Christophe Couallier

Current

• CFO & Finance Consultant - Financial Planning & Analysis at BlueHat Consulting Group

Past

• CFO/Controller at American Lifestyle LLC
• Professor of Financial Management at University of Phoenix
• VP Finance at Elite Digital Communications, Inc.

• Project Engineering Manager at Technip

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Education

• Florida Southern College
• Rollins College - Crummer Graduate School of Business
• Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet

• Ecole du Pétrole et des Moteurs
• Ecole nationale supérieure d'Arts et Métiers

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Industry

Management Consulting

Christophe Couallier’s Summary

Senior finance professional with demonstrated professional, entrepreneurial and academic accomplishments in the US, Europe, the Middle East and the Far East.

Over fifteen years experience in financial management, financial analysis and modeling, financing strategies, project finance, management accounting, and financial reporting, including at Executive levels (CFO and VP Finance positions), in various industries.

Directed over $1 billion worth of development and financial planning projects including multiple oil production facilities, a private airport, a construction contractor and a telecommunications start-up company.

Christophe Couallier’s Specialties:

Financial planning and analysis, financial modeling, project finance, financing strategies, strategic planning, financial management, management accounting, cash management, cost accounting, Excel power user, construction lien laws.

Christophe Couallier’s Experience

• CFO & Finance Consultant - Financial Planning & Analysis

  BlueHat Consulting Group

  (Management Consulting industry)

  2001 — Present (8 years )

  Orlando, Florida - Financial planning & analysis, project finance, proforma financial modeling, and financing strategies. Includes commercial real estate projects, business financing, early-stage company financing and capital sourcing, cash flow management, budget analysis, spreadsheet auditing, Excel training, Excel development, entrepreneurial advisory services, etc.
  
  - Financing projects with Avalon Finance
  - Excel training at IMA mid-Florida chapter
  - Financial modeling for Coffee Roaster Alliance
  - Financial modeling for PMC (www.profmgtco.com)
  - Financial planning & analysis for Branson Airport (www.bransonair.net).

• CFO/Controller

  American Lifestyle LLC

  (Construction industry)

  2004 — 2008 (4 years )

  Orlando, Florida - Head of the Finance & Accounting department. Directed the financial reporting, financial planning & analysis, budgeting and forecasting activities. Developed internal financial controls, strategic planning, cost accounting and construction lien law procedures. Administered Sage Timberline accounting software.

• Professor of Financial Management

  University of Phoenix

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; APOL; Higher Education industry)

  2003 — 2004 (1 year )

  Maitland, Florida - Professor of Financial Management. MBA: FIN544 – Finance for Managerial Decision Making. Taught working capital management, capital budgeting (cost of capital, CAPM, DCF, financial modeling, financial planning & analysis), valuation (bond and stock pricing) and capital structure.

• VP Finance

  Elite Digital Communications, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  1995 — 2001 (6 years )

  Orlando, Florida - Head of Finance & Accounting department. Developed and directed the financial management and business operating systems of the company. Directed the financial planning & analysis, budgeting and forecasting, and strategic planning functions. Appointed advisory member to the Board of Directors.

• Project Engineering Manager

  Technip

  (Public Company; TKP; Oil & Energy industry)

  1988 — 1991 (3 years )

  Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, www.technip.com/entities/abudhabi
  
  - Managed $800 million in oil storage tank projects. Directed 30 employees in 65,000 man-hour projects, including cost control, planning & scheduling functions, engineering, procurement and construction supervision.
  
  - Managed the business development of Technip affiliate (Redco). Obtained the representation for Hickham Industries. Led a joint venture with Nico, a swedish company, resulting in a 200% increase in revenues.

Christophe Couallier’s Education

• Florida Southern College

  Accounting 2006 — 2007

  Continuing professional education in accounting

• Rollins College - Crummer Graduate School of Business

  MBA , Finance , 1991 — 1993

  Assistant to Professor Ted Veit (Finance) and Professor James Higgins (Management)
  
  Recipient of the John C. Myers Award for Scholarship, Leadership and Services
  
  Member of Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society for Collegiate Schools of Business
  
  Developed and taught a comprehensive business language course "Doing Business in France and the French Language".

• Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet

  Certification , Project Planning & Scheduling , 1988 — 1988

• Ecole du Pétrole et des Moteurs

  Master , Petroleum Engineering & Project Development

  Activities and Societies:

  Vice-President of student association - Organized student business trip to Total Oil production facilities in Indonesia.

• Ecole nationale supérieure d'Arts et Métiers

  Engineer , Mechanical

Additional Information

Christophe Couallier’s Interests:

Financial modeling - Cash flow reporting - Strategic planning - Excel development and VBA programming - Critical thinking - Idea mapping Guitar - writing - photography - philosophy - anthropology

Christophe Couallier’s Groups:

Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) - www.imanet.org

Alumni Association of Ingenieurs Arts & Metiers - www.Gadz.org

•    Executive Suite
•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Corporate Real Estate
•    Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
•    Crummer Alumni Association
•    Finance & Accounting Professionals
•    IFP School alumni
•    MiamiLink.org
•    ENTREPRENEURS-GET FUNDED
•    Microsoft Excel Users
•    Private Equity Investment Group
•    Venture Capital
•    "The "Intl" Financial Executives Networking Group"
•    Dubai Business Network
•    Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Network
•    CleanTech
•    PPP/PF/PFI, Infrastructure Financing, Project Finance, (more than 2k members!)
•    Excel Developers
•    Networking Orlando
•    Finance Leaders Association
•    Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) Business Honor Society
•    PPP Promoters
•    Middle East Opportunities
•    Refresh Miami
•    Institute of Management Accountants (IMA®) Official Site
•    Commercial Real Estate Investment Professionals
•    International Renewable Energy Solutions
•    FAST Modeling Alliance
•    Real Estate Finance & Investment Society
•    Miami Business Network
•    ACG Orlando
•    Accredited Investors Network
•    Successful QuickBooks Consultants / Consulting - Accounting & Bookkeeping--Long for Success
•    Timberline Users Group (TUG)
•    Corporate FP&A Professionals
•    Infrastructure Finance
•    Model Audit Network
•    Orlando Small Business Network
•    Central Florida Accounting and Finance Professionals Group
•    Financial Modelling in Excel
•    PFI & PPP Jobs Forum
•    Disney Entrepreneur Center
•    Orlando Entrepreneur Network
•    South Florida Business Professionals
•    Career Management Network
•    TiE Florida
•    Certified Management Accounting Firms
•    Florida CRE
•    Accounting Professionals (Jobs & Networking)
•    Finance Professionals (Jobs & Networking)
•    Real Estate - Private Equity and Venture Capital
•    Fund Managers Group- Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
•    Events on PPP Project Finance Infrastructure
•    Commercial Real Estate Investment & Development
•    North America Infrastructure Finance
•    Commercial Real Estate Finance

Christophe Couallier’s Honors:

John C. Myers Award for Scholarship, Leadership, and Services - Crummer Business School, Rollins College (Winter Park, Florida)

Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society for Collegiate Schools of Business for outstanding achievement.

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