Dan Ruchman is a senior financial executive with extensive experience in both the boardroom and “the trenches.” He brings broad experience in financial, operations and administrative management across a variety of industries including life sciences, high-tech and consumer products in both public and private companies. Mr. Ruchman has a track record of accomplishment in both entrepreneurial and established companies in business strategy, financial management, system implementations, financial controls, financial planning, financial modeling and corporate governance.
Ruchman serves as an entrepreneurial and turnaround financial management consultant, helping companies plan their business and enhance their current and future profitability. Prior to that, he served as vice president of finance and administration at Phyton Biotech, which is based in upstate New York with a European subsidiary. He implemented cost accounting and led major projects including venture financing, tax planning and the overhaul of financial systems, risk management, stock options and HR management.
Previously, he was director of finance at Thomson Publishing’s Lawyers Cooperative Publishing subsidiary in Rochester, NY. He implemented a new financial system to facilitate a total business reorganization with a decentralized structure and created a new business development function to oversee acquisitions, enabling six such acquisitions in the first year.
Prior to that, Mr. Ruchman was the director of financial planning and analysis for Bausch & Lomb, overseeing the $2 billion corporation’s strategic planning, capital budgeting, annual budgeting process and ongoing financial forecasting and analysis. He previously held operational, financial and management positions with Computer Consoles Inc., a Rochester telecommunication and office systems manufacturