Experience

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  REAL | Recovery Education and Applied Learning, LLC

  • New Canaan, Connecticut, United States

  • Chief Financial Officer

    • Jul 2022 - Present
    • New Canaan, Connecticut, United States

    REAL is an interactive online educational platform designed to support parents & allies of adolescents and young adults suffering from substance use disorders. REAL's core educational, social and healthcare features were created to give parents the tools necessary to increase the efficacy of substance use recovery.

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  GrowGeneration Corp

  • 1000 West Mississippi Ave, Denver, CO 80223

  • Chief Financial Officer - Retired

    • Apr 2017 - Apr 2021
    • 1000 West Mississippi Ave, Denver, CO 80223

    GrowGeneration Corp. (“GrowGen”), a NASDAQ listed company, is currently the largest hydroponic equipment supplier in the United States, with 29 garden centers, across 11 states. We carry and sell thousands of products, from organic nutrients, soils, advanced lighting technology, to state-of-the-art hydroponic equipment used by commercial and home growers. Additionally, we carry propagation supplies, pest controls, environmental controllers and ventilation solutions. With a dedicated professional growing staff, we aim to service any size grow in order to lower costs, maximize yield, and provide facility or project consultations. We also offer greenhouse design solutions and harvesting solutions at any scale. Our team of experts are on call 24/7 to assist all growers.

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  Monty R. Lamirato Consulting

  • Consulting CFO/Interim CFO

    • Mar 2009 - Apr 2017

    Monty R. Lamirato Consulting provides services as a CFO/Financial Reporting Consultant for various size companies in a variety of industries. My consulting services range from recurring monthly consulting for public companies, recurring quarterly and annual audits and financial reporting, and non-recurring projects ranging from thirty to sixty days.From March 2013 to November 2016, I serve as the Chief Financial Officer on a full time basis for Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources, Inc, a publicly traded holding company that provides a wide range of environmental, renewable fuels and industrial waste stream management services.

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  Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources, Inc

  • Golden, CO

  • CFO

    • Mar 2013 - Nov 2016
    • Golden, CO

    From March 2013 to November 2016, I served as the Chief Financial Officer, on a full time basis, for Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources, Inc, ("SEER") a publicly traded holding company that provides a wide range of environmental, renewable fuels and industrial waste stream management services. My duties have included the following:* Prepared Form 10 Registration Statement to transition SEER to a fully reporting public company* Prepare all SEC filings (10-Q’s, 10-K’s, 8-K’s, Forms 3 and 4, Proxy Statements, Registration Statements), both financial and non-financial.* Preparation of state Blue Sky registration and compliance* Prepare GAAP and SEC compliant financial statements for review by independent accountants. * Provide high level technical accounting related to GAAP and SEC matters.* Develop financial and operating metrics and other key performance indicators for management to help evaluate business results.* Designed, developed and installed a new scalable accounting and financial reporting system that allowed for revenue growth without significant changes in people, systems, or procedures.* Develop systems of internal accounting control based upon the available resources within the Company and made recommendations to senior management on human resource needs.* Develop annual budgets for cash and operating management and provide periodic management meetings to evaluate budget vs. actual results.* Commenced an equipment leasing finance program to help finance the companies capex needs.

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  ARC Group Worldwide, Inc (formerly ARC Wireless Solutions, Inc.)

  • Denver, CO

  • CFO/Treasuer

    • Aug 2001 - Mar 2009
    • Denver, CO

    ARC Wireless Solutions, Inc., which had revenues of $55 million, designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells a diversified line of antennas and related wireless communication systems, including cellular base station, mobile, cellular, GPS and flat panel antennas to customers domestically and internationally. We operate production facilities in mainland China. My primary duties included the following:* Prepare and/or review all SEC filings, both financial and non-financial.* Develop scalable accounting and reporting systems that allow for revenue growth.* Develop annual budgets for cash and operating management and provide periodic management meetings to evaluate budget vs. actual results.* Responsible for overall development and management of the financial accounting and reporting systems for compliance with Sarbanes Oxley, cash management activities, internal and external financial reporting, tax planning and compliance activities.* Develop credit management policies and procedures* Mergers and acquisitions, including acquisition target analysis and acquisition due diligence*Treasury functions

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  Planet Outdoors.com, Inc.

  • Boulder, CO

  • VP Finance

    • Sep 1999 - Oct 2000
    • Boulder, CO

    PlanetOutdoors was an e-commerce retailer specializing in outdoor gear and apparel.I left PlanetOutdoors as a result of its sale to MVP.comMy duties included the following:* Prepare the company for an eventual IPO.* Helped position the company for subsequent rounds of financing prior to IPO.* Develop scalable accounting and reporting systems that allow for revenue growth without significant changes in people, systems, or procedures.* Prepare financial modeling forecasts for presentation to Boards of Directors or potential outside investors.* Help create and drive the successful financial and business model.* Develop annual budgets for cash and operating management and provide periodic management meetings to evaluate budget vs. actual results.* Responsible for overall development and management of the financial accounting systems, cash management activities, internal and external financial reporting, tax planning and compliance activities.* Provide timely, accurate, concise, and relevant financial information to management. * Communicate early warnings with upper management on operating or market trends and development and work with management to develop actionable items based on in-depth analysis. * Based on historical data, make recommendations to senior management that reflects a creative strategic outlook on issues affecting marketing, operations, and corporation positioning.* Set policy and technical quality standards for financial reporting.* Coordinate with the companies independent accountants on accounting issues and planning of the annual audit.* Make presentations to management on various pension and profit sharing plans and executive deferred compensation plans.* Set up operating lease lines for equipment financing and negotiate operating and equipment lines with bank.

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  Monty R. Lamirato, P.C.

  • Denver, CO

  • Owner/Consultant

    • Sep 1993 - Jun 1999
    • Denver, CO

    My duties as a part-time CFO/Controller included the following:* Prepare internal use financial statements which have included consolidated financial statements of companies with foreign operations.* Develop scalable accounting and reporting systems that allow for revenue growth without significant changes in people, systems, or procedures.* Assist in the preparation of periodic reports, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.* Prepare business plans, which include financial forecasts, for start-up companies, for presentation to private investors.* Prepare financial modeling forecasts for presentation to Boards of Directors or potential outside investors.* Develop systems of internal accounting control based upon the available resources within the Company and make recommendations to senior management on human resource needs.* Develop annual budgets for cash and operating management and provide periodic management meetings to evaluate budget vs. actual results.* Evaluate the best short-term investment alternatives for idle cash.

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  Mitchell Finley & Company, P.C.

  • Denver, Co

  • Audit Partner

    • Sep 1986 - Jun 1993
    • Denver, Co

    Audit Partner

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  Coopers & Lybrand

  • CPA

    • 1977 - 1986