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Jesse Perez is the chiec financial officerfor Houston-baseds Geotrace Technologies Inc., a reservoir servicew company that provides subsurface imaging solutions to the oil and gas industrgy worldwide. Perez joined Geotrace in May and now has more than 28 yearas of experience in thegeophysical industry. Under his leadership, new accountinhg systems, procedures and improved internal controls were implementecd which greatly enhanced the quality and timinb of financial reporting for both internalk andexternal users. Additionally, he led severa successful debt-refinancing initiatives duringhis tenure, which improvedd the capital and debt structure of the company.
Prior to joining Geotrace, Perez was vice president/controllere of Flow Products Inc., a division of Precisiobn Castparts Corp. From 2001 to 2002, he was CFO of He also servefd as chief financial officer of ReservoireTechnologies Inc. from 1999 to 2001. From 1980 through he held a variety of financial positions with WesternGeophysical Co. in Houston and including senior VP, finance and administration and VP/controller. He receiver a bachelor of science degree in accounting from the at Clear Lake and is a Certifiesd Public Accountantin Texas.
John Biedermann implemented a successful financial plan for Entelligence including innovative strategies for reducing costs and increasing With his streamlinedbusiness model, he has directly contributee to the company’s growth and financial gains. Biedermanhn achieved cost advantage at Entelligencewith value-generating activities and has piloted the company’as success by identifying and evaluatinbg its core competencies and revamping all He has also led the differentiatiojn of Entelligence from its competitors. Biedermann has identifiedr customer needs and realigned strategic positions to better support the solution offeringsfor Entelligence’s partners.
An inspirationakl leader, he has made an impactr on everyone who works at Entelligence and encourages employees to be the best theycan be. A graduate of , Biedermanh holds a BS in accounting. Donna Charleson joinedd The Right Step inOctober 2006, bringingf almost 20 years of professional experience to her role as chief financial officer. Upon earning her BBA from the University ofHouston (with a concentration in she started her career with the Houston office of Arthur Andersen & Co., advancing to audit manager.
Her clientz consisted of both public and private companies concentrated in the constructionand engineering, nonprofit and retail She later joined a localp CPA firm as audit principal, working with clients in the savinge and loan industry. In Charleson entered the health care field as CFO for a local Houston clinical reference laboratory associated with the MemoriallHospital System. Later experience included stints at aHouston physician-owned clinic, a large behavioral health managed-care company and two publiclt owned, national clinical reference laboratories.
Her most recenrt experience prior to The Rightf Step was as CFO fora Houston-basee developer of ambulatory surgery outpatient cardiac labs and small rurakl hospitals. Throughout her career, Charlesonm has championed not only financial discipline and rigor for her but also a primary focus on superiof client andpatient service. She believes the two missione areintertwined — an organization must be both financiallty healthy and dedicated to superior customer Charleson is a member of the Gulf Coast chapter of the Healty Care Financial Management Association, the AICPA and the Texas Society of CPAs. Rig-Up Services Inc.
Roy Johnson, chiefr financial officer of Rig-Up Services is responsible for financial administration and international trade activities Johnsonbecame Rig-Up’s CFO in 2007 amd has sincde accomplished a number of key objectivese including restructuring and renegotiatin g customer agreements, leading an internal audit, providingt an accurate calculation of overhead and developing a structure to secure and financer a management buyout and replacing existing lines of credirt that doubled borrowing capacity while lowering interest As a direct result of this work, Rig-Up Services was able to doubl e net income in 2008 from the previoues year while sales remainexd relatively constant.
Over the past 20 Johnson has experienced success intraditional finance, administrative and accountintg functions, as well as project management, banking, international trade and corporate legal Prior to joining Rig-Up, Johnsojn was managing director of the corporate financd group of the Llama Co., a private investmentf bank of the family. Johnson is conversant in Spanish and has completede multiple transactions across Central and South He received a degree in industrial distributiobn fromTexas A&M University where he was nameed the outstanding student in 1984 and is a former accreditedr valuation analyst with ADC Rig Services Inc.
Kimberly Macias graduated from the University of Houstonb in 2001 witha bachelor’sz degree in finance.