Louis J. Desiderio
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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.
  

Professional Credentials and Education
	Chief Financial Officer, netForensics, Inc.
	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Princeton Softech, Inc.
	Sr. Vice President Corporate Development and CFO, KSM Associates, Inc.
	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Innovative Tech Systems, Inc.
	Controller, Custom Underwriting Division, Reliance Insurance Company
	Manager, Emerging Business Services Group, Coopers & Lybrand LLP
	Bachelor of Science in Commerce, Rider University
	Board Member, New Jersey Technology Council
	Member, Financial Executives International
	Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
	Member, Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants