Chief Financial Officer or Chief Operating Officer
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer with 15 years experience looking for a Senior Executive position.
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EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE Grande Communications Holdings, Inc., October 1998 - October 2009 Grande Communications delivers competitive bundled communication services to the residential and commercial markets in Texas. Regulated by federal, state and l ocal authorities, Grande competes in a monopoly-dominated marketplace to provide cable TV, high speed internet and telephone services to the public on its own n etwork. Rio Holdings, Inc., October 2009 - Present CFO, CEO and Treasurer - Legacy c apital structure of original Grande Communications Holdings Company. The entity no longer has employees, but will continue to represent more than 200 investors until the ultimate disposition of Grande's operating company by ABRY Partners. R esponsible for final public reporting requirements through the 2009 10-K and the on-going investor communications. Grande Communications Holdings,, Inc., July 2000 - October 2009 Chief Financi al Officer - Continued as CFO after Thrifty Call acquisition. Primarily respons ible for raising additional equity and debt to finance network build-out plan in Texas cities (Austin, San Marcos, San Antonio, Waco, Midland/Odessa, Corpus Chr isti and DFW suburb communities) to provide bundled telephone, cable and interne t services to residential and small business customers. Over $500,000,000 in eq uity was contributed since inception and $193,000,000 in high yield public notes to provide capital for network build and the replacement of previous $70,000,00 0 senior credit facility. On September 13, 2009, a majority interest (75%) in Gr ande was sold to ABRY Partners and the executive management of Grande was transi tioned to Atlantic Broadband, another portfolio company of ABRY Partners. Thrifty Call, Inc., January 1998 - July 2000 Chief Financial Officer - Senior management executive responsible for all financial relationships of a telecommu nications company. Primarily responsible for selecting an investment bank partn er for an M&A transaction process, evaluation of capital structure alternatives with financial sponsor prospects and negotiating options with strategic partner candidates. Thrifty Call completed a successful M&A transaction in July 2000, se lling to Grande Communications. Littlefield Real Estate Company, September, 1993 - August, 1997 Private real estate investment and management company formed to acquire income p roperties from financial institutions following the S&L failures in the late 198 0s. Littlefield ultimately assembled a commercial real estate portfolio valued at more than $350 million, then subsequently liquidated the portfolio in a serie s of transactions. Chief Financial Officer - Executive corporate officer with responsibility for the operation and management of the Accounting, Human Resources and MIS departme nts. Performance objectives included strategic planning and implementation of ma nagement information systems, management of employee benefits, risk and litigati on management, economical and responsive accounting services and the allocation of corporate financial resources. Investment Properties Management, Inc., March, 1990 - September, 1993 Property management company serving government entities FADA, FSLIC and other S& L transition organizations. Chief Financial Officer - Senior management position with broad corporate respo nsibilities, including accounting, personnel and administrative staff supervisio
n, Novell network administration, corporate financial and tax planning, accounti ng software analysis and resource allocation. Calcasieu Lumber Company, January, 1989 - March, 1990 109 year old family-held wholesale and retail lumber company with substantial r eal estate holdings with primary business line serving the builder community. Vice President Finance - Corporate officer responsible for accounting, personne l and data processing departments. Developed alternative sources of financing to meet working capital requirements. Implemented large-scale cost reduction prog ram and evaluated procedures, policies and systems for increased efficiency. Capstone Companies, Inc., November, 1983 - January, 1989 Company focused on fee-based property management of multi-family residential and multi-tenant commercial developments. Vice President Finance (7/87-1/89) - Responsible for corporate accounting, prod uction accounting and data processing departments. Member of a senior team that negotiated a transfer of company ownership and restructured all outstanding corp orate debt. Vice President MIS & System Administrator (11/83-6/87) - Supervised data proces sing personnel and outside consultants. Designed and implemented enhancements t o existing system, as well as selected alternative property management systems t o meet internal and external information needs. The Continuum Company, Inc., October, 1982 - October, 1983 A public company focused on software development for life insurance industry. P roducts included Policy Administration systems for large insurance companies. Financial Analyst - Responsible for the installation of a McCormack & Dodge Gen eral Ledger and Financial Reporting package on an IBM mainframe computer system. The Barry Gillingwater Company, June, 1977 - September, 1982 A multifamily property management company headquartered in Austin serving proper ties throughout Texas. Programmer Analyst - Responsible for the maintenance and modifications to a pro perty management accounting system. ACADEMIC The University of Texas at Austin, BBA Accounting, 1980. AFFILIATIONS Director - Littlefield Corporation - Small public company, Chairman Audit Commit tee. Director - CARY - Council on At Risk Youth - Non profit junior high school viole nce intervention program. Past President, Austin Area Texas Exes Alumni Association of the University of T exas. Northwest Hills United Methodist Church.
OTHER INFORMATION Certified Public Accountant # 33467. Texas Army National Guard, October, 1974 - October, 1980. Eagle Scout, January, 1973. Married, February, 1983, wife Kathy and daughters Corby (20) and Jordyn (22). Hobbies and Interests: classical guitar; car, motorcycle and bicycle restoratio n; golf.
n, Novell network administration, corporate financial and tax planning, accounti ng software analysis and resource allocation. Calcasieu Lumber Company, January, 1989 - March, 1990 109 year old family-held wholesale and retail lumber company with substantial r eal estate holdings with primary business line serving the builder community. Vice President Finance - Corporate officer responsible for accounting, personne l and data processing departments. Developed alternative sources of financing to meet working capital requirements. Implemented large-scale cost reduction prog ram and evaluated procedures, policies and systems for increased efficiency. Capstone Companies, Inc., November, 1983 - January, 1989 Company focused on fee-based property management of multi-family residential and multi-tenant commercial developments. Vice President Finance (7/87-1/89) - Responsible for corporate accounting, prod uction accounting and data processing departments. Member of a senior team that negotiated a transfer of company ownership and restructured all outstanding corp orate debt. Vice President MIS & System Administrator (11/83-6/87) - Supervised data proces sing personnel and outside consultants. Designed and implemented enhancements t o existing system, as well as selected alternative property management systems t o meet internal and external information needs. The Continuum Company, Inc., October, 1982 - October, 1983 A public company focused on software development for life insurance industry. P roducts included Policy Administration systems for large insurance companies. Financial Analyst - Responsible for the installation of a McCormack & Dodge Gen eral Ledger and Financial Reporting package on an IBM mainframe computer system. The Barry Gillingwater Company, June, 1977 - September, 1982 A multifamily property management company headquartered in Austin serving proper ties throughout Texas. Programmer Analyst - Responsible for the maintenance and modifications to a pro perty management accounting system. ACADEMIC The University of Texas at Austin, BBA Accounting, 1980. AFFILIATIONS Director - Littlefield Corporation - Small public company, Chairman Audit Commit tee. Director - CARY - Council on At Risk Youth - Non profit junior high school viole nce intervention program. Past President, Austin Area Texas Exes Alumni Association of the University of T exas. Northwest Hills United Methodist Church.
OTHER INFORMATION Certified Public Accountant # 33467. Texas Army National Guard, October, 1974 - October, 1980. Eagle Scout, January, 1973. Married, February, 1983, wife Kathy and daughters Corby (20) and Jordyn (22). Hobbies and Interests: classical guitar; car, motorcycle and bicycle restoratio n; golf.
