Richard Neumann
PO Box 1063
Kenwood, CA  95452     (707) 696-6610
rich@richneumann.com

Entrepreneurial Executive

Ability to view a company as an intricate part of their customer.  Visualize new opportunities in established and untapped global markets.  Leadership that integrates all internal functions. 

Foresight, planning and implementation experience that will navigate a company to its goal.
   

Company start ups

Mergers / acquisitions

Turn around situations

Value creation analysis

Marketing expansions

Business/product development 

Strategic alliances        

Transition Management              

International

  

 

Business Plans

Short and long term funding

Exit strategies

PR/marketing

Inventory and risk management               

Accounting/IS system implementations

Financial infrastructures

SEC Reporting

Manage Audits and Tax Filings

  

Professional Experience – Private Enterprise

Private Enterprise and Consulting (2003 to Present)

    CEO/CFO/COO  

Entrepreneurial ventures and consulting 

   
  Developed PrintQue, a revolutionary new flexible packaging company based on a proprietary hardware configurations and management software with a plug in application to PhotoShop and Quark.  
 

      Identified and negotiated with lead investors, second tier investors and built strategic alliances with

      equipment vendors and software developers.

 
  Raised initial private funding for Stone In The Surf Press, an independent publishing company  
          Established their distribution channels in US, Latin America and Japan.   
  Co-developing a new internet based independent publishing service, iPubKit that is schedule to launch in 1Q07.  
  Executive consulting to Over The Wall, a publishing company in Santa Clara, California  
 

      Fast tracked four titles that had been stalled for over two years.  In less than 90 days pushed them through,

      edit, artwork, production, established national distribution channels, implemented a PR campaign and

      orchestrated product launches in Los Angeles and Washington DC

  
  Operational and financial management to Tegal in Petaluma, California  
 

      Streamlined and updated antiquated manual systems accounting and manufacturing information systems, and

      managed inventory transition for $2.6 million in material at their Japanese facility to a third party, revised

      pricing strategies.

  
 
  Jonergin Pacific, Inc.  (Sept. 2001 – Jan. 2003)                                     Napa, CA  
  Closed/Merged into Metro Label, Canada            

Controller

  
  Responsible for all financial, HR and Administrative aspects of Invesprint’s premier label production facility with annual sales $9 M.  Reduced receivables from 200+ days to current, implemented cycle counting, moved raw material inventories to 99.5+% accuracy.  Evaluated and implemented new accounting system – CRC.  Initiated and completed various strategic business activities; procurement of a higher capacity press, secured $3 M financing for new equipment, acquisition of the first Hewlett Packard Indigo digital offset press into the high-end wine label market.  Developed strategic marketing and sales plan necessary to capture the market with this new technology.  
 
  Ravix Financial, Inc./ (Oct. 1999 – Sept. 2001)    
  David Powell, Inc. 

            San Jose, CA

  
  Market declined at the end of the Dot.Com boom    Consultant – Chief Financial Officer  
  Co-founder of Ravix, a consulting CFO company for high-tech companies. whose maturity ranged from conception to pre-IPO, employed  from 2 to 300, across diverse industries and technologies.  Developed new clients, maintained active clients and coordinating the efforts of the consulting staff. Created business plans, funding research and presentations to investors and BOD, implemented new accounting systems and policies, reviewed, recommended, established employee benefits, analysis of risk management, marketing, customer economics analysis, budgets and forecasts and exit strategies.   
 
  Fibex  Systems   (Jan. 1999- Sept. 1999)

Petaluma, CA

  
  Acquired by Cisco Systems

Controller

  
  Direct report to CEO and Founders of a start-up access technology company.  Responsible for all aspects of finance, accounting, HR and IT. Reconciled and realigned 14 months of financials, generated 3 year rolling forecasts, coordinated the implementation of Oracle and implemented payroll reconciliations.  Managed the company through a fast track due diligence and HSR filing in support of a rapid $320 million stock pooling and transition to Cisco Systems.  Coordinated all administrative aspects of one of the most effective assimilations of companies into Cisco.  
     
  California Gold Dairy Products    (Sept. 1996 – Jan. 1999)

Petaluma, CA

  
  Acquired by Dairy Farmers of America

Chief Financial Officer

  
 

Reported to CEO, BOD and Membership 

Responsible for all financial activities for 3rd largest dairy cooperative in California, annual sales of $500 M (processing 2.9 B lbs of milk). Developed professional staff of 10 responsible for general accounting, credit, inventory management, producer payroll and financial analysis.  Accomplishments; formation of the 2 largest cooperative joint ventures in California, secured 12M of combined debt financing, significant increase in risk management coverage at reduced costs, lowered the cost of $21 M of operating lines of credit, secured $5.6M in long term funding for facility construction, first base line budget, real-estate procurement and disposition, fleet vehicle lease negotiations, successful year end audit, change of fiscal year end, the analysis and selection of new manufacturing and accounting software and hardware platforms.  Developed new value added products corporation, Gold Tech and market expansion into Latin America, Asia and Japan.

  
 
 

Additional Employment History

  
 
  Cognis, Inc.  (Nov. 1994 – Aug. 1996)

Santa Rosa, CA

  
  Closed Division of Henkel

Manager of Financial Operations

  
 
  Grace / Sierra  (October 1990 – Nov. 1994)

Milpitas, CA

  
  Acquired by The Scotts Company, Ohio

Manager Financial Planning /Analysis

  
 
  Amdahl Corporation, Systems Software  (Apr. 1987 – Oct. 1990)

Sunnyvale, CA

  
  Closed Division

Sr Financial Analyst / Sr Cost Accountant

  
 
  Spectra Physics- Laser Products Div.   (Jan. ‘86 – Apr. ‘87)

Mtn View, CA

  
  Acquired by Cibia-Geigy

Plant Controller/Senior Financial Analyst

  
 
  Micro Power Systems, Inc.   (Feb. 1984 – Dec. 1985)     

Santa Clara, CA

  
 

Account Manager/Sales - Custom Products Division / Cost Accounting Supervisor

  
 
  FMC Ordnance Division    (Oct. 1979 – Jan. 1984)  

San Jose, CA

  
 

Cost Accounting Supervisor / Project Accountant / Cost Accountant / Planner

  
 
 

Education

  
 

Bachelor of Science - Business Management, San Jose State University

      Additional emphasis in life sciences, mechanical engineering, English literature     

 
 
  Board Positions  
  Advisory Committee - Laney College School of Media, Oakland, CA  
  Member of the Advisory Board – The CORE, Santa Cruz, CA - ACTIVE  
 

Board of Trustees - The Saratoga Horticultural Research Foundation.  1995 to 1997

  
  Board Member Polyinium – Web based college start-up  
 

Financial Advisor – Lakeside School District, Los Gatos, CA