He has over 35 years of financial and operations experience. While he was the Vice President of Finance for U.S. Operations at Lanier Worldwide he was responsible for closing twenty-six acquisitions and two divestitures over an eight year period. As the CFO of four start-up ventures, spanning several industries, he helped raise capital, both equity and debt and built the financial and operations infrastructures. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors for American Office Products and Global Tech Financial.