Howard Goldman

Interim and Part-time CFO/COO Services
5621 Middle Crest Drive
Agoura Hills, CA 91301

Phone: (818) 398-9959
Fax:

Email: hgoldman99@yahoo.com

Member:
Business & Finance Group

Professional Service:
Consultant

BUSINESS BIO:
Howard works with small and medium private companies to solve business problems and improve business performance, with expertise in:

  • strategic and financial planning
  • budgeting
  • financial processes and controls
  • operational efficiency
  • establishing operating metrics
  • cost reduction
  • development of management information systems
  • financial and management reporting
  • cash forecasting and cash management
  • establishing and managing banking relationships
  • contract negotiation.

 Howard began his career in the U.K. where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and he has more than 30 years of experience in finance and operations. He has worked with organizations ranging from start-ups to world class international companies including Warner Communications (now Time Warner) and Reuters. He held senior financial executive positions at California based technology companies Glovia International and Everbridge, and was CFO of Imperial Toy LLC, a manufacturer and distributor of toys, selling to major US retailers. Howard has managed the human resources, IT and Iegal functions at several companies and operated his own specialty retail business for five years.

As a consultant and interim CFO, he has worked on financial and operational issues with clients in retail, media, high-tech manufacturing, food manufacturing, entertainment post-production, financial services, consumer products, construction, vineyard operations and wine making, professional services and the transportation industry.

Howard has extensive experience in turnaround situations and international operations. Specific achievements include restructuring a distressed magazine publishing and convention company, reducing debt by 75% and realigning the business strategy. The company was able to improve business performance over the next several years and stakeholders were rewarded when the company was sold to a strategic buyer. In another distressed situation, Howard developed a five year plan for a well-known winery and was able to restructure its loans, reducing the cost of debt service as well as obtaining forgiveness of $800,000 in fees and penalties.

 

PERSONAL BIO:
B.Sc. (Honors) degree in Economics and Accounting from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom.

Moved from England to the United States in 1982 and is married with three daughters.

Interests:

  • Travel
  • Reading
  • Sports
  • Food and wine