Chris Dunn: CFO in Carlsbad, CA

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Chris Dunn

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Carlsbad | United States
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AgColo

President & CFO | 12/2018 - Current

o Overseeing business development, finance, legal, administrative and operations for an AgTech company delivering SaaS and IoT solutions to cultivators. o Built corporate structure, product management, finance and operations standard operating procedures. o Leading strategic partnership development efforts with over 10 strategic partners.
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Thirty Three Threads

CFO | 03/2023 - Current

o CFO for $30M Public international Athleisure apparel company. o Oversee all accounting, finance and information technology functions / departments. o Led external audit fiscal year and bank audit. o Developed PPM for Reg D offering.
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Beachly Brands

General Manager | 07/2020 - 04/2022

o Managed the operations and double digit growth of a Direct to Consumer (DTC) subscription box and eCommerce beach inspired brand. o Led a team of 5 direct reports covering Merchandising, Marketing, Logistics, Customer Support and Finance & Administration. o Developed business expansion plans to expand into ancillary brand categories including Style, Beauty, Men’s Active and Baby.
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Surfers, LLC

Management Conuslting | 03/2016 - 07/2020

o Management consultant with expertise in sales, finance, marketing, product, operations and financial management. o Delivered strategic planning, operational improvements and go-to-market projects for multiple clients in the action sports industry including; Kekoa Collective, SUPERBrand, Channel Islands, Robert August Surfboards, ISLE Surf & SUP, SURFER Magazine, World Surf League, Pure Cycles and Takayama Surfboards.
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Surftech

CEO / General Manager | 11/2013 - 03/2016

o Successfully completed 2 year contract as CEO to restructure company. o Relocated headquarters from Santa Cruz, CA to Carlsbad, CA and rebuilt management team. o Restructured the sales team both domestically and internationally. o Financial highlights include; Increase in Sales of 15% with a reduction of OPEX as a % of Sales from 34% to 28%.
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SUP ATX / Lahui Kai

CEO / General Manager | 02/2011 - 11/2013

o Successfully executed a full company turn around, doubling revenue ($5m to $10m) in 2 years while turning a profit ($500k net loss to $800k net income). o Grew revenue 99% and net income by 137% over 2 year period. o Led SEO/SEM efforts which drove a substantial web sales & led to over 500,000 Facebook followers. o Expanded internationally to Australia, United Kingdom, and Canada. o Raised ~$3m in debt and equity financing.
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Mobeze

COO & CFO | 02/2008 - 02/2011

o Closed strategic business development relationship with Google. o Closed $700k debt / equity financing. o Closed $1m acquisition of Planz, online social planning software. o Grew revenue 144% while improving gross and operating margins by 10% and 18% respectively. o Developed Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) programs for all online brands.
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Covad Communications

CFO | 04/2005 - 02/2008

o Led a single-year, $50M operating profit turnaround, turning ~$500M revenue company from -$31M to $19M EBITDA. o Led strategic investment of $50m of equity and debt from Earthlink to upgrade 758 central offices with next generation DSLAM technology provided by Samsung. o Led multiple acquisitions, including NextWeb, a fixed pre-WiMax Internet service provider for $24.7m of debt, equity and cash; and GoBeam, a VoIP service provider for $48m of equity. o Led $50m senior secured bank financing with Silicon Valley Bank. o Restructured ~$50m of current and long-term liabilities including a ~$35m liability with AT&T. o Led Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances with AOL, AT&T, Cisco, Earthlink, MCI, Verizon, Vonage and United Online.
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Santa Cruz Networks

VP of Finance & Operations | 01/2003 - 04/2005

o Implement four new business units: VidiTel.com, Service Provider Solutions, Hosted Service Program and Global Enterprise Solutions o Expanded operational presence to UK (London) and Asia (Tokyo, Japan and Seoul, South Korea) o Led 2 joint venture spin-offs; Camera Café, Inc. and EyeGames, Inc. o Closed $10m of venture capital financing for company from DFJ and Geneva Ventures.
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Pacific Venture Capital

Principal | 08/2000 - 12/2002

o Senior team member in corporate venture capital, strategic planning & corporate development group for PG&E Corporation o Investment area expertise: energy e-commerce, wireless applications & infrastructure, network processing, embedded systems, real-time enterprise and web services o Due diligence and deal sourcing for DFJ, EnerTech Capital, Kinetic Ventures, Nth Power and TPG Ventures.
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Plural

Managing Associate | 08/1998 - 08/2000

o Directed venture technology/incubation projects including RedChip.com, ShopNBC, CityBlock.Net and Priceline.com o Performed finance, business development, product management, sales, operations and software engineering functional roles for incubation projects o Sourced incubation projects for following venture financings
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GE Capital

Manager of Business Development | 05/1993 - 08/1998

o Led technical group which delivered internet-based supply chain system solutions displacing old EDI systems for GE customers including 3M, Honeywell, Cargill, Pillsbury, General Mills and Medtronic o Participate in multiple GE Capital mergers & acquisition deal teams as technical and business resource. o Participated and graduated 2 year Financial Management Program (FMP).
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