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Dave is an accomplished business executive with 30+ years of experience leading accounting and finance functions across privately held and publicly traded companies in diverse industries. As a CPA (Inactive) with Fortune 500 and private equity experience, he is highly skilled in strategic planning, financial reporting and analysis, budgeting, forecasting, risk management, due diligence, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.
Beginning his accounting career with a prominent electronic commerce software and network services provider, Dave advanced to increasingly senior-level roles, including accounting manager, director of treasury, and vice president, controller and treasurer. During his tenure, he performed business and financial planning to accommodate organic and acquisition growth, managed worldwide treasury operations, including a $500+ million investment portfolio, participated in the spin-off and initial public offering of the company into a publicly traded entity with assets exceeding $1 billion, and played a leading role in the ultimate multibillion-dollar sale of the company. Dave’s responsibilities also included overseeing internal and external financial reporting, including Forms 10-Q and 10-K, proxy statements and other SEC filings, earnings announcements and stock option administration.
Subsequently, Dave held positions with two private equity-owned companies, serving as vice president of finance, controller, and legal treasurer/secretary for one entity and CFO for the other. He has performed engagements as an independent financial consultant for a Fortune 500 company and other entities and provided fractional and interim controller and CFO services.
Comfortable collaborating with leadership teams, Dave is adept at corporate governance, regulatory compliance, business combinations and integrations, cash and debt management, contract and credit agreement administration and external audit management. His ability to formulate and execute strategic plans and drive results through key performance indicators are valued strengths.
Clients appreciate Dave as a versatile financial leader who utilizes his extensive experience and knowledge to help their organization meet its business and financial goals and objectives.
David Myers
Consultant
Distribution, Education, Industrial Maintenance and Cleaning, Manufacturing, Media, Mergers & Acquisitions, Nonprofit, Packaging, Private Equity, Service, Sales, Supply Chain, Waste Management & Remediation Services
Where is an exciting place you have visited?
I have traveled to the Orkney Islands, the Isle of Iona, and the Highlands in Scotland; the Cinque Terre and the Amalfi coast in Italy; Mont-Saint-Michel, Étretat, and Normandy in France; and the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, which is known for the world’s highest tides.
What is one of the best pieces of advice you have received?
Always let others save face. You must allow people to leave a situation with their dignity.
Do you play a musical instrument?
I play the piano and am presently into Bossa Nova, a musical genre heavily influenced by jazz and samba that originated in Brazil in the 1950s.