Chief Financial Officer @ $350 million privately owned gold and silver dealer. Client base includes individual investors and IRA account holders. Responsible for supervising accounting and finance activities, including selection and implemention of new ERP system and processing re-engineering. From December 2012 to Present (3 years 1 month) Management Consultant @ Provide financial, accounting, and operational consulting services. Primary focus is on process re-engineering, internal controls, SEC reporting, and M&A. Clients include NBCUniversal and the Walt Disney Company. From January 2010 to December 2012 (3 years) SVP Finance @ $860 million publicly traded (Nasdaq JAKK) international toy, pet product, stationery, and video game company. JAKKS Pacific has corporate offices in Malibu, CA, with sales, marketing, product development, distribution, and/or manufacturing facilities in Hong Kong, China, the UK, Canada, New York, and Pennsylvania. Responsible for establishing and directing the financial functions of the organization, including internal and external reporting, budgeting, internal and external auditing, valuation analysis, income taxes, and international financial operations. Work closely with the President, COO and division management on all financial, strategic and operational aspects of the Company From May 2004 to November 2009 (5 years 7 months) Director @ Financial consulting firm with 36 offices and 1,600 employees Directed the activities of the Los Angeles office and supervised financial consulting activities for Los Angeles clients. • Sold and/or supervised professional services engagements to a client base that included DirecTV, THQ, Northrop Grumman, K.Swiss, Inc. and Pioneer Electronics • Provided and supervised staff, monitored the progress, and reported the results of consulting engagements to client company management • Consulting engagements included Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, audits of media spending, operational and IT reviews, and third party administration reviews From 2003 to 2004 (1 year) CFO @ I was the fifth employee hired for this World Wide Web site that posts classified advertising, solicits and maintains a resume database, and sells job postings and resume searches. CareerPath.com was owned by major media companies including the New York Times Company, Times Mirror Company, the Chicago Tribune Company, and Cox Communications, Inc, and was sold to CareerBuilder.com.. Responsible for developing financial and accounting infrastructure. Managed all internal and external financial and accounting functions. Created and managed Human Resources and Information Technology functions . Report to the Board of Directors and CEO. • Business Strategies—Initiated and implemented business strategies including the development of the mission statement, strategic alliances, and product introductions and pricing • Finance/Accounting/IT— Prepared monthly financial reports to BOD. Selected and implemented Great Plains Dynamics accounting software. Selected outside auditing firm, and coordinated audit • Investment Banking—Coordinated Company’s activities with Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and other investment banking houses during the sale of the Company • Human Resources and Facilities—Set up employee benefits plans and property/liability insurance plans, located and negotiated office leases, maintained employee phantom equity plan and supervised human resources department From 1997 to 2002 (5 years) Greater Los Angeles AreaDirector @ From 1995 to 1997 (2 years) Senior @ From 1978 to 1983 (5 years)

MBA @ University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessBS, Accounting @ University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business Scott CPA/MBA is skilled in: Financial Reporting, SOX, Accounting, Budgeting, Financial Accounting, Management Consulting, Auditing, Consumer Products, Mergers, SEC reporting, Start-ups, Internal Audit