A finance and accounting executive with more than 35 years of experience, he is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and holds a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Finance. He has worked extensively in international manufacturing, wholesale distribution, retail operations, and consumer products industries involving apparel, footwear, housewares, hardware, and residential building products. His expertise includes accounting and financial reporting, public and private financing, trade finance, factoring, foreign exchange programs, strategic planning, and operational restructuring, along with leadership of finance, logistics, inventory, purchasing, and customer service functions.

His background includes executive leadership positions such as chief financial officer, chief operating officer, divisional president, treasurer, and controller for organizations engaged in domestic and international operations. He has managed mergers and acquisitions, due diligence efforts, joint ventures, licensing arrangements, investor relations programs, ERP implementation projects, and financing structures involving asset-based lending, lines of credit, and equity transactions. His work also includes supply chain integration, vendor compliance analysis, chargeback evaluation, budgeting, forecasting, KPI development, and turnaround and reorganization initiatives.

In consulting and litigation-related matters, he provides analysis involving accounting practices, financial operations, business transactions, and commercial disputes, including matters related to acquisitions, financing arrangements, operational performance, and international business activities. He has prior expert witness experience involving consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony, and has also served as an adjunct instructor in accounting and finance.