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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.
At 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.
Lou also serves as
Chief Financial Officer for Real Estate Strategies Corporation, working
closely with the CEO and executive management, providing operational and
financial leadership in establishing and executing the Company’s
strategic business development and growth initiatives.
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 software 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.
| Professional
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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Louis
J. Desiderio
