Supporting Private Equity Portfolio Companies and Large Privately held organizations • Managing and executing client engagements within the CFO and Controller suite, • Perform duties as Interim Controller supporting and reducing monthly close cycle, managing external auditors, enhancing processes to increase and enhance controls over financial reporting, working capital, and implement policies and procedures to meet monthly reporting deadlines, • Execute an Enterprise Risk Assessment for newly emerging public company, which formed the foundation for risk monitoring, board level reporting and an annual internal audit plan, • Audit of commission payments to ensure contractual compliance with terms, • Operational and financial reviews to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of controls, and • Oversee order to cash, procure to pay and payroll and expense cycles.

Hired during a corporate restructuring as the interim CAO/Controller to stabilize and manage the controllership function. Responsible for: • All SEC filings and Quarterly Earnings Releases, • Management of external and internal audits, • Disclosure and Audit Committee reporting, • Oversight of staff and new hiring, • Technical accounting and analysis related to annual goodwill impairment analysis, new lease accounting (ASC 842), revenue recognition (ASC 606), accounting for new stock-based compensation awards (ASC 718), • Oversight of monthly management reporting and quarterly closes, • Accounting for divested entities and ad-hoc management and Board requests.

Responsible for global consolidation and reporting, including US GAAP and foreign statutory reporting. Also responsible for revenue recognition, credit and collections, accounts payable, field payroll, and cash forecasting and treasury operations. Managing a global workforce, with 9 direct reports and over 90 staff. • Driving change throughout finance, accounting and management reporting to decrease time to close and improve accuracy of internal systems and management reporting. • Work closely with Corporate Development team on M&A pipeline, and day 1 activities to acquire entities including finance integration, opening balance sheets and valuation of tangible and intangible assets and liabilities. • Responsible for management of external auditors, SOX compliance and controls, as well as various statutory audit firms globally.

Interim Controller for public Life Sciences company (Passage Bio), Interim Controller for Public BioPharma company (BioDelivery Sciences (subsequently acquired by Collegium), and Advisor to CFO of Marketing and Public Relations firm.

Hand-picked by Audit Committee Chairperson to turnaround internal audit function and build enterprise risk management team from scratch. Supervised global team with 6 direct reports and 100+ staff within corporate and business units. Responsible for development and execution of audit plan and overall SOX compliance. Reported to Audit Committee Chairperson and CFO. • Grew and developed Internal Audit team of 15 into team of 60+ incubating additional enterprise risk management (ERM) capabilities. Advocated for women in leadership – 50% of team leaders were women. • Awarded “Best in Class ERM Program” by RIMS India and “Best Risk Management Framework and Systems” by CNBC TV18-India and ICICI Lombard. Recognized by CFO as top performer in CFO Magazine. • Trusted by board for critical role in an 18-month investigation and to drive remediation effort addressing “Tone at the Top” material weaknesses identified during the FCPA (“Foreign Corrupt Practices Act”) investigation. Prepared SEC filings, including Form 10K, Form 10Q, Proxy, 8K’s, comment letters and XBRL. Designed and implemented accounting policies for global operations, including revenue recognition guidelines for complex transactions and impact analysis for GAAP and Non-GAAP disclosures. Managed global team of 10 with 4 direct reports and reported to Controller. • Led global merger and acquisition due diligence and post-acquisition integration activities. • Procured and implemented global real estate management system to enhance financial and operational controls and reporting. • Hired, trained, retained and promoted 4 directors in areas of external reporting, accounting policy, revenue recognition and M&A into VP or AVP roles.

Prepared SEC filings, including Form 10K, Form 10Q, S-3, 8-K, press releases, investor presentations, comment letters and Convertible Debt filings. Later requested to head up first-ever investor relations function. Managed daily investor communications. Mentored 1 direct report and initially reported to controller and then CFO. Investor Relations • Identified potential investors to expand and diversify investor base, contributing to increased shareholder value ~$10/share in first 12 months. • Attracted new investors worth $750M (~5% of market value) in two years. • Coordinated and participated in sell-side and buy-side analyst conferences and road shows to raise company profile and increase and diversify investor base. Financial Reporting • Acted as interim CFO for 3 operating subsidiaries providing financial oversight and reporting, establishment of controls and processes and supporting overall business strategy. • Co-managed $1B 10-year Note offering and filing. • Analyzed assets’ performance to determine which needed to be impaired ahead of critical audits. • Researched and prepared disclosure and impact analysis for newly issued FASB standards to ensure compliance.

Managed financial and operational due diligence for acquisition projects ranging from $20M to $2.4B within the consumer products, advertising and marketing services, manufacturing, retail, professional services and logistics industries for private equity and strategic buyers.

Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Global Management Accountant