Erik Stachurski 110 Covington Drive Warwick, RI 02886 Home: (401) 921-0017 Cell: (401) 368-6930 E-mail: es1afb7a8@westpost.

net Financial Management Professional * Senior Level Executive

Results-oriented senior level executive with two decades of quantifiable achieve ment. Direct financial management and analysis for companies in a variety of in dustries, including manufacturing, retail and publishing. Hands-on and excel in working with individuals in all aspects of an operation to achieve results. Ab le to communicate from the boiler room to the boardroom. Blend motivation, lead ership, as well as creative and analytical abilities to develop and implement in novative ideas that produce positive bottom line results. Skills Include: Process Improvement, Credit Management, Budgeting and Forecasting, High-Level Re lationship Management, Cost Benefit Analysis, Operations and Financial Analysis, Relationship and Team Building, Financial Statement Generation, Training and Me ntoring, Margin Improvement, Presentation Development / Delivery, Acquisition Du e Diligence, Human Resources and IT Management, Establish and Maintain Banking R elationships, International Business Operations, Import / Export / International Trade CFO / Controller 2007 to present Marketing & Media Services, LLC [a per inquiry direct response media company an d subsidiary of The R2C Group in Portland, OR] Responsible for all finance, accounting, HR and IT for all operations for a tota l of 21 full-time employees with over $25 million in annual sales. Highlights i nclude: - Helped the company increase EBITDA over 30% year on year through revenue grow th initiatives as well as cost containment [generated more sales with less staff and overhead] - Implemented and streamlined procedures both financial and operational to prod uce annual cost savings of 15-20% year on year - One example included transitioning a paper-based manual process to an electro nic process using existing software, resulting in a savings of over 1 FTE annual ly - Transitioned company accounts from QuickBooks to Great Plains including Integ ration to allow for less staff to produce more quality information with a quicke r turnaround CFO, US Operations 2004 to 2006 K2 Partnering Solutions, Inc. [an IT staffing firm specializing in SAP/Peopleso ft] Responsible for all finance, accounting, HR and IT for all U.S. operations total 50+ full-time employees, as well as over 100+ sub-contractors with over $35 mil lion in annual sales. Highlights include: - Worked with sales and operations staff to grow business from $5 million in an nual sales in 2004 to over $35 million sales in 2006 - Opened new office in San Francisco in 2005 -- office was in the black by Q1 2 006 by incubating the operation in our base of Providence before actually taking on the overhead of the new office - Incubation approach was the result of an analysis of several different ways t o expand our business -- the approach selected resulted in an ROI over 250% - Negotiated and closed a multi-million working capital facility for all U.S.-b ased businesses and investments - Transitioned systems from QuickBooks to SAP Business One

Finance Director / CFO 1997 to 2004 Dynamic Diagrams, Inc. / Ingenta, Inc. Carved out and grew fledgling internet division of a print corporation into a su ccessful web design and development house, which was later sold for a substantia l profit to the parent company. This was the same management team and core comp any throughout the years - the changes were due to sales and acquisition. Finance Director, U.S. Operations 2000 to 2004 Ingenta, Inc. [a digital publishing firm specializing in academic publishing o n the Internet] - Responsible for all finance, accounting, HR and IT for all U.S. operations tot al 70+ full-time employees, with nearly $10 million in annual sales. Highlights include: - Combined four recently acquired companies into on US operation, including sele cting Great Plains as the accounting package and implementing the nationwide tra nsition from four completely different packages [MYOB, Sage, etc.] - Turned around U.S. operations from a $6 million loss to a break-even operating profit through a combination of cost control measures as well as increased bill ing and implementation of a project management and tracking system. Chief Financial Officer 1999 to 2000 Dynamic Diagrams, Inc. [an Internet software development and design firm] - Responsible for all finance and accounting for an Internet design, consulting, and development firm based out of Providence, RI, Baltimore, MD, and London, En gland; operations total 40+ full-time employees, with over $4 million in annual sales. Highlights include: - Reorganized Dynamic Diagrams as a Delaware corporation combining two different operations into one stand-alone corporation, established with the purpose of at tracting investments or ultimately the sale of the corporation. - Established overseas branch operation in the United Kingdom including registra tion, payroll, A/P, billing, etc. from ground up. - Combined the Internet design operation with the software development and maint enance operation and bringing both to profitability. - Prepared and executed the spin out and successful sale of the company to Ingen ta, Inc. at a $2 million profit in just over one year`s time. - Upon completion of acquisition of Dynamic Diagrams by Ingenta, I was asked to join Ingenta as the head of finance for their U.S. operations. Finance Director, Digital Publishing Services 1997 to 1999 Cadmus Journal Services, Inc. [publicly traded company {NASDAQ : CDMS} speciali zing in print and pre-press for the academic market] - Responsible for all finance and accounting for a digital publishing division w ith $50 million in sales and over 500 employees, reporting directly to the CFO o f the company. Highlights include: - Creating and maintaining job cost system to accurately track profitability by product type. - Managing and negotiating the acquisition of Dynamic Diagrams. - Upon completion of the acquisition of Dynamic Diagrams, I was asked to work ex clusively with Dynamic Diagrams as their head of finance to oversee their creati on as a separate corporation. Financial Systems Manager 1996 to 1997 United States Fidelity & Guaranty Corporation [property & casualty insurance pro vider - formerly NYSE traded - $14 billion in assets] Senior Financial Analyst 1994 to 1996 Merry-Go-Round Enterprises, Inc. [fashion retailer - formerly NYSE traded -- $750 million in annual sales] Purchasing Manager 1991 to 1994 Columbia Fasteners, Inc. [manufacturer and importer of industrial fasteners]

Accountant 1989 to 1991 Diversified Financial Services, Inc. bank]

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Accounting Software Experience: Quickbooks, Peachtree, Lawson, Great Plains, Dynamics AX, Timberline, JD Edwards , Walker [AS400], Oracle / Peoplesoft, SAP Business One, SAP R/3 Business Intelligence / Analysis Software Experience: SAS, Hyperion Pillar/Enterprise/Essbase, FRx, Business Objects, Visual Basic / S QL Office Software Experience: Expert in Excel and Access, work well with all Office applications [through Offi ce 2007 release]. Administration of Microsoft Server and Exchange as well as Lo tus Notes. Education: Master`s Degree of Science, Finance, Magna cum Laude Merrick School of Business, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD Bachelor`s Degree of Science, Business [Marketing], Summa cum Laude University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD Education includes 90 credits in Mechanical Engineering from the following schoo ls: University of Maryland, College Park, MD Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Affiliations: Member, Providence Chamber of Commerce Member, Financial Executives International, Providence Chapter