-term success of start-ups by aiding in analysis, implementation, and continuous oversight of corporate, project, and business costs, revenue, cash management, and increasing EBITDA margins

• Secure funding for mergers, acquisitions, and development, using extensive contacts in capital markets (debt and equity)

• Leveraged hands-on experience for the creation of effective 3-statement and pro forma economic models focused on integrating programs with the highest variability and complexity

• Enhance private equity / debt capital and improved go public strategies by developing lifecycle plan of capital-intensive efforts, including vertical and horizontal well drilling, workovers, budgeting, and corporate / opportunity presentations Managing Director – Asset Practice Lead 2019 to 2021 CAPITAL ALLIANCE CORPORATION – INVESTMENT BANKING Dallas, TX Christopher “Todd” Garner Page 2

• Generated client engagement utilizing a multi-faceted approach

• Evaluated client asset base, business requirements, risk exposure, and exit options to streamline processes

• Directed strong communication with all parties involved as the point person for the Asset Practice Establishing the group’s culture and vision for ensuring client success and sustainable business growth

• Grew private equity, mezzanine, and commercial lending relationships, outperforming fees target by 35%.

• Boosted service effectiveness by offering capital sourcing for acquisitions, divestitures, and development of project targets

Chief Operating Officer – Exploration & Production Company President and Chief Financial Officer 2015 to 2019 KING OPERATING CORPORATION KING OPERATING FUND I LP - OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COMPANY AND FUND DALLAS, TX

• Led daily business operations, including strategy, finance, accounting, engineering, and geology with full P&L responsibility while working as a nucleus of the internal leadership circle for the company

• Directed all finance and accounting functions including sensitivity analyses, weekly cash flow projections, managing primary lender day-to-day contact with lender

• Negotiated hundreds of contracts of various sorts on favorable terms to the company

• Created robust Fund by combining three separate partnerships for securing credit and equity participation and an initial public offering (IPO) on the AIM (junior market of the London Stock Exchange)

• Originated, negotiated, and closed a $75M mezzanine credit facility on profitable terms with Oaktree Capital Management a $157B publicly traded private equity and credit provider

• Accountable for P&L, relationship with financing entity, audit management, critical review of expenses incurred, streamlining spend, determining the direction forward for a newly created company Fund (2015), driving zero to gross oil production of 3,200 barrels per day with appraisal of $220M by third-party engineering company within 3 years

• Created strong group motivation and loyalty by attaining team incentives / bonuses through communicating with owner regarding well deserved staff bonuses

Chief Executive Officer, Principal and Director 2005 to 2015 PINNACLE ROYALTIES, LTD. – EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION COMPANY Dallas, TX

• Created new business from inception including securing funding through to successful deployment and execution. Major tenet to keep expenses variable and low was contracting with outside vendors. The result was a high- performing in-house and external team of operations, legal, finance, accounting, sales, and marketing professionals

• Introduced an innovative and profitable securities product for accredited investors seeking replacement property in a like-kind exchange under Internal Revenue Code Section 1031, obtaining an optimal tax opinion from a reputable global law firm, which led to generating $8M revenue in year two

• Planned and implemented effective strategies, resulting in raising $9.5M startup capital; retired within two years with an investor return of 19.23%

• Attained 7X ROI on a $1 million drilling program in a 72-million-barrel California heavy oil project by negotiating and closing sale of the project for $9.25M within a 3-year timeframe ADDITIONAL OIL AND GAS EXPERIENCE: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Noble Royalties, Inc. Dallas, TX 2004-2005 EXTENSIVE POWER GENERATION EXPERIENCE: Developer and Executive in the Independent Power Industry SKILLS

Finance, leading edge analytics, business analysis and operations management, extensive capital markets relationships, capital raises – end-to-end, $750 million raised solely and as a part of a finance team, financial and economic modeling, complex negotiations, big data, statistical and machine learning analysis, risk exposure management, 360-degree thinking, mergers and acquisitions, revenue and expense control, no detail is too small, capital structure design and management, GAAP compliance, due diligence, marketing and business development, experienced team builder, motivator and leader Recognized for exemplary leadership, directing and motivating multi-disciplined teams towards achievement of business goals and productivity improvement. Expert communication skills to successfully convey complex strategies to all stakeholders including upper management, boards of directors, investors and the general public. Skilled at evangelizing company message. VOLUNTEERING AND ASSOCIATIONS7

Volunteer with and donor to SoupMobile Church, a 501(c)3 charity feeding and sheltering the homeless, since 2016. Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) member and the Data Science Association

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