Primary Job Title Chief Financial Officer Primary Organization 
Doctor Direct
Location San Francisco, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Raised $1.2BB in public/private placements and negotiated over $1.3BB in transactions at Asante Technologies, PeopleWeb Communications and Vivato Networks. As CFO for Asante Technologies exceeded analyst expectations on turnaround plan while tripling analyst coverage. As CFO, led IPO process at PeopleWeb Communications, positioned company to
analysts and investment bankers. Part of senior finance team that led the spin-off of PacTel Corporation, (Vodafone Airtouch) in the 4th largest IPO in US history, concurrent with a billion dollar debt offering. As VP Finance & Controller, led M&A team that managed a total of 10 mergers/acquisitions (4 public, 6 private companies) in 26 months at Avant!-Synopsys, while company grew to 42 offices in 16 countries, over 1000 employees, annual bookings in excess of $400 MM. Arranged $700MM in syndicated financing and refinanced $250MM in convertible bonds at Conner-Seagate during explosive growth, (reached $1.2BB in revenue in 13 months).
