Jim Quinlan

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Las Vegas, NV 89123

Financial / Operations

Financial Systems Design, Implementation, & Application / Fund Raising / Rapid Growth

Compliance, Reporting / Distress Turn-Arounds / Corporate Finance

Summary:

Operations & Finance Skills: Refine metrics, processes, & reporting/management systems for effective & bankable operations (Compliance: SEC, IRS, debt & equity). Build communication with staff, board, investors, regulators. Document & present public & private fundraising (Reg A+). M&A due diligence & integration. Renewable & fossil energy, SEC reporting, manufacturing (line, special), construction (gov’t, WIP), mining, real estate, IT (ERP, CRM, Web), accounting (Sage, NetSuite, JDE, Payroll, GAAP), & regulatory matters.

Education:

BS Accounting (Auburn University). Dean’s List. Honoraries in Accounting, Economics, Political Science.

Juris Doctor Law (University of Georgia). Dean’s List. Scholastic Award; Moot Court; Student Writer.

CAREER HISTORY

Jacana Warranty/Novea (CFO, In-house Counsel) – CURRENT from January 2014 (in UT, GA, CA)

Completed establishment of finances & operation systems, obtained SEC approval of Reg A+ Tier One & pending firm underwriting, for its mobile IT app & insurance business. Work with stockbrokers & directly with investors. Advised marketing, growth (service contracts), & reg. compliance.

Renew Joule/Rachana Pvt./ (Finance Partner) – CURRENT from January 2010 (USA, India, Middle East, Africa)

Assembled start-up from facility design to construction; paperwork for funding & project planning (projections, financials, presentations). Arranging project financing for proof of concept.

Trinity (Managing Director, EP) – January 2010 to June 2017 (assignments overlap) (in CA, Viet Nam)

•Advise variety of entities & industries, manage practice; rework businesses; rep investors. Reformulate concepts, start-ups, bankruptcies, & existing operations, recruit & build board, package to refine ops, attract, present & close PE, VC, tax, angel, Reg A+, & institutional investors, complete SEC filings; merger & acquisition transactions. Power Purchase Agreements; tax equity financing; worked bank purchase bids; worked real estate FDIC package analysis & purchase; in Viet Nam, reviewed bank purchase & local projects; embedded for operations/systems.

Trinity Alternative Energy (Founder) – January 2010 to January 2013 (in CA)

Assembled start-up solid waste energy op from creation to funding (projections, financials, presentations); sourcing, staffing, & regulatory permitting, ultimately to exit sale. Put people & pieces together to & for effective business.

InVision Housing (CFO) – August 2012 to September 2013 (in TX, CO)

Assembled start-up oil field workforce housing in remote area (projections, financials, presentations); planned construction/compliance.

Genergy (Advisory Board) – CURRENT from January 2010 (in CA)

Start-up, from patent application to prototype hydro-electric innovation, cost budget, bring leads, advise development.

Wellcount Consulting (Embedded: CFO, Controller, COO) – January 2002 to January 2010 (some overlap)

Pacific Rim Energy (COO) – July 2008 to January 2010 (in WA)

•Lead South American energy op entry to N. Am. market. Resource, perform due diligence on, planning for projects, source financing to develop oil & gas, transition to renewable energy (hydro, solar, tax equity).

Sun Electric (CFO/COO) – July 2008 to February 2009 (in CA)

•Rebuilt systems to GAAP, refined labor/cost controls. Re-package solar construction business for investment, re-working project management systems to meet investor desires; refine operations for better control & efficiency [cash flow, tax, supply, manpower (union labor)]. Attained exit sale.

Robert Half Management Resources (Accounting Consultant) – March 2008 to July 2008 (in CA)

•Re-work reporting systems for int’l vertically integrated 1B+ apparel maker; rework records for non-profit housing charity to gain/finance multi-family development purchase.

Rock & Waterscape Group (Controller) – July 2007 to March 2008 (in MI)

•Served Chapter 11 bankruptcy to buy-out exit. Negotiated debts. Recovered & restored prior accounting system, designed & implemented new system for specialty contractor. Re-designed project workflow to reduce costs & improve value of reports for management. Fulfilled federal court filing requirements.

Irwin Industries (VP Risk Management/CFO) – May 2006 to July 2007 (in CA)

•Re-structure systems to enable exponential growth. Achieved full use of tech app to increase labor net margin. Reduced intra-consortium cash demands. Refined costing for services, inventory (implemented bar-coding), fossil electricity generation plant rehabs. Streamlined specialty manufacturing of parts for offshore oil rigs. Restructured for 100+% growth (83MM to 200MM) in <13 months. Consolidated data to 1B+ group.

Cornerstone Services Group (CFO) – July 2004 to May 2006 (in GA)

•Turn cash positive within six months, reduce debt $60MM, create construction controls. Redesigned IT practices & made a GAAP, real-time system for development, construction, & healthcare multi-site, multi-state operation. Designed & implemented internal controls for SOx. Secured $65MM re-finance. Performed due diligence 100MM+ M&A, financial record forensics. Cashed-out health-care facilities to REIT $123MM. Restructured for 200+% growth (125mn to 500mn) in <24 months. Reporting for SEC (S-1s, Ks & Qs) public fund raising via stocks, muni bonds, local bank debt. Consolidated, unified systems for multi-location, multi-state, multi-site construction for housing (single, condo, & multi-family) & assisted living developments (assuring medical insurance pay mandates).

Vanguard Builders & Development / Atl Car Re-Marketing (COO) – January 2003 to July 2004 (in GA)

•Institute financial & operations controls to turn around underperforming ops. Restructured ops, legal, finance, & tax systems & mgmt, turned around office construction unit (including liquidations) in <12 months.

Southern Tile Co. / New Dimension Trading (CFO/COO) – January 2002 to January 2003 (in GA, Italy)

•Re-structured operations & supply chain, adding non-US suppliers. Obtained bank line of credit for government contract airport rehab. Re-negotiated vendor contracts. Analyzed product manufacturing production line to reduce steps & refined to lean standards; documented manufacturing line. Managed 24/7 construction crew.

CPA firm, law, consulting – Law school graduation to January 2002 (in GA) including:

•COO / General Counsel •Tax Counsel •CPA Practice

•Sourced & closed JV with Italian group; established production relationships with Chinese suppliers; designed structure for development in Sakhalin, Russia. Managed dot.com start-ups’ IPOs (>10), reverse mergers. Reviewed &/or prepared &/or presented SEC filings & private placements. Prepared forecasts, market analyses for various industries. Completed road shows for fund-raising. Bankruptcy (7 11 & 13) financing & exit. Risk management for medical, energy, construction.

•Law Practice. Transaction, medical/healthcare rep, entity, bankruptcy, financing, IPOs, PPMs, tax adversary & planning. Tax adversary. Compliance & litigation (insurance, business, construction, real estate, medical defense, debt).

•Big Four CPA Firm alum. Deloitte. Corporate & high net worth tax planning, extensive full-cycle accounting, audited & refined operations/reporting for multi-million$ clients (medical, construction) & recruited staff.

RECOGNITIONS

• Speaker/presenter at energy & finance/investment seminars.

• Advisor to on-line professional business management service & remote consulting.

• Published professional article in “The Practical Tax Lawyer.”

• ”Excellence In Tax” award from Deloitte.

• Served as regional legal counsel for political candidates -- US Senate, state, local, & regional Presidential.

• Elected as political party state delegate, County officer for both major political parties (different years).

• Led litigation against State regarding polling irregularities in federal & state primaries.

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