Resume

• Online Advertising

  Mergers & Acquisitions

  Program Management

  Excel

  Analytics

  Microsoft Excel

  Online Marketing

  Marketing Strategy

  Business Strategy

  Retail

  Microsoft Word

  E-commerce

  Strategy

  Business Analysis

  Strategic Planning

  Leadership

  Financial Analysis

  Process Improvement

  Word

  Forecasting

  Klossner

  Scott E.

  Klossner

  Backcountry.com

  Alliance Health

  LLC

  Kount

  Advanced CFO

  University of Utah

  Sidewalk

  Inc.

  Park City

  Utah

  Joined early adopter online retailer to oversee the transition from entrepreneurial organization to scalable enterprise. Saw company grow from $25M - $400M in revenue. Oversaw all financial reporting

  headed company operations including new product development

  logistics

  merchandising

  B.I. and M&A. \n•\tTeamed with CEO to lead process leading to sale of company to Liberty Media (2007)\n•\tImplemented Sarbanes-Oxley and consolidated public reporting requirements after acquisition by Liberty Media.\n•\tOversaw all acquisitions & integrations \n•\tManaged advertising/impulse modeled sites; grew from start to over $50 million in annual revenue\n•\tManaged W/C and banking to insure financing of growth\n•\tSignificantly improved inventory turns and gross margins \n•\tRevamped accounting

  receiving & inventory systems\n•\tImplemented budgeting program that led to operational leverage increasing EBITDA to 12% of Revenues\n

  Chief Financial Officer

  Backcountry.com

  Greater Salt Lake City Area

  Teaching in the Masters of Finance Program

  Associate Professor

  University of Utah

  Boise

  Idaho Area

  Chief Financial Officer

  Kount

  South Jordan

  Utah

  Hired as “fix-it” guy for growing pharmaceutical distributor and customer engagement company. Oversee all financial

  B.I.

  IT & distribution for the company. Managed IT in SAAS pivot. Added controls and systems to a highly complex organization desiring to scale. Company was recently sold and am currently in transition role.\n•\tUtilized analytics as ROI driving on all expense lines\n•\tManaged company in distress from $1M monthly negative EBITDA to $1.2 positive EBITDA.\n•\tImproved inventory turns and gross margins (12%) through better analytics and measuring inventory contribution (GMROI).\n•\tManaged company (after CEO exit) to successful exit from Chapter 11.\n

  Chief Financial Officer

  Alliance Health

  LLC

  Sal;t Lake City

  UT

  Oversee all operations including IT

  Sales

  Logistics

  Finance

  Merchandising

  Product

  Marketing and Sales. Member of the company’s BOD since 2011. Emphasis on adding a culture of performance

  systems and controls to scale the company. \n•\tRevenues grew from $14M-$50M \n•\tImplemented Performance Based Objectives\n•\tEstablished new banking line of credit \n•\tKey in development of SAAS pivot \n

  Chief Financial Officer

  Sidewalk

  Inc.

  Salt Lake City

  UT

  Offering financial and operational consulting to companies in a myriad of growth and capital structure statuses. Focusing on scale-ability

  financial systems processes and reporting

  financial personel development and restructuring and turnarounds.

  CFO Consultant

  Advanced CFO

  Spanish

  University of Utah

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  Finance

  General

  University of Southern California

  MBA

  Finance & Economics