CFO Center Leadership

Senior finance & operating executive with full P&L general management experience. Demonstrated success in driving profitability and cash flow improvement. Other strengths include business model optimization incorporating forecasting, budgeting and on-going financial analysis.

Skills: Budgeting, Forecasting & Analysis, Board Communication & Reporting, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Evaluating Resource & Cost Efficiency, Identifying Key Performance Indicators, Best Practices Implementation Operations Management, Organizational Restructuring & Re-financing and Contract Negotiation

My professional goal is be a part of a high performance team which has an intense focus on driving peak performance and execution across the organization's people and products.

Experienced Chartered Accountant with a demonstrated history of working in technology and hospitality industries. Skilled in Contract Negotiation, Business Planning, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Management, and Mergers & Acquisitions. Strong accounting professional with excellent business focus.

Douglas Walerstein is a Regional Director - The CFO Center at The CFO Center Limited and is based in Huntington, New York. He has worked as COO/CFO at GR Reid Associates, LLP; Director, Financial Systems & Global Budgets at Marchon Eyewear; and Manager of accounting at Altria Group Inc.. Douglas attended Widener University and Adelphi University.

MBA & BA Accounting; Vice President and Operating Officer for Archevos Corporation Prior: Co-founder (CFO and Forensic Consultant) of litigation consulting firm, 2007 to present. Has served as VP, Controller, General Manager, Auditor and Consultant for firms of various sizes and in various industries.

Joe Armstrong is a Principal Fractional CFO at The CFO Center Limited and Financial, Operations and Real Estate Consultant at Keyrock and is based in Washington Dc-Baltimore Area. He has worked as President at Intelligent Decisions, Chief Financial Officer at Intelligent Decisions, and Chief Operating Officer at RER SOLUTIONS INC.. Joe studied at University of California Berkeley and The Wharton School.

Julie Merry is a Portfolio Finance Director/CFO at The FD Centre Limited, Chief Financial Officer at Torstone Technology, and Portfolio Finance Director/CFO at The CFO Center Limited and is based in London, Greater London, United Kingdom. She has worked as Finance Director at Zircadian Limited; Manager, Audit and M&A departments at PwC; and Finance Director at Sword ITS. Julie studied at University of London and ICAEW.

A seasoned IT professional with a career spanning over 25 years, with significant experience encompassing a broad range of IT disciplines including software development, business analysis, programme management, business relationship management, supply chain consultancy and executive leadership. Using technology to deliver business value, I have embarked on a number of digital transformations. A visionary with an aptitude for identifying how technologies can change and impact on business models. Aligning technology and business strategies to develop disruptive technologies to complement traditional customer product offerings, in the fields of brand/revenue protection, electronic voting and supply chain traceability solutions. With an understanding of organisational dynamics and directing, implementing and developing IT functions, honing them into trusted business partnerships. My diverse industry experience has included Process Manufacturing, Professional Services, Legal, Care Sector, Financial Services, Recruitement and the Oil & Gas Service Industry. In my role as CIO for Swire Oilfield Services, I was a member of the Executive team and played an instrumental role in helping to drive the growth of an industry leading business and the development of new business models and products.

Regional Director - The CFO Center, the global leader for part-time CFO services to small & medium businesses.

Senior Financial Leader with extensive C-Suite US and multinational Pharmaceutical industry experience, eager to leverage expertise to senior advisory or Board of Directors roles in the Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical industries.

Track record of leading strategic operations in Commercial and R&D organizations, driving both top-line and bottom-line results through increased revenue creation as well as cost restructuring initiatives. Led M&A, licensing and co-development financial operations, driving due diligence projects and integrating post-acquisition multinational organizations.

Selected for Board Memberships and Global Leadership Committees.