Jim Harshman

Jim Harshman is a Chief Financial Officer who has extensive experience working for privately owned companies and medium-sized subsidiaries of Fortune 1000 companies. Jim has a demonstrated record of success in the manufacturing, food processing, distribution, and information technology industries. He is passionate about partnering with a company’s Management Team to increase its sales, gross profit, and profitability margins, and return on investment.

Jim’s areas of expertise include:

• Strategic Plan Development & Implementation

• Finance & Accounting Leadership

• Manufacturing & Food Processing Production Cost Analysis

• Selling a Business

• Expense Reduction & Control

• Development of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Division, Product Line, and Customer Profitability Analysis

• M&A Experience

• Budget & Forecasting

• Capital Addition Justification

• Increase Inventory Turns

• Decreasing Accounts Receivable Days Sales Outstanding

• Operational Efficiency

• Business Turnarounds

• Human Resources Management

• Information Systems

Jim’s experience includes:

• President, Chief Financial Officer & Board of Director – Henningsen Foods, Inc. (Subsidiary of Kewpie Co.)

• Corporate Controller - Engineered Air

• Corporate Controller Central Plains Steel (Subsidiary of Reliance Aluminum & Steel Co.)

• Staff Auditor – Price Waterhouse Coopers