Experience

Resurgence Infrastructure Group
• United States
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee
• CEO

  • Aug 2016 - Present

Allied Fiber, LLC
• United States
• Construction
• EVP & CFO

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2016


Warbird Consulting Partners, LLC

• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CFO Services, Senior Consultant

  • Sep 2012 - Jun 2015

  Experienced CFO in both public and private entities with recurring revenue streams in managed service industries. Proven track record managing internal growth balanced with selective external growth through mergers and acquisitions. Delivers a business focus on financial fundamentals and operational results by integrating strong financial controls and reporting metrics into the organization. Effective communicator with both equity and debt stakeholders as well as internal stakeholders by establishing and maintaining clear corporate financial goals and objectives. Show less



Broadvox (formerly Cypress Communications)

• Executive Vice President and CFO

  • Sep 2005 - Sep 2012

  Recruited by private equity owner three months following their acquisition of former public company Cypress Communications, a $75 million annual revenue base fully managed communication services provider with approximately 360 employees. The business challenge: to convert a legacy switching platform and declining TDM customer base to newer VoIP technologies and products by leveraging cash flows from the core legacy business to fund network infrastructure investments and internal growth. Highly capital intensive and complex business model with recurring revenues, fixed costs and leading-edge technology application deployments requiring substantial financial and operational re-engineering, extensive distributed budgeting, planning and reporting, and absolute commitment to timely and detailed financial reporting, analysis and operational support. Hands-on working CFO, systematically and effectively addressed four key business issues: customer churn and revenue dilution; inadequate understanding of network of unit margin economics and network costs; deficient financial reporting and specifically inadequate balance sheet controls; poor planning and forecasting management and tools to successfully support the enterprise. • Transcended Cypress financial reporting and management environment to best in class; instituted timely, “hard” balance sheet close, detailed revenue, COGS and SGA analysis, operating metrics; established a well-controlled environment. • Identified and addressed numerous classic telecom business issues such as customer acquisition costs and, evaluation of sales ROI; understanding of legacy customer base churn; continual examination of costs; evaluation and management of capital intensive network deployments, and personnel management. • Delivered detailed and extensive financial planning and modeling to set, monitor and report both financial and operating objectives. • Installed new financial support systems for process effeciency. Show less



Coastal Marine Construction, LLC

• United States
• Construction

• Co-founder and Principal

  • Mar 2003 - Feb 2005

  Leveraged the business relationship with the controlling shareholder of Telefyne and formed a marine construction company to design and build docks, piers, seawalls and bulkheads along coastal waters in Northwest Florida and South Alabama. • Founded Coastal Marine to fulfill large unmet demand for marine construction services following two years of increased hurricane damages along the coastal regions. • Acquired all necessary barges, equipment, licenses, and staffed four separate crews. Sourced all materials, completed bids and directed all sales for Coastal. • Recruited away to Cypress Communications in September 2005 transferred business interests in Coastal to partner Show less



Telefyne

• United States
• Telecommunications

• CFO

  • 2002 - 2005

  Performed telecom consulting services for Telefyne, Inc. in Pensacola, Florida, a wholesale debit card and IP origination network provider. Performed CFO functions, business planning, and drafted memorandum for internal equity recap; explored merger and exit alternatives for shareholders. • Assisted shareholders of Telefyne to complete business planning, evaluate funding requirements and pursue various IP toll-free and other origination/termination network arrangements. Performed telecom consulting services for Telefyne, Inc. in Pensacola, Florida, a wholesale debit card and IP origination network provider. Performed CFO functions, business planning, and drafted memorandum for internal equity recap; explored merger and exit alternatives for shareholders. • Assisted shareholders of Telefyne to complete business planning, evaluate funding requirements and pursue various IP toll-free and other origination/termination network arrangements.



Circle International Communications, Inc

• CFO

  • 1996 - 2001

  Acquired control of Com Tech International, Inc., a wholesale international arbitrage communications provider by conversion of delinquent accounts receivable into equity and completed a small recap. Established competitive international terminating cost advantages through VoIP deployments into Mexico, Canada, China, and Central/South America combined with good US Domestic terminating rates. Rapid growth and success led to facilities-based acquisition of submarine fiber optic cable capacities and expansion of network terminating arrangements. • Network successes yielded revenue growth from $20 million to over $70 million in three years. • Created an entrepreneurial environment with a fun, high-energy collaborative work culture. • Directed sale of all assets (cable capacities, network terminating routes and equipment, and wholesale customer base) and personally completed liquidation of company satisfying all obligations. Show less



Trescom International

• Telecommunications

• Chief Financial Officer

  • 1995 - 1996

  Recruited into a private-equity backed, high-growth, international long distance wholesale carrier that suffered CFO failure two years after start-up. Completed successful initial public offering in February 1996. • Completed financial restructuring and installation of systems, controls, and reporting within first ninety days. Working with private equity, directed and completed three year strategic plan and annual operating plan resulting in a recap of the company. • Created and installed critical credit rating and collection processes to manage accounts receivable risks with wholesale customer base. • Installed critical (daily) customer and route margin analysis and reporting to maximize margins and stop route sales pricing below effective costs as variable route costs changed rapidly. • Active leader and hands-on participant in the entire IPO process including: drafting sessions, filing of SEC registration state Show less



LDDS

• France
• Wholesale
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Vice Presidenet, Operator Services Division

  • 1993 - 1994

  Responsible for $200 million division of consolidated corporate-wide operator services “OS” revenues and operations including sales, operator centers and full P&L management control. • Focused on three areas to improve divisional performance: consolidation of centers, unit costs, and alternate channel sales. § Renegotiated onerous legacy third-party operator contract resulting in immediate conversion from operating losses to profitability for the OS revenue division. § Directed sales efforts and met revenue objectives and exceeded contribution margin objectives. • The challenge to this opportunity was OS revenues were valued, at the time, less than the core 1+ revenues and were less profitable, but the market was not able to differentiate this. The objective was to integrate and consolidate acquired OS revenues and customers, expand margins and close the gap on divisional profitability to create a viable exit path. Show less