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Throughout
his 20 year career Lou has provided insightful financial and
operational leadership, setting and executing business strategies,
and ensuring focus, discipline and structure for decision
support and transaction execution.
As a Financial Advisor to Real Estate Strategies
Corporation, Lou’s primary focus is to advise the Company’s
clients on identification and assessment of opportunities
to realize improved profitability and liquidity, through effective
utilization of their corporate real estate assets and obligations.
Lou’s keen analytical sense and problem solving abilities
enable him to identify alternate real estate transaction structures
designed to enhance corporate operating and financial performance.
Prior to joining Real Estate Strategies Corporation,
Lou was the senior operating and financial executive of public
and private, international, technology and professional services
businesses. He has extensive experience in improving profitability,
strategic planning and business development, raising capital,
M&A and due diligence, budgeting, SEC and management reporting,
cash and asset management, information technology and risk
management. Lou’s significant accomplishments include:
- Leading
the IPO and subsequent sale of a facility management somftware
and services company, including negotiating, structuring
and integrating two company acquisitions.
- Renegotiating
the corporate headquarters lease of an enterprise software
company, freeing up $1.5 million in hidden liquidity during
the initial 2 years and $2.5 million over the life of the
lease.
- Leading
and directing the $21 million financing and acquisition
transaction for an enterprise software company, with an
$11 billion global private equity firm.
- Negotiating
and managing the divestiture of a $10 million product line
with negative cash flow, and eliminating $11 million in
debt.
- Successfully
securing $9 million in venture and bank financing for a
global security management software company.
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Credentials and Education |
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Chief
Financial Officer, netForensics, Inc. |
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Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Princeton Softech, Inc. |
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Sr.
Vice President Corporate Development and CFO, KSM Associates, Inc. |
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Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer, Innovative Tech Systems, Inc. |
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Controller,
Custom Underwriting Division, Reliance Insurance Company |
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Manager,
Emerging Business Services Group, Coopers & Lybrand LLP
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Bachelor
of Science in Commerce, Rider University |
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Board
Member, New Jersey Technology Council |
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Member,
Financial Executives International |
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Member,
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants |
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Member,
Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants |
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