Michael Cardi

Experience

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  Pitney Bowes, Inc

  Jun 1982 - Oct 1991

  Manager

  Held Manager, Supervisor, Analyst and Accountant positions in General Accounting

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  Opti-Fashion, Inc.

  Jan 1991 - Jan 2002

  VP Finance & Administration

  Chief Financial Officer of $20 million eyewear import and distribution company with bottom-line responsibility for all headquarters operations of General Accounting and Reporting, Budgeting, Treasury, Credit & Collection, Human Resources and Information Technology as well as Customer Service, Order Processing, and Warehouse Operations. Member of three-person management team that guided the company through high-growth period. Key transition team member charged with assimilating three acquired companies into one, new entity. Show less

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  Peregrine Business Partners, Inc.

  Apr 2002 - Oct 2015

  President and Founding Principal

  Offering a wide variety of business services to the SME marketplace, including CFO outsourcing and accounting, warehouse and logistics management and consulting, internet consulting and marketing, ERP software implementation and project management (particularly SAP Business One) as well as evaluation and selection assistance.Achieved accreditation as an Executive Associate of the Institute for Independent Business, an international, Not-for-Profit organization dedicated to bringing practical advice and timely ideas from knowledgeable experts to small and medium sized businesses within the independent business sector Show less

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  VistaVu

  Feb 2006 - Apr 2014

  Responsible for all operations including the Professional Services, Development and Financial & Administrative functions of the company. Helped guide and transition the company through periods of growth, both organic and through acquisition, as well as into different market channels. Selected Accomplishments:~ Implemented standard procedures for use by professional services staff to ensure quality, consistent ERP implementations. Developed client-facing materials and templates for use in various phases of an implementation;~ Implemented various software tools to track project statuses and tasks to be assigned, in both Professional Services and Development areas. Streamlined scheduling of development tasks while providing visibility of expected completion dates to Project Managers;~ Instituted organizational changes to match business needs while simultaneously providing a means to develop employees from entry level through senior level positions. ~ Oversaw development and evolution of Achieve One suite of software products for SAP Business One. Primary architect of Warehouse Management System;~ Assimilated acquired companies, their employees and customers, into the organization.~ Directly responsible for many implementations of SAP Business One, and corollary products, in companies ranging in size from a few employees to multi-division and multi-location enterprises. Show less

  • Chief Operating Officer

    May 2012 - Apr 2014

  • VP Professional Services

    Feb 2006 - Apr 2012
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  SAP

  Oct 2015 - now

  Channel Enablement Sr. Specialist/LPE

  Partner Enablement, Training, Pre-sales, Product testing