Professional experience and career objectives: I have 35 years international experience in operational Financial Management with high tech publicly traded companies and start-ups – IT, semiconductors, telecommunications, applied electronic systems and electrical interconnection systems. With exposure to all operational finance, accounting and administrative functions, I seek a challenging financial management function with a technology-focused, medium- or large-scale international firm to support their advance to the "next level."
Skills and areas of expertise: Skills include implementing effective risk management processes (Sarbanes-Oxley and revenue recognition per US GAAP), conducting financing rounds and trade sales, and establishing administrative, accounting, finance and reporting processes in start-ups and new operations in foreign countries.
I am responsible for all accounting/finance, administrative, IT and human resources functions in a German software company.
Former Employment
General Accounting Manager
Sun Microsystems GmbH
(Computer Science, Internet) - Germany
september 2007 - september 2008 (1 year)
Reported to EMEA Accounting Director. Team of 20. Responsible for all Accounting, Tax and Payroll matters for Germany. Co-ordinate tax audit issues, SOX control processes, and accounting aspects of acquisition integrations while supporting outsourcing of routine accounting processes to EMEA Hub.
Revenue Manager
Sun Microsystems GmbH
(Computer Science, Internet) - Germany
september 2004 - september 2007 (3 years)
Team of 10. Handled all revenue reporting and worked with sales management to package non-standard deals in conformance with US GAAP revenue recognition guidelines and Sarbanes Oxley reporting requirements. Also covered revenue forecasting, project services accounting, product supply escalations
Chief Financial Officer
NXN Software AG
(Computer Science, Internet) - Germany
august 2000 - august 2004 (4 years)
German start-up sofftware company. Negotiated €8.0 Million third round financing in July 2001. Established administrative organization (Finance with US GAAP basis, Human Resources, Shipping and IT); this organization was instrumental in helping lead the Company to its very successful trade sale.
Responsible for all entity Finance, Accounting, MIS and Human Resources functions. Team of 29. Re-engineered the MIS system and Accounting and Reporting approaches used (including introduction of Standard Cost Accounting) in order to significantly enhance administrative Qualtiy and efficiency.
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