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Location:
Scituate, MA
Salary:
185000
Posted:
December 09, 2023

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Joseph G. DiLorenzo

617-***-**** ad1ts4@r.postjobfree.com

Nine Silver Road, Scituate, MA 02066 http://www.linkedin.com/in/JosephDiLorenzo/ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

MD Group Consulting Inc. – President and Chief Operating Officer 2015 - Present An advisory firm, focused on improving operating, financial and strategic processes, and business development and experience in most every industry. Diverse clients have ranged from start-ups to large companies as varied as SEI Investments, Administrator of over $1 trillion in hedge, private equity, mutual fund and pooled or separately managed assets; MVR Sports, a Global Top 50 sports innovation firm; Morgan Samuels, a Top-15 ranked U.S. Retained Search firm; OneDigital, an insurance, financial services and human resources platform utilized by 100,000 employers and Regan Communications Group. Regan Communications Group – Chief Financial Officer 2021 - 2023 One of the largest privately held integrated communications companies with nine locations in the United States.

• Responsibilities include coordinating company finances, reporting, tax returns for four legal entities and two divisions. Hotbox Sports Ventures – Chief Strategic Officer, initially involved as Chairman of the Board of Advisors and later Executive Vice President of Business Development 2013 - 2015 Hotbox Sports is a technology company that has developed a multi-patented B2B internet-based platform for fantasy sports and gaming.

• Wrote multi-year forecasts, inter-active financial models and customized presentations to all stakeholders including major sport-league Commissioners and executives as well as elected officials with titles such Governor, State Senate, State Representatives, Treasurer, Lottery head, and General Counsel to show where their respective constituencies can benefit by the newly found revenue.

Plymouth Rock Studios – President and Chief Executive Officer, 2007 - 2013 The only local partner with the former CEOs of Paramount, Disney, and Touchtone Picture Group and Paramount Studios.

• Prepared and conducted presentations to interested parties such as the Massachusetts’ officials including the Governor, Senate President, Economic Development director, state cabinets heads, community and union leaders, special interest groups, multiple Chambers of Commerce, residents, etc., for as many as 1,000 people as well as investors and prospective debt and equity providers that contributed to raising $20mm in equity and debt.

• Point person for interaction with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Town of Plymouth in generating a $42mm property tax break and $19.4 million in other tax benefits based on an independent Economic Development report commissioned by the Town of Plymouth.

• member of successful team effort to get permitted for 2 million square feet of commercial development and oversight of finance, tax, HR, IT, shareholder’s K1s, construction and financial modeling and public responses including the media.

• Negotiated and wrote consulting and real estate agreements as well as multiple Private Placement Memorandums MD Group LLC - Co-founder and co-Chief Executive Officer 2002 -2007 Jenzabar, Inc. - Chief Financial Officer - Initially hired as Executive Vice President of Strategic Alliances….2000 - 2002 Jenzabar is a leading provider of ERP and online solutions on more than 1,000 colleges and universities. Boston Celtics - Senior Vice President of Administration 2000 and prior Seventeen-time World Champion Professional Basketball team. Other Titles: Controller, VP of Finance and CFO, VP of Finance and Administration and CFO

• Managed administration, finance, forecasting, investing, tax filings, cash management and HR and IT oversight.

• Led the first-ever professional sports IPO on the New York Stock Exchange with a $120 million market cap, now valued at

$4.5b. In thirty years, less than five teams have ever gone public in all professional sports.

• The Celtics achieved #1 NYSE ranking for ROI per Equities magazine from the first five years they were public.

• Led acquisition of Fox TV Boston station and radio station WEEI and acted NASD certified Broker/Dealer for the subsequent IPO on New York Stock Exchange eventually resold back to Fox Television for $100mm profit. Also arranged acquisition financing and later a $50mm multi-year credit facility.

• Assured compliance to all pre-and post-SEC and reporting requirements including forms S-1, 10Q, 10K, Form 8 and any other applicable filings with the SEC, IRS, NYSE in various states and municipalities in which the Celtics conducted business as well as provided associated shareholder relations its 95,000 partners and business media spokesperson.

• Interpreted and implemented dozens of consulting, media, sponsorship, real estate leases and personal service contracts as well as participated in the negotiations for broadcast rights for Boston Bruins on WEEI radio.

• Scouted locations, negotiated the lease, with an option to acquire, and constructed the current Fox Boston TV station, in Dedham, MA

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• Partnered with CareGroup and New England Baptist Hospital, to build a world-class training facility with no major cost outlay to the Celtics. Personal oversight with design, develop, permit, community outreach, overcome any environmental impact issues and daily construction and also sold the naming rights to The Sports Authority for an additional $7.8mm, an industry first

Boston Garden/Boston Bruins – Managing Director of the Ticket Office. Solved operational and technical problems associated with producing live entertainment, including financial settlements with promoters and teams and collaborated with marketing and sales departments to implement promotions and also managed union and nonunion personnel and customer relations function.

• Reported directly to the president and responsible for $40 million in highly liquid ticket inventory. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Financial Executives International (FEI) – past National Chairman of the Board of the largest organization of senior financial executives in the world. Past member of the Organizational Alignment and Governance Task Force; Chair of the FEI Hall of Fame Selection Advisory Council; member of the Board of the Financial Executives Research Foundation; board member FEI Canada; multiple Strategic and Marketing initiatives

• FEI Boston Chapter, past President and still on the Membership, Nominating, Program and Partner Committees.

• Diversity/Inclusion, Leadership and Personal Development – owner of Linked In group with over 7,000 followers.

• Founder and inaugural National Chairman, and multi-year member of the FEI National Diversity Committee.

• Treasurer's Club of Boston, past President

• Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce, Board Member

• Downtown North Association, Vice President

• Maine Celtics - Co-founder, the Boston Celtics NBA Development League team. BOARD AFFILIATIONS

• Salvation Army Boston, Executive Committee,

Nominating Committee Chair, over 20 years on the

board

• Community Work Services, past President, Finance Chair, over 20 years on the board

• Freedom Trail Foundation, Treasurer, Chair of the Finance/Investment Committee and on the Executive

Committee. 6 years on the board

• Franciscan Children’s Hospital, Former trustee and current member of the Audit and Compliance

Committee and Leadership Council - over 20 years.

• Friends of the Boston Police – 4 years

• Conexión – 5x mentor

• New England Baptist Hospital, Corporator - 18 years

• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Board of

Overseers, Audit, HR Committee - 13 years

• President’s “America Goes Back to School” -

Massachusetts Committee

• Boston Celtics Charitable Foundation, Treasurer

- 7 years

EDUCATION

• Bentley University - Waltham, MA - Bachelor of Science in Accountancy, Minor in Education. Bentley Executive Club Board Member; two-term president and long-time officer/director Bentley Alumni Association, past Chair of the Organization Review, Reunion, and Nominating committees, respectively, and former member of the College Relations Committees and President's Advisory Council. Past-President of Bentley Downtown Boston Alumni Club AWARDS

• Boston Business Journal Lifetime Achievement Award

• Commonwealth of Massachusetts Gubernatorial Citation

• Downtown North Organizational Leadership Award, Boston, MA

• Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Senate Official Citation

• Downtown North Community Leadership Award, Boston, MA

• Kids for Life, New Haven, CT – recipient of the Biggest Big Kid Award

• Financial Executives International, Morristown, NJ – “Honorary Life Member”

• Omicron Delta Epsilon, International Honor Society in Economics - Massachusetts Chapter “Honorary recognition



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