Woody Conradt, CPA

Experience

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  Price Waterhouse

  Jan 1983 - Jan 1986

  Senior Auditor

  Responsibilities included client relations and consulting, staff supervision, engagement planning and administration and financial reporting specializing in small to mid-sized emerging growth companies.

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  AMRE, Inc.

  Jan 1986 - Jan 1991

  Controller

  A $300 million public direct marketer of domestic home improvement products (siding, cabinets, windows, gutters, & wood decks) as the exclusive licensee of Sears.Controller (1989 to 1991), Assistant Controller (1986 to 1989)Operational head for the accounting & finance department including internal control, SEC reporting & consolidation of four major business units.► Selected / managed / implemented conversion of 2,000 employees to an outside payroll processing service, supervised corresponding internal controls, tax reporting, & general ledger interface.► Assisted in two acquisitions, shut-down an unprofitable segment, & established foreign subsidiary. Demonstrated ability to analyze financial information & deal structures, perform due diligence reviews, obtain Board approvals, negotiate contracts & allocate costs.► Managed operating staff of 48 during a period of territorial expansion & hyper-growth.► Completed IPO (NYSE) & secondary offering of common stock involving financial material preparation for the Registration Statements & working successfully with investment bankers, external auditors, company management & legal counsel. Show less

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  SDB Holdings

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1996

  Chief Financial Officer

  A privately-owned venture capital firm specializing in startups & turn-around management. Chief Financial OfficerOperational head for several small companies.► Built the accounting, cash management & operations functions for a start-up distribution company & negotiated subsequent sale.► Evaluated investment and M&A opportunities for owner.► Headed all systems implementation & financial reporting.

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  Telsco Industries, Inc. (Weathermatic)

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2002

  Chief Financial Officer

  A 58 year old privately owned manufacturer of residential and commercial lawn irrigation systems & high-compression gas pipeline fittings serving a worldwide customer base.Chief Financial OfficerFinance & accounting operational head during period of restructuring & growth.► Selected software & implemented conversion from manual to online accounting systems involving both micro & mid-range hardware, staff training, systems design, controls documentation, & in-house design of a job tracking production system. Reduced closing time while increasing accuracy & staff productivity.► Authored & completed a repurchase tender offer of common stock resulting in a 33% anti-dilution to company management owners.► Restructured relationships with banking partners resulting in below prime borrowing rate. Show less

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  Availant Financial, Inc.

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2003

  Chief Financial Officer

  A start-up public mortgage broker / banker.Chief Financial Officer► Developed all finance & accounting change management operations during conversion and transition period from a private to a public company.► Established multi-tier consolidation & reporting structure.► Restructured term debt during period of transition.► Coordinated lawyers & accountants during “reverse merger” acquisition of a public shell.► Counseled with external auditors on scope, timing & coordination of audits, and followed up on timely adoption of audit recommendations; handled all relations with external auditors; prepared reports & presentations for the audit committee. Show less

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  Independent Consultant

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2005

  Independent Consultant

  Sarbanes – Oxley Section 404 compliance and documentation, evaluation & testing of the internal controls environment utilizing the COSO framework and documentation tools.PFSweb, Inc. (February, 2005 to October, 2005)An international business process outsourcer.► Established a web-based file server application for project data access / maintenance.► Coordinated with project leader / designer, Deloitte & Touche.► Evaluated, identified & tested the key controls.► Designed & implemented remediation plans.► Coordinated project and testing scope with KPMG, the independent auditors. Radiologix, Inc. (August, 2004 to February, 2005)A multi-location healthcare provider.► Documented the control environment using MS Visio.► Evaluated, identified and tested the key controls.► Assisted management in remediation planning.► Coordinated project scope & testing results with Ernst & Young, the independent auditors.► Evaluated findings in accordance with Framework Version 3 criteria. Show less

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  Carroll Company

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2016

  Chief Financial Officer - Strategic Planning, Business Transformation & Integration

  Carroll Company is the world's largest private-label manufacturer of Jan-San chemicals and was founded in 1921. It has served the needs of the sanitary supply trade for more than 95 years and provides single sourcing of quality, innovative, and effective products in all packaging options for liquids, aerosols, powders, and bag-in-box hand soaps with the Industry's broadest product line serving blue-chip customers.Chief Financial Officer (2005 to 2015), Consultant (2016)Finance and accounting operational head during period of retrenchment and stabilization.► Implemented operational & financial metrics via the creation of a Business Process Improvement Team of plant managers and generated $350k in annual savings via organizing a Reformulation Committee of department heads.► Selected & implemented a warehouse management system using radio frequency scanner devices to track / control inventory movement improving efficiency & conserving working capital committed.► Coordinated transition to new ownership and recruited & trained new financial and operational leadership.► Coordinated a sale leaseback transaction of selected corporate real estate assets resulting in the addition of available working capital credit of $3.2m and negotiated & completed a collateral restructure of a credit facility resulting in the release & investment of $3.2m in cash reserves.► Implemented the purchase & integration of manufacturing plant and the shutdown & divestiture of another allowing for two-fold increase in capacity for the location. Show less

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  Heat Shrink Innovations, LLC

  Jun 2017 - Dec 2022

  Chief Executive Officer

  Heat Shrink Innovations, LLC (“HSI”) offers a high quality fluorinated ethylene propylene (“FEP”) heat shrink specifically targeted at the catheter manufacturing market. Heat Shrink Innovations, LLC (“HSI”) also offers polymer resin (PFA), custom FEP single lumen and multi-lumen tubing products.​

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  Retired

  Dec 2022 - now

  Retired