ANNE DUKE
40 Bay Drive ~ Miami, Florida 33124
305-555-1212 ~ support@resumeedge.com

SENIOR EXECUTIVE - CPA, CFO, VP, CTTP

• Dynamic and results-oriented in guiding troubled companies to greater efficiency and profitability; reduces organizational risk through comprehensive changes to each department, ensuring maximum accuracy and quality.

• Seasoned consultant experienced in advanced upgrading of client computer system with in-depth staff training.

• Currently pursuing an MBA from Florida University to complement strengths in GAAP, SEC reporting, negotiations, acquisitions, benchmarking studies, S.W.O.T. analysis, investor relations, strategic planning, internal controls, and reorganizations.

OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Tracer Electronics

• Decreased reporting, analysis, and closing cycle from 22 days to 7, implementing GAAP.

Fremont, Inc.

• Transformed supply chain organization from build-to-stock model to a configure-to-order distribution system by coordinating best-in-class benchmarking studies and defining best processes, systems, procedures, and practices.

• Negotiated post-spin-off service contracts with parent company (3Com) and strategic suppliers as a member of the IPO transition team.

• Reduced financial closing cycle from 20+ days to 5, implementing process controls for A/P, A/R, RMA, and GL, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and quality of internal reporting.

CFO / Consultant / VP

• Secured more than $60 million in revenues through effective negotiation of purchase contracts and funding agreements.

• Acquired funding of more than $35 million by nurturing investor and investment banking relations.

• Restored a 130-store retail art concern to profitability through reorganization, including:

  • Closing 23 stores and reducing/ transferring 100 staff members.

  • Selling two unprofitable divisions saving the company $1.5 million annually.

  • Eliminating more than $1 million in annual distribution costs by implementing a closed-loop distribution system using Ryder Resource Services.

  • Implementing JIT ordering techniques and production cycles for efficient procurement of raw materials for the Manufacturing Department.

• Coordinated the study, valuation, and presentation of a $40 million aerospace manufacturing corporation for a private placement sale, installing a platinum accounting system using Novel LAN PC-based computer system and a Landmaster Property Management System.

• Increased cash flow from $5 million to $8.5 million in 18 months by raising prices or eliminating unprofitable private label and brand products.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

TRACER ELECTRONICS, Miami, Florida, 2001
Chief Financial Officer

Hired shortly before the catastrophic events of September 11, 2001, that resulted in company wide layoffs.