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                                    MIKE GIBSON

628 SW Rand Drive
Burleson, TX 76028


                               CAREER SUMMARY

Senior level executive with extensive hands on experience in
management, business leadership and working with boards of
directors, banks and attorneys. Assists clients with budgets, cash
forecasting, internal controls, business valuations, and acquisitions
to increase productivity, efficiency and profitability. Uses creative,
and analytical abilities to develop and implement innovative ideas
that produce bottom line results.

                  EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Senior Consultant and Full Charge Bookkeeper
Auto Salvage Consulting & Bookkeeping        2003 to Present
Consulting and Bookkeeping group for the auto recycling and
related industries.
•Site consulting work
•Bookkeeping
Specific experience in start ups, bank lending (including SBA
lending). Specializing in operations and systems improvement,
including pay for performance

General Manager
Pickup And Van Heaven                                             2002 to 2006
Auto salvage yard specializing in used parts for Pickups, Vans and
Sport Utility Vehicles
•Founded recycling business with two employees in 2003, growing it
with annual revenues of over $1 million. Sold Business in 2006.

Salvage Coordinator
Deep South, Inc.                                                          2002 to 2003
Managing Agent for a major Insurance Company.
•Responsible for the retrieval, storage and sale of all damaged
vehicles in eight states to wholesale buyers.
•Responsible for implementing wholesale and retail marketing and
sales plans, while ensuring the efficient operation of all sales,
operating and administrative functions of an Auto Recycling Facility
in Louisiana and a Truck Recycling Facility in Texas.

Controller
North Texas Insurance Auction                                 2001 to 2002
Insurance salvage auto auction providing specialized services to
insurance companies for the retrieval, storage and sale of damaged
vehicles to wholesale buyers.
•Responsibilities included budgeting, forecasting, financial planning
and analysis, financial accounting, management and business
metrics reporting, and all general accounting functions reporting to
the Chairman of the Board.
•Assisted with marketing approach and start up operations.
Within 12 months of completion and startup, assisted with Due
Diligence and the selling of the company to the industry’s largest
publicly held competitor-Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPRT)

Regional Controller
Greenleaf, LLC.                                                            1999 to 2001
Automotive recycling/reclamation subsidiary of Ford Motor
Company. Acquired AAA Small Car World and five other operations
in Texas from Ron Sturgeon with over 30 locations nationwide.
•Responsibilities included budgeting, forecasting, financial planning
and analysis, financial accounting, management and business
metrics reporting, and all general accounting functions for six Texas
locations.
•Responsible for the integrity of financial information and systems
for one of the largest Auto Salvage Facilities in the United States.
•Recruited and trained staff and upgraded financial and
administrative infrastructure to meet the requirements of these six
Texas Auto Salvage Facilities achieving over 50% growth in sales in
18 months.
•Member of the Financial Advisory Committee, helping to design and
report best practices, assisted in operating decisions, and
integration of over 23 other interstate facilities.

Controller
AAA Small Car World Inc.                                            1994 to 1999
One of the largest auto recycling businesses in the United States,
with over 140 employees. Gross revenues of over $14 million. After
20 years of successful operation, the business was sold to Ford
Motor Company’s, Greenleaf, LLC subsidiary.
• Responsibilities included budgeting, forecasting, financial planning
and analysis, financial accounting, management and business
metrics reporting, and all general accounting functions for six Texas
locations.
• Facilitated conversion of Yard management System from Auto Info
to Pinnacle. Tested and helped revise the first true multi-yard
Pinnacle version.
• Ensured compliance with reporting requirements in the company’s
successful in house, Regulation D Private Placement raising one
million dollars in capital.
• Administered diligence for various acquisitions, and the sale of the
company to Ford Motor Company.
• Hired and managed geographically dispersed staff of differing
cultures and weaved them into teams.
• Initiated and developed in-house training programs that enabled
timely and cost-effective delivery of end-user training.
• Implemented the first annual budget. Orchestrated budget process
with all departments and senior management concluding in the
presentation of a final budget approved by the CEO.
• Implemented weekly forecasting of financial results versus budget
with Bank and Senior Management quarterly and annual consensus
expectations.
• Designed or helped design several performance pay programs to
include delivery pay per stop. These performance pay programs
increased efficiency, lowered cost and increased customer
satisfaction.

Controller
Laidlaw Waste Systems, Inc.                                      1988 to 1994
A Solid Waste Company in a Service Environment
• Responsibilities included budgeting, forecasting, financial planning
and analysis, financial accounting, management and business
metrics reporting, and all general accounting functions for a solid
waste hauling company and a Landfill with over 48 million dollars in
annual revenue.
• Member of Acquisition Team assisting with diligence for various
acquisitions of other companies.
• Designed and install performance pay lowering costs, and
increasing efficiency.

                                    EDUCATION
University of Maryland, Business Management Degree, 1985.
Member of American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers
Member of Tau Chapter Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor
Society