COO / CFO / General Counsel, Brown Distributing Holding Company
COO, CFO, General Counsel
● Unique combination of professional background as a Big-6 CPA (6 years) and later as a practicing Business Attorney (6 years), enhanced by 25-years of business management and leadership in roles as COO, CFO and General Counsel, including oversight of HR and IT areas.
● Seasoned leader who stresses a collaborative team approach and leads by example. Track record of developing and implementing creative entrepreneurial solutions to difficult business challenges.
● Proven accounting and financial skill set in areas of financial planning & analysis, banking and private equity relations, business/investment evaluation, strategic planning, and financial reporting and budgeting, as well as extensive "rolled-up-sleeves" experience with accounting system design, accounting department staffing and management, and as CFO overseeing day-to-day accounting function operations.
● Legal expertise in areas of mergers & acquisitions, business contracts & transactions, partnerships & joint ventures, private equity and bank financing matters, estate planning, and general corporate, real estate, employment and income tax laws. Stanford University Law Degree; Member of the California State Bar since 1982.
Specialties: COO / CFO / General Counsel with diverse industry experience including -- ● Single Family Office operations and related financial, legal, tax and estate planning issues; ● Beer wholesaler/distribution; ● IT Services and Mobile Apps industries; ● real estate development (land planning, construction, leasing and financing); ● hotel & restaurant (operations management, corporate strategy, development, and financing); ● post-secondary education administration and leadership; ● retail industry (operations, leasing, and construction); ● private equity raising / venture capital; and ● entertainment & broadcasting.
