How CFOs are Driving Growth | Minneapolis | April 11, 2012

Doug Helm is a financial consultant who specializes in business turnaround and restructuring for future success. Doug is the Chief Financial Officer of Mello Smello, LLC, a midsized printing, packaging and promotional company headquartered out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prior to Doug’s involvement with Mello Smello, LLC, he consulted as an independent and/or a member of the management staff of various companies managing them through difficult financial times. Doug specialized in closely held businesses whose owners have experienced a change in business environment. Doug gained his experience in the financial consulting from 18 years as a partner in a large national CPA firm. As a partner in that firm he specialized in manufacturing and construction clients. Doug’s functional specialization was in the bankruptcy and reorganization consulting practice. Doug also has an extensive tax and auditing background from his years as a practicing CPA. In addition to the consulting experience, Doug also owned and operated a medium sized construction company. The mechanical contracting company grew to 11 million before it was sold and transferred to other entity. Doug’s education was from the University of Minnesota where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting.

Ernie Humphrey has over 15 years of experience in treasury and finance, encompassing working capital management, financial risk management, investment management, financial reporting and acquisition integration management. Ernie currently serves in the role of Vice President, Membership & Marketing at Proformative where his responsibilities include developing and delivering best-in-class, free professional resources for treasury and finance professionals. Formerly, Ernie served as the Director of Treasury Services and as a Director of the Corporate Treasurers Council for the Association for Financial Professionals. Ernie has extensive practical experience in the areas of international cash management, global insurance, and acquisition integration. Ernie has a BS and MS in Economics both from Purdue University.

Mark is currently helping SuccessFactors integrate a company they recently purchased in MN where Mark was the consulting CFO. Mark started off in public accounting 25 years ago and has been in corporate finance roles for the past 20 years. His roles have included being CFO of 6 startup companies, an SVP for Royal Bank of Canada in their US Wealth Management Division, and a Director of International Finance for Carlson Companies. Mark developed Candidateschair.com after a job transition and has been chair of a local finance executive group in MN for 5 years. The site has drawn visitors from over 90 countries and over 25,000 copies of his job search tools have been downloaded from his site. Mark also had two of the most read blog posts on Proformative in 2011.

Monica Ross joined Parsons in 2006 and is part of the company’s Senior Management Team. In her role as Director of Strategic Projects, she heads up change initiatives that keep Parsons on the forefront of the industry. Monica also facilitates the business planning cycle, including strategy, goal-setting, and financial planning. Monica has a B.S. in Construction Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management.

Scott has over a decade of experience in the Enterprise Technology Industry. Most recently he has worked at technology giants Oracle and Automatic Data Processing. In his current and previous roles, he has worked with organizations in every industry and of virtually every size to help them reach their technology goals. Scott graduated from the University of Missouri at St. Louis with a BS in Management Information Systems.

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