Investor Relations
Resume:
DERWIN WALLACE
CANTON, MS 39046
*************@*****.*** HOME/MOBILE: 407-***-****
FINANCIAL COMMUNICATIONS & INVESTOR RELATIONS
PROFILE
Financial Communications & Investor Relations Professional at companies which include: CannaIR, First Data, Inc., National Association of Investor Corporation, ResCare, Inc., The Home Depot, Inc., Cox Communications, Inc., Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., and Chatfield Dean Investment Banking.
Broad domestic and international experience spans Technology/Payment Processing, Health Care, Retail, Communications, Gaming and Hospitality, and Financial Services industries. Experience includes:
Investor Relations Strategies
Regulatory Compliance (SOX, Regulation FD)
SEC Filings
Speeches & Talking Points
Investor Conferences & Road-show Prep
Financial Media Communications
Investor and Analyst Relations
Financial Modeling & Analysis
Financial Statement Review
BOD & Executive Presentations
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CannaIR, LLC May 2014 – Present
Founder / Consultant, Atlanta, GA
• Investor relations consulting for industry companies (e.g. earnings, press releases, investor pitch deck, investor targeting, financial communications, funding)
• Increase publicly-traded companies’ liquidity, awareness, and exposure.
• Project management, sales, hosting, coordinating and marketing of the monthly CannaInvestor Webcast & Conference.
• Connect publicly-traded companies with investors, analysts, and financial media.
• Writing, editing, publishing and distribution of the CannaInvestor Magazine
• Managing contributors and contractors and attracting advertisers for the CannaInvestor Magazine First Data, Inc. October 2012 – December 2013
Director of Financial Communications/Investor Relations, Atlanta, GA (IPO delayed indefinitely)
• Support the Executive Committee and Head of Investor Relations in all aspects of the Investor Relations program.
• The preparation of official company disclosures (press release, presentations, transcripts, annual reports, etc.).
• Track sell-side consensus and compare to internal forecasts, creating a plan of action if necessary to alter external expectations.
• Establish and maintain effective relations with sell-side analysts and investors.
• Acting as day to day contact and provide responses to questions and information requests from the financial community
(investors, analysts, and media).
• Act as internal consultant for the Company regarding financial markets, as well as industry and competitor information.
• Prepare Q&A for deals, events, company news, etc.
• Organization and/or management of logistics for earnings and other releases, investor day(s), investor meetings.
• Accompany executive management or other company executives on roadshows and broker conferences.
• Planning for company attendance/presentations/investor meetings at conferences.
• Prepare PowerPoint presentations and related material for investor and media meetings.
• Share internal responsibility for the regular update and maintenance of the Investor Relations website.
• Maintain databases of investors, analysts and media. WALLACE PAGE 2 OF 3
National Association of Investors Corporation January 2010 – October 2012 Director of Corporate Development & Investor Relations, Detroit, MI
• Responsible for corporate investor relations for one of the largest retail investor organizations in the U.S.
• Main point of contact for retail investors who collectively invest $75M monthly with a portfolio value of $70B.
• Create specialized programs that help corporations meet their retail investor targeting goals.
• Work closely with publicly traded companies CEO, CFO, V.P of IR, V.P. of Marketing and V.P. of Public Relations to expand retail investor targeting efforts.
• Coordinate investor conferences (physical and virtual).
• Identify opportunities for corporations to gain retail investor exposure via conferences, website, virtual presentations and webinars, magazine, direct mail and e-mail.
• Keep publicly traded companies apprised of new product and service offerings to reach the retail investor community.
• Assist corporations with event coordination to present investor presentation to large retail investor audience.
• Expand client base of publicly traded companies.
• Develop marketing collateral and presentation materials to attract publicly traded companies. ResCare, Inc. June 2007 – January 2010
Director of Financial Communications/Investor Relations, Louisville, KY (Company went private)
• Develop, or support the development of various communication materials, such as quarterly earnings announcements and releases, conference call scripts, Q&A, investor presentations.
• Provide ongoing, direct interface with institutional and retail investors, and research analysts.
• Company, peer and industry performance, research and analysis.
• Keeping senior management and Board of Directors informed regarding capital/debt market issues and trends.
• Company presentations at investor conferences, road-shows, one-on-ones and analyst day.
• Annual Shareholder Meeting coordination.
• Main point of contact for buy-side and industry sell-side.
• Institutional and retail investor targeting.
• Shareholder identification.
• Oversee Investor Relations and Corporate Governance website content.
• Communicate regarding the company’s current events, strategic objectives and investment community perceptions; present appropriate guidance (within the confines of Regulation Fair Disclosure) to the investment community regarding the company’s operating results, business strategies and effects of special developments.
• Act as an internal consultant by bringing industry and competitor information and perspectives from the investment community to management.
