1. THOMAS WALL HANNAFORD, JR.
1974 Gulls Cove, Stow Ohio 44224
Prefered Contact via Email to: “hannafordjr.thomaswall@yahoo.com”
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CAREER SUMMARY
* Managed accounting/financial operations for many companies (private, public and not-for-profit), in many different
industries.
* Supervised up to nine employees at a time, as well as occasionally training and developing other company staff.
* Elected to Board Of Directors of Park Harbor Condominum Association (R/E Mgmt Corp, served 1989-2008) and
AxessPointe/Akron Community Health Resources, Inc. (Healthcare Provider, served Jan-Dec 2012); also serve as a
volunteer in other NFP organizations.
* Guided company budgeting/forecasting processes, which included detailed sales, cash flow and capital
expenditures projections.
* Prepared for various corporations: federal & state income tax, payroll tax, property tax, sales/use tax and various
misc. tax returns.
* Negotiated financial agreements with banks and other creditors, and prepared information packages used to solicit
bids for loans/investments from banks and investors.
* Conducted turnarounds of financially-troubled businesses, which included restructuring operations and financial
liabilities.
* Audited and analyzed corporate operations to identify cost savings/reimbursements, including a $300,000
corporate state income tax refund for a food products company and over $2,000,000 in vendor credits at a top US
telecommunications corporation.
* Implemented new (PC-based) accounting systems, and supervised the programming of a data warehouse to
create consolidated reporting and data analysis from two separate ERP systems.
* Most recent 15 projects thru Robert Half International had performance grades of 10 ‘A’s and 5 ‘B’s (verifiable with
RHI reference).
SENIOR FINC/IT/TAX PROFESSIONAL & CONTRACT CONTROLLER/CFO & BOARD MEMBER/ADVISOR
(a mission-oriented “Financial Marine”)
2010 – Current STOW, OH
1989 – 2009 CHICAGO, IL
Working as a hands-on member of the Board of Directors, Management Team or as an Outside Consultant/Advisor,
to provide Public/Privately-held and Not-For-Profit corporations with assistance for their accounting, audit (including
Sarbanes & Oxley issues) computer, contract, finance, insurance, tax and/or strategic planning matters; sample
engagements include:
* Recruited by a CPA firm to be Controller of a troubled service corporation. Prevented Chapter 11 with a package of
cost reductions, receivables collections, and improved managerial practices. Also negotiated with
commercial/governmental creditors to renew/restructure credit facilities and reduce interest/penalties, valuated the
corporation for a proposed recapitalization, and dealt with tax and insurance problems (6 Months FT).
* Referred by investment bankers to an essentially bankrupt electronic equipment manufacturer to guide turnaround
as Controller. Immediately took actions to raise cash/slash expenses/increase sales. Assisted a manufacturing
consultant in restructuring production and worked with the CEO & VP-Sales to draft a detailed five year strategic plan.
Created detailed line-item income statements/balance sheets used in a prospectus to solicit commercial
bank/SBA/private-placement financing (4 months FT).
* Recruited by an unprofitable commercial printing corporation for Controller. Implemented accurate cost
accounting/financial analysis/cash flow systems to pinpoint problem areas and reduce costs/generate profits.
Positioned lender/creditors to restructure default relationships on favorable terms. Also brought hands-on style to
improve sales and production management (8 months FT).
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* Recruited by retailing/mail order conglomerate Kester’s as Controller to implement the finance function.
Implemented a multi-user accounting system, created a realistic budget and business plan, renegotiated the banking
relationship to increase financing, and trained personnel (18 months FT).
* Retained by investment bankers as a P/T Controller for candy manufacturer Louis Sherry to manage data entry,
generate financials, and train personnel ( 15 months PT ); at The Equitable Group maintained accounting records,
produced financials, analysis & tax documents for multiple real estate developments/properties (thru RHI, 48 months
PT).

