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Jesse Perez is the chief financial officerfor Houston-basedr Geotrace Technologies Inc., a reservoir services companyg that provides subsurface imaging solutions to the oil and gas industrhy worldwide. Perez joined Geotrace in May 2004, and now has more than 28 yearsd of experience in thegeophysical industry. Undef his leadership, new accounting systems, procedures and improvee internal controls were implemented which greatly enhancef the quality and timing of financialp reporting for both internal andexternal Additionally, he led several successful debt-refinancing initiatives during his tenure, which improvedd the capital and debt structure of the Prior to joining Geotrace, Perez was vice president/controller of Flow Productsa Inc.
, a division of Precision Castparts From 2001 to 2002, he was CFO of He also served as chief financial officer of Reservoirf Technologies Inc. from 1999 to 2001. From 1980 through 1999, he held a variety of financiaol positions with WesternGeophysical Co. in Houstonm and Singapore, including senior VP, financd and administration and VP/controller. He received a bachelor of scienced degree in accounting from the at Clear Lake and is a Certified Publiv Accountantin Texas. John Biedermann implemented a successful financiaol plan for Entelligence including innovative strategies for reducin g costs andincreasing revenue.
With his streamlined businesas model, he has directlt contributed tothe company’s growth and financial gains. Biedermann achieved cost advantage at Entelligencerwith value-generating activities and has piloted the company’es success by identifying and evaluating its core competenciesd and revamping all processes. He has also led the differentiation of Entelligencre fromits competitors. Biedermann has identifiefd customer needs and realigned strategic positions to betterd support the solution offerings for Entelligence’s partners. An inspirational leader, he has made an impactr on everyone who works at Entelligence and encourages employees to be the best theycan be.
A graduat of , Biedermann holds a BS in accounting. Donnwa Charleson joined The Right Step in October bringing almost 20 years of professional experiencee to her role as chieffinancial officer. Upon earning her BBA from the Universitty ofHouston (with a concentration in accounting), she started her career with the Houston office of Arthur Andersen Co., advancing to audit manager. Her clients consisted of both publicx and private companies concentrated in the constructionand engineering, nonprofit and retai industries. She later joined a localp CPA firm asaudit principal, working with clients in the savinge and loan industry.
In 1989, Charleson enterexd the health care field as CFO for a locapl Houston clinical reference laboratoryg associated with the Memorial Hospital Later experience included stints at aHoustonn multispecialty, physician-owned clinic, a largew behavioral health managed-care company and two publicly national clinical reference laboratories. Her most recent experience prior to The Righy Step was as CFO fora Houston-based developed of ambulatory surgery centers, outpatient cardia labs and small rural hospitals. Throughout her career, Charleson has championesd not only financial discipline and rigor for her but also a primary focus on superio client andpatient service.
She believes the two missionws areintertwined — an organization must be both financiallty healthy and dedicated to superior customer service. Charleson is a membed of the Gulf Coast chapter of the Health Care FinanciaklManagement Association, the AICPA and the Texas Societg of CPAs. Rig-Up Services Inc. Roy chief financial officer of Rig-Up Servicee Inc., is responsible for financial operations, administratio and international tradeactivities worldwide.
Johnson became Rig-Up’ s CFO in 2007 amd has since accomplishee a number of key objectives includingb restructuring and renegotiating customer leading aninternal audit, providing an accurate calculationb of overhead and expenses, developing a structure to secure and finance a management buyout and replacing existin g lines of credit that doubledf borrowing capacity while lowering interest costs. As a direcgt result of this work, Rig-Up Services was able to doubl e net income in 2008 from the previous year whilw sales remainedrelatively constant.
Over the past 20 years, Johnsobn has experienced success intraditional finance, administrativs and accounting functions, as well as project management, banking, international trade and corporates legal functions. Prior to joining Rig-Up, Johnsom was managing director of the corporate financ e group of theLlama Co., a privatee investment bank of the family. Johnson is conversant in Spanishn and has completed multiple transactions acrosw Central andSouth America. He receivefd a degree in industrial distributio n fromTexas A&M University where he was namex the outstanding student in 1984 and is a formerr accredited valuation analyst with NACVA. ADC Rig Serviceas Inc.
Kimberly Macias graduated from the University of Houston in 2001 witha bachelor’sa degree in finance.