Robert Sama

Current

Director of Strategic Financial Analysis at The Mentor Network

Past

Principal at Official Software
Consultant at Independent (Self-employed)
Owner at Closer Communications

Senior Consultant, Strategy Group at Environments, LLC
Accounting Manager at LoJack Corporation
Supervising Senior Auditor at KPMG

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Education

Babson College - Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business
Bentley College
University of Chicago

St. Sebastian's

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Venture Capital & Private Equity

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Robert Sama’s Summary

Financial and strategic professional, with a focus on technology and start-up enterprises.

Robert Sama’s Specialties:

Tech company finance, financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting, competitive analysis, business plan authoring, accounting, FP&A, roadshow/sales pitches, investor relations, Great Plains, FRx, Oracle Financial, Hyperion, Word, Excel, Access, HTML, WordPress, Mambo, Moveable Type

Robert Sama’s Experience

Director of Strategic Financial Analysis

The Mentor Network

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

October 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)

Director of Strategic Financial Analysis for a $1 billion company. Lead development of long-term financial plans and strategic analyses for company growth. Bring traditional financial discipline to bear on corporate decision making.

The company performs privatized human services for mentally disabled individuals and at risk youth. Learn more about the company at http://www.thementornetwork.com .
Principal

Official Software

(Internet industry)

January 2006 — October 2008 (2 years 10 months)

Official Software offers online copyright filing services.

Purchased the company with a partner. Executed turnaround strategy which made company profitable. Company did so well it paid for itself with cash dividends. Sold to TuneToad in October 2008.

www.officialsoftware.com
Consultant
Independent (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Management Consulting industry)

May 2004 — October 2006 (2 years 6 months)

Consulted for various companies, primarily in an FP&A capacity. Major client: Centra Software, a $30 million publicly held software company where I directed all FP&A activities for the company during their buyout process with Saba Software.
Owner

Closer Communications

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

October 2001 — May 2004 (2 years 8 months)

Closer Communications developed a Customer Acquisition Management system for use at tradeshows and similar events. As founder and President of the Company, I conceived the product, recruited team members, led all strategic efforts.

Developed business plan and financial model.
Presented to 128 Wireless Venture Group, DemoMobile 2003 and was on panel for Capital Venue and to potential customers, including Key3Media, operator of COMDEX. Beta tested the product twice, once in a private setting, and again in a public environment.

On June 10, 2008, was awarded patent No. 7,386,276. Listed as co-inventor on the patent.
Senior Consultant, Strategy Group

Environments, LLC

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

July 1999 — July 2001 (2 years 1 month)

Environments was a strategy and business consulting firm specializing in early stage Internet and technological enterprises. I was a leading consultant at the firm, performing all financial modeling for business plans authored by the firm, and lead teams authoring business plans for clients as well.
Accounting Manager

LoJack Corporation

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; LOJN; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1997 — May 1999 (2 years )

LoJack Corporation, an $85 million public company, manufactures a device which when installed into an automobile, enables the police to track and find that vehicle if it is stolen.

I was the accounting manager there, leading all monthly closes. I reported to the Director of Finance.
Supervising Senior Auditor

KPMG

(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Accounting industry)

May 1993 — June 1997 (4 years 2 months)

Auditor in the Information, Communications and Entertainment division of the firm, where I became a specialist in the workings and finances of small, start-up enterprises, mostly high-tech.

Robert Sama’s Education

Babson College - Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business

MBA , Entrepreneurship, Finance , 2004 — 2006

Activities and Societies:

cum laude
Bentley College

MA , Accounting , 1993 — 1995
University of Chicago

AB , Philosophy , August 1989 — June 1993
St. Sebastian's

HS Diploma , September 1983 — May 1989