Experience:

Gannaway Web Holdings, dba WorldNow        
New York, NY        2000 – Present
Controller – Business Manager of a broadcast/media solutions service provider
Oversees all financial systems and procedures, manages daily accounting processes and general ledger activities, reviews and interprets over fifty licensing and video streaming contracts, performs technical research of various accounting issues and implements accounting procedures to comply with GAAP, prepares monthly management reporting package, key metrics, and management discussion analysis.

Consulting Project Manager                
New York, NY        1999 – 2000
Assumes the controller’s position for five KPMG LLP clients: Espernet.com, Innernet.com, Netplus.com, ISOC.com, and Internet Nebraska.com and converts the books and records from the cash basis of accounting to the accrual basis of accounting for IPO purposes; assists and/or audits various non-profit organizations in the planning and execution of accounting projects.

KPMG LLP                      
New York, NY         1998 - 1999
Senior Manager 
Audits foreign banks and broker dealers. A selected list of clients included: ING Barings Furman Selz, NatWest Markets, Republic Securities, Ryan Beck, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, Banco Nacional de Mexico, and Banco do Brasil.

MERRILL LYNCH & Co.               
New York, NY         1996 - 1998
Assistant Vice President – Capital Markets Auditor
Audits Merrill Lynch’s: Listed Block Trading (equities), Professional Clearing Corp, International Bank (foreign exchange) and Government Securities Inc. Puerto Rico (Repurchase and Reverse Repurchase book).

SANIZ TELECOM Inc.            
Fort Lauderdale, Florida     1995 - 1996
Vice President – Interim Chief Financial Officer of a start-up telecommunications company
Manages Latin American operations, creates budgets and analyzes financial reports for six companies. Negotiates letters of intent and definitive agreements for joint ventures, resulting in cash infusion of $3 million.  Develops a five-year financial projection.

BANCO INTERNACIONAL, S.A. (Mexico)       
New York, NY        1994 - 1995
Audit Manager
Evaluates and assesses the bank's internal controls, creates account risk analysis and related work programs, writes policies and procedures manuals, schedules audits based on risk assessment, creates process to track audit findings.  

ARTHUR ANDERSEN & Co.                
New York, NY           
Experienced Audit Senior
Performs financial audits, primarily for foreign banks and broker dealers; additional exposure includes manufacturing, entertainment and publishing. Performs extensive reviews of credit files of Fortune 500 companies; performs reconciliations between generally accepted accounting principles in the United States and Mexico, Spain and Italy for banks and international corporations for initial public offerings.

LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Adjunct Professor
1997 – Present

HARCOURT BRACE / CONVISER DUFFY CPA REVIEW
Audit Instructor
1992

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
Plane Captain/Jet Mechanic
1980 – 1984

LICENSES & AFFILIATIONS

-    American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
-    American College of Forensic Examiners International, Inc.
-    New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants
-    FENG (Financial Executives Networking Group)
-    State of New York Appointed Court Guardian/Evaluator


EDUCATION
BARUCH COLLEGE - CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK,
Bachelor of Business Administration, January 1990; Vice President of Beta Alpha Psi - National Accounting Honor Society