KATHRYN L.

THOMAS
Santa Rosa, CA 95409

707-755-0219

kaththomas2@gmail.com

Desired Position: Management team or consultant role in helping businesses manage: information, analysis, new
systems, etc. Available full or part time by the hour, on-site or remote services.
Summary:
Management executive with CPA (inactive) and legal background and over 20 years experience managing diverse
teams of professionals in business, government and public accounting. Expertise in organizing and presenting
data and complex concepts to corporate management, auditors, and government agencies.
Skills and Knowledge:
Accounting, financial analysis & modeling, strategic planning, budgeting, software integration, bid and contract
preparation and negotiation, cost control, management of production, purchasing, construction coordination.
Expert level skills in Quickbooks, Netsuite and other accounting programs, Windows Office and Corel Office
programs, sales management programs Salesforce, ACT & Goldmine, website development with Adobe
Photoshop & Macromedia Dreamweaver, and other PC programs.
Experience:
Self Employed Consultant - Wine Country Consulting - Feb 2002 to June 2010
Clients include Last Mile Research & RELTEK below, plus successful engagements for :
SIGPRO (billing system research, identification and report)
Etheric Networks (temp. controller)
Autonet Mobile (systems integration, acting controller, reporting and monitoring all systems, collections)
Animal Legal Defense Fund (accountant, all internal accounting and reporting functions)
CFO & Director of Operations Last Mile Research LLC Sausalito, CA May 2007 to May 2008
Company designs, installs, manages and provide guest support for wireless broadband in high end resorts.
Successfully instituted pre-installation deposit requirement and late payment penalty in new sales contracts,
reduced AR turnover for pre-existing customers, successfully applied for and received credit terms and wholesale
pricing from all major equipment vendors, each of which significantly reduced pre-existing cash flow problems.
Significantly reduced average downtime of network devices from previous levels, improving quality of service.
Coordinated all aspects of installs at seven new hotel sites in record turn-up time.
Developed national database of sales prospects - cold calling resulted in several new customers.
Prepared and filed Respondents pleadings and evidence before National Arbitration Forum in domain name
dispute case (Tamarind.com, NAF Case FA0801001128992). Note: Decision in favor of Respondent on all
counts, 3/3/08.
General Manager RELTEK LLC - Santa Rosa, CA June 2003 to April 2007Company manufactures specialty adhesives and sealants and does R&D for unique applications.
Managed and coordinated major customer special production projects, approximately 40% of revenues.
Recruited new R&D customers.
Reduced average AR turnover to 10 days from 60+ with most customers. Successfully negotiated 50% up front
payments on all R&D contracts and special projects.
Located new raw materials sources, negotiated supplier price reductions, reducing company costs. Successfully
negotiated and managed payment agreements with IRS and State of CA for back taxes.
Successfully redesigned company website www.reltekllc.com so that it was ranked on page one in Google,
Yahoo, etc. searches for keywords most associated with company products (improved rank from page five or later
when I started managing the site).
Helped company obtain a line of credit and new investor and several additional sources of funds.
Created just in time raw materials acquisition plan that reduced shipping costs & created smoother ops workflow.
Advanced TelCom Group, Inc. - Vice President - Regulatory & Public Policy Aug 1998 - Feb 2002. Managed three
attorneys and one economist in nationwide competitive local telecommunications (CLEC) startup, won large settlements
in supplier contract disputes.
Brooks Fiber Communications, Inc. - Director, Western Region, Regulatory May 1996 - Aug 1998. Managed two
attorneys in regional CLEC, achieved record speed of approval into new markets and in sale of company to WorldCom by
state commissions.

Education: University of Washington, Seattle WA, BBA, major in accounting, graduated; post-graduate: University of
Connecticut School of Law, W. Hartford, CT.
Certification: Held registered CPA certificate from state of Michigan from 1971 to 2010.