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* Provided Interim Accounting Management (during RHI projects lasting 12 and 3 months), to maintain the
accounting/finance function, train personnel and improve processes, at Gerber Plumbing (manufacturer/distributor)
and Glass America (chain of automotive repair shops).
* At J.W.Allen maintained corporate income/payroll/sales tax records, and prepared/filed returns for this food
products manufacturer/distributor with nexus in over 30 states (thru RHI, 5 months FT); at Rotary International
prepared corporate income tax returns for this international NFP (thru RHI, 3 months FT).
* Retained by Ameritech as a process change/restructuring consultant. Created a new Procurement/Contract
Administration Department that addressed vendor & asset management issues to generate millions of dollars in cost
savings (thru Current Assets, 10 months FT).
* At AON Insurance responsible for month-end close/financial reporting/tax returns for multi-unit division of Aon Risk
Services; also conducted special balance sheet review of transferred division & recommended write-offs (thru RHI, 14
months FT); at U.S. Robotics/3COM provided month-end close, consolidations and financial reporting of worldwide
operations, merger-related analysis, and reviewed/reconciled worldwide intercompany accounts (thru Current Assets,
3 months FT).
CONCURRENT COMPUTER CORPORATION
1987 - 1989 TINTON FALLS, NJ
REGIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGER & CONTROLLER (07/87 - 04/89)
* Responsible for the accounting operations, financial reporting, budgeting, sales pricing/costing analysis, and
facilities/inventory management for U.S./foreign sales regions (of a quarter-billion dollar [sales] manufacturer of
super-minicomputers); provided sales management, and advised division management during the
CCUR/MASSCOMP post-merger reorganization.
ARVEY PAPER & SUPPLY COMPANY
1986 - 1987 CHICAGO, IL
A division of privately-held Arvey Corporation, operating 35 office supply stores across the continental United States.
SENIOR DIVISION ACCOUNTANT (05/86 - 06/87)
* Performed the monthly accounting close of multiple division locations, and provided consolidated financial data &
analysis for the Controller's monthly reports to executive management. Also maintained fixed asset & construction
project accounting records, income/property tax & other accruals, conducted inventory audits & reconciling physical
to book balances, and budgets (capital, income statement & new store start-up).
ALLNET COMMUNICATION SERVICES, INC.
1984 - 1986 CHICAGO, IL
The fourth largest long distance telephone carrier in the USA, providing service to 300,000+ customers in 53 major
metropolitan areas.
SENIOR AUDITOR (10/84 - 04/86)
* Drafted audit programs for and conducted audits of corporate accounting, customer service, engineering, and
sales departments.
* Troubleshoot corporate operations to generate cost savings and implement new systems and organizations.
* Provided analysis for the Allnet/Lexitel merger and valuation of the pager department as a separate business.
ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR (02/85 - 07/85 SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT)

3. * Supervised a staff of nine accountants in the Credit Card A/R, Sales Revenue Accounting, and Suspense
Maintenance sections of the Accounts Receivable Department.
* Developed a PC-based automated accounting system for credit card chargebacks, established a monthly aged
trial balance & account reconciliation report for financial management, and drafted operations manuals.
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THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINT COMPANY
1982 - 1984 CLEVELAND, OH
Fortune 500 manufacturer/retailer of paint and chemical coatings, distributed through 1,500+ company-operated
branches and other resellers in North America.
STAFF AUDITOR (08/82 - 10/84)
* Responsible for the annual financial/operational audits of 48+ retail & wholesale branches, and of major corporate
manufacturing & distribution facilities; plus participation in special projects (such as Inventory Audits).
* Assisted in the initial analysis and subsequent acquisition of the P.G.Berlands Paint Company in Chicago, and the
spin-off of Sherwin-Williams Canada into a joint venture with CIL.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Utilize/implement mainframe/mini/PC-based accounting packages (ACCPAC, Agency One, DACAccounting, Dun &
Bradstreet, Great Plains, Hyperion, MAS 90, McCormick-Dodge, One Write Plus, Peachtree, PeopleSoft, Platinum,
Quickbooks, SAP, Solomon, SBT, Timberline).
Familiar with the complete range of PC office (Corel, Libre, MS, Open), spreadsheet (Excel, 1-2-3, Quattro Pro), word
processing (Word, WordPerfect), and database (Access, Alpha Four, Paradox, Q&A) software.
Expert user of queries to download transaction data into databases/spreadsheets for financial analysis, and creating
Adjustment JEs.
TAX EXPERIENCE
Prepared federal & state & local (corporate/partnership/personal) income tax returns, state & local personal
property/sales/use tax returns, and federal & state & local payroll tax returns.
Negotiated settlements of various unpaid state tax liabilities, and researched US/foreign tax issues.
COMMUNITY & NOT-FOR-PROFIT ACTIVITIES
Member of the board of directors/management team for nearly twenty years (1989-2008) of a R/E management firm
(which operated an 101 unit condominium association organized as an Illinois ‘C’ corp); Volunteer Evaluator/Analyst
(since 2011) of business/economics games/simulations for Designs In Creative Entertainment;
Member of AxessPointe Board of Directors (formerly Akron Community Health Resources) during the 2012 calender
year (attended several meetings each month to review and discuss operating results and management requests; as
Finance Committee Vice Chair would conduct that committee's meetings and oversee in-depth
accounting/financial/operating analysis).
Volunteer with Advance NE Ohio/Efficient Government Now, BusinessVolunteersUnlimited/UnitedWay and
MicroMentors/MercyCorps.
EDUCATION
Seminars on Marketing & Promotion (including use of Social Media), SEO, Computer Systems and Personnel
Management (1987 to Present)
Obtained Illinois Insurance & Real Estate Broker Licenses (early 1990s)
CPA Review Course; DePaul University, 1990 (studied for the CPA exam, but ultimately never took it)
MBA, Finance; DePaul University, 1989 (completed within three years, while simultaneously working F/T 1-2 jobs),
with 2.71 GPA (courses taken included Taxation, Real Estate and International Accounting)
BS, Finance; The University Of Akron, 1982 (3.26 GPA; minor in Accounting and Computer Programming; graduated
with honors: Cum Laude, Financial Management Association National Honor Society)

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