Experience

Vunder Brands, LLC

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Director

  • Apr 2022 - Present



Vunder Brands LLC

• Accounting Manager

  • Jun 2020 - Jun 2022



Applied Engineering & Technology Integration Inc.

• Accounting Manager

  • Mar 2017 - Jun 2020

  Responsible for all day-to-day accounting activities, including: general ledger entries, accounts receivable, accounts payable, financial statements, bank and credit card reconciliations, and communication of quarterly results to CPA for tax purposes. Extensive use of QuickBooks and Excel. Also responsible for writing quotes for customers, customer support, purchasing, payroll, and many HR functions. Responsible for all day-to-day accounting activities, including: general ledger entries, accounts receivable, accounts payable, financial statements, bank and credit card reconciliations, and communication of quarterly results to CPA for tax purposes. Extensive use of QuickBooks and Excel. Also responsible for writing quotes for customers, customer support, purchasing, payroll, and many HR functions.



Independent Management Services

• Accounting Manager

  • Sep 2013 - Nov 2014

  Financial accounting for multiple federally-subsidized properties. Supported annual audit. Tasks included budget preparation; monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statement preparation; bad-debt write-offs; and accounts receivable. Extensive work with QuickBooks and Excel. Financial accounting for multiple federally-subsidized properties. Supported annual audit. Tasks included budget preparation; monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statement preparation; bad-debt write-offs; and accounts receivable. Extensive work with QuickBooks and Excel.



Independent Management Services

• Accountant

  • Nov 2011 - Mar 2013

  Seasonal job, fall/winter audit season only. Prepared audit working papers to meed HUD audit requirements for federally-subsidized properties. Worked extensively in QuickBooks and Excel. Performed various accounting tasks, including journal entries, monthly closing entries, bank reconciliations, and accounts receivable. Seasonal job, fall/winter audit season only. Prepared audit working papers to meed HUD audit requirements for federally-subsidized properties. Worked extensively in QuickBooks and Excel. Performed various accounting tasks, including journal entries, monthly closing entries, bank reconciliations, and accounts receivable.



General Dynamics

• Engineering Specialist

  • Jul 1989 - Feb 1994

  Integrated and tested turret electronic components on the benchtop and in the vehicle. Testing included both laboratory testing and field trials. Concentrated specifically on commander's and gunner's stations. Used a variety of test equipment including data bus analyzers, oscilloscopes, and spectrum analyzers.Verified serial data bus traffic met MIL-STD-1553B and identified non-compliant packets and determined corrective action.Conducted system integration testing to verify hardware, software, and system-level performance. Determined root cause of failures/errors.Evaluated fire control system diagnostic software in the laboratory and in prototype vehicles. Proposed and implemented a rigorous test plan of the diagnostics system in all prototype vehicles to differentiate systemic errors from vehicle-specific and operator errors.Provided customer field support at military installations including electronics troubleshooting and fire control system performance testing.Conducted prototype demonstrations for customer.Asked by other systems integration groups to test other turret electronics systems because of my superior trouble-shooting skills and in-depth knowledge of turret data bus operations.Created software specifications for commander’s fire control graphics. Developed test procedures for fire control system integration testing, with special emphasis on data bus traffic.Created system-level and subsystem-level flow charts to document proper system operation for software development and testing.Provided fire control support and input to hardware development team and hardware vendors.Acted as fire control systems liaison to the effort to create foreign-language versions of commander’s and gunner’s stations. Proficiently communicated complex fire control operations to ESL engineers from foreign countries.Point person for fire control systems for optical and electro-optical components. Provided technical support for proposed radar tracking system.



Environmental Research Institute of Michigan

• Research Engineer II

  • Jan 1986 - Jun 1989

  Managed the DARPA Infrared Data Library, which collected, cataloged, and disseminated classified infrared data in various formats for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.Wrote and edited The IR Newsletter, a publication of the Infrared Information Analysis Center.Worked with clients of the Infrared Information Analysis Center to locate pertinent information in the Center’s large collection of research papers and data pertaining to defense applications of infrared technology.Investigated laser/optical substrate coupling methods, including prisms, lenses, and direct coupling.Tested and evaluated optical hologram duplicator.



IBM

• Engineering Intern

  • May 1985 - Aug 1985

  Worked to upgrade IBM's supermarket scanner line to work in manufacturing environments over great distances. Bench tested scanner and scanner subsystems.Collaborated to create inexpensive and easy-to-deploy high speed networks for schools. Used a spectrum analyzer to develop active line filters. Tested prototype filters in the laboratory and RF anechoic chamber. Worked to upgrade IBM's supermarket scanner line to work in manufacturing environments over great distances. Bench tested scanner and scanner subsystems.Collaborated to create inexpensive and easy-to-deploy high speed networks for schools. Used a spectrum analyzer to develop active line filters. Tested prototype filters in the laboratory and RF anechoic chamber.



Machine Vision International

• Engineering Intern

  • May 1984 - Apr 1985

  Developed, programmed, burned, and verified programmable array logic circuits for use in machine vision applications.Created design documentation based on engineering sketches. Developed, programmed, burned, and verified programmable array logic circuits for use in machine vision applications.Created design documentation based on engineering sketches.