ROBERT E. GOWDY, CPA

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E: ad3ojj@r.postjobfree.com

C: 303-***-****

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CONSOLIDATED NATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INC., Denver, CO December 2017 through March 2018

Interim Chief Accounting Officer Consulting role June 2017 through November 2017

EINSTEIN NOAH RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., Denver, CO July 2007 through April 2015

Chief Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller

Responsible for the accounting and reporting functions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX). Responsible for the preparation of comprehensive financial reports for the senior leadership team, the Board of Directors/Audit Committee (including presentations and related “decks”), and the SEC. Collaborative leadership with constituents to establish financial forecasts, financial plans, and policies. Responsible for the shared services function: accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll.

Specific responsibilities include:

Organize, implement, direct, and evaluate the company’s accounting function and performance in accordance with GAAP, SEC Rules and Regulations.

The Chief Accounting Officer has the final responsibility for providing effective financial controls in compliance with SOX for the organization.

Motivates and leads a high performance management team. Responsible for evaluating the performance of personnel in the Accounting Department, including technical accounting and SEC reporting, tax reporting, compliance/regulation and the shared services function: accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll.

CONTRACT & DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING 2006 to 2007

United Launch Alliance; a JV between Lockheed Martin & Boeing

The Shane Company

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

Liberty Global, a cable TV company that owns international cable TV systems

SAMSONITE CORPORATION, Denver, CO December 2002 to December 2005

VP, Finance, & Chief Financial Officer, The Americas

Reporting relationship to the President, The Americas with “dotted line” to Samsonite Global CFO. Provided leadership to establish financial forecasts, financial strategies, plans, and policies. Responsible for operational and corporate oversight of wholesale and retail operations in the United States and subsidiary operations in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina - Annual net sales for these operations approximated $400 million. This position included the responsibility for consolidating international subsidiaries with multiple FX currencies.

Primary role for The Americas included:

Annual planning and forecasting process to include presentations of plans to senior management and Board Members.

Evaluation of potential acquisitions and/or mergers. Internal lead for financial due diligence on two acquisitions.

Management of technical accounting issues for The Americas.

Integral role for implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley/404 compliance.

Active leadership of:

oBalance sheet reviews, reconciliation reviews and “surprise management” rigor.

oOperating reviews of business units.

oAnnual audit and quarterly reviews with outside auditors (domestic & foreign). Review of 10-K’s and

o10-Q’s to include M. D. & A. for The Americas.

oRetail internal audit function.

ADOLPH COORS COMPANY & COORS BREWING COMPANY 1983 to 2002

Business Unit CFO/Finance Director

COORS DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, Lakewood, CO, 1997-2002

Reporting relationship to the President, CDC with “dotted line” to Coors Brewing Company (CBC) CFO. Provided leadership to establish financial forecasts, financial strategies, plans, and policies. CFO for seven divisions with combined $275 million in net sales and 700 employees as a subsidiary of CBC. Divisions ranged in size from $130 million in net sales to $12 million in net sales. Responsible for ongoing leadership of financial function including on-site operating reviews, reporting, planning, forecasting and internal control:

Financial “go-to” person for acquisitions of brands and divestiture of distributorships.

Encouraged the divestiture of substantially all of CDC resulting in the generation of approximately $65 million in proceeds. Implemented the approved transactions to divest four distributorships/divisions.

Co-championed the capital approval process and construction of a new state-of-the-art warehouse ($17 million/222k square feet).

Implemented comprehensive forecasting process.

Director/Manager, Corporate Accounting

COORS BREWING COMPANY, Golden, CO, 1990-1996

Responsible for internal management reporting and external S.E.C. reporting for this $2 billion company;

Functional reporting responsibilities included Sales and Marketing, Golden Brewing Operations and

Golden Logistics; Day-to-day coordination of audit process with outside auditors:

Served as CBC financial point-person for deal-teams and transactions including international JVs, restructuring charge ($125 million) and corporate spin-off of non-brewing assets into separate company.

Manager, Sales & Marketing Finance & Special Project

COORS BREWING COMPANY, Golden, CO, 1987-1989

“Partnership” role to VP, Marketing; Analysis of revenue results and the Annual Marketing Plan; Management

of the financial activities of Coors’ advertising agencies.

Director, Finance & Administration

THE MASTERS BREWING COMPANY (a Coors/Molson JV), Alexandria, VA, 1985 to 1986

Entrepreneurial start-up joint venture partnership between CBC and the Molson Breweries of

Canada Limited; Responsible for bank relations, internal financial reports to management, Board presentations,

financial planning, HR, insurance and corporate legal.

Manager, Financial Reporting

ADOLPH COORS CO., Golden, CO, 1983-1984

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Supervising Senior Auditor, ARTHUR YOUNG & CO., Denver, CO, 1980-1983

Lead auditor on Mobil Oil & Gas – Denver Division

Senior Auditor, ALEXANDER GRANT & CO., Columbus, Ohio, 1977-1979

Lead auditor on a number Department of Energy out-sourced audits of Gulf Oil & Marathon Oil

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

Master of Accounting, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1976

Bachelor of Science in Marketing, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 1973

Certified Public Accountant

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