• Direct and execute the collection, analysis, and presentation of feedback to the company of investors perceptions and opinion’s, analyst’s positions and summaries, relative stock price movements, and periodic ownership analysis.
• Identify the core messages, appropriate information content and optimal positioning to obtain an accurate valuation of the company in the market.
• Manage the operational and administrative aspects of the investor relations function.
• Analyze quarterly results and compile relevant information for use at the quarterly conference call with analysts/investors and throughout the quarter during regular discussions with investors.
• Review and analyze external research reports and earnings models. Isle of Capri Casino, Inc. October 2004 – September 2006 United Kingdom Controller/Director of FP&A, Biloxi, MS (Company relocated)
• Preparing, updating and improving financial models for monthly and quarterly P&L forecasting.
• Budget vs. Actual variance analysis.
• Financial statement review.
• Management reporting at each monthly and quarterly-end.
• Create quarterly forecasts, annual budget and 5 year strategic plan.
• Generate reports, graphs, and financial metrics.
• Create Board of Directors quarterly meeting presentation materials.
• Monitor debt and debt compliance at United Kingdom subsidiaries.
• Generate CAPEX reports and monitor actual to plan variances for new casino development projects.
• Development of measurable objectives or Key Performing Indicators (KPI’s).
• Perform sensitivity analysis on gaming operations. Cox Communications, Inc. April 2003 – October 2004 Financial Communications/Investor Relations – Senior Analyst, Atlanta, GA (Company went private) WALLACE PAGE 3 OF 3
• Support the corporate goal of ensuring that market valuations for company debt and equity accurately reflect the value of its future earnings.
• Company, peer and industry performance, research and analysis.
• Point of contact for all prospective investor’s, proactively build relationships with investment community, including buy/sell side analysts and institutional/retail investors.
• Assist in the development of key messages and communication materials for earnings releases, earnings conference calls, annual reports, investor meetings/presentations, BOD meetings and industry events.
• Develop and coordinate company outreach to target list of institutional investors.
• Review analyst's reports on company, peers and competitors and report findings to senior management.
• Monitor peers and competitor’s earnings conference calls and relay key messages to senior management.
• Monitor ratings and earnings estimates from sell-side analysts and stock market activity.
• Determine which institutions, were buying and selling company stock.
• Manage investor relations section of company web-site and planning of annual shareholder meeting and analyst day.
• Assist in ensuring compliance with disclosure requirements through adherence to Regulation FD, Sarbanes-Oxley, and SEC requirements (10-Q’s, 10-K’s, and proxies).
• Keeping senior management and Board of Directors informed regarding capital / debt market issues and trends.
• Company presentations at investor conferences, road-shows one-on-ones and analyst day. Home Depot, Inc. July 1995 – April 2003
Financial Communications/Investor Relations – Analyst, Atlanta, GA
• Evaluate and critique twenty-four Wall Street analyst’s financial models and relay key assumptions to senior management.
• Analyzing and summarizing research on an extensive list of customers, suppliers, and peers as well as the industry in general.
• Maintaining industry competitor analysis to track the trading performance of industry peers, key suppliers and customers, and track analyst consensus estimates.
• Assisting in the quarterly earnings process which includes creating and/or editing scripts, earnings releases and web-cast slides.
• Maintaining the online investor database and assist with investor targeting analyses.
• Assisting the team with participation in analyst conferences and investor meetings which involves preparing investor summaries, press releases, slide presentations, and coordinating the details for our participation with investment banks.
• Assisting in the coordination of our major annual investor and analyst event.
• Development of quarterly presentations for Board of Directors meetings.
• Development of investor kit and investor fact sheet materials for investors and analysts. Chatfield Dean Investment Bankers January 1992 – July 1995 Capital Markets Analyst, Atlanta, GA (Company acquired)
• Assist in structuring, marketing and distribution of all public equity offerings (initial public offerings, secondary transactions and convertible equity offerings).
• Compiling industry and company information and conducting detailed financial and public offering data analysis.
• Development of presentations for road-shows to Corporate Investment Banking clients.
• Summarization of broader market conditions and compilation of institutional investor feedback and historical transaction pricing metrics.
• Assist in the use and building of financial models (depicting a company’s historical and future results).
• Analyze client company financial performance (ratio analysis) and operational performance.
• Assist with financial valuation.
• Assisting with preparation of marketing materials (pitch book, prospectus, brochures, newsletters, fact sheets, etc.).
• Organize and prepare presentations and participate in deal pitches. EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Education: M.B.A. from Keller Graduate School of Management, Decatur, GA, 2002 Certificate in Financial Analysis from Keller Graduate School of Management, Decatur, GA, 2002 B.S. in Accounting from DeVry University, Decatur, GA, 1999 Stockbroker Series 7 and 63 License from the Investment Institute, Atlanta, GA, 1991 Professional Affiliations: NIRI - National Investor Relations Institute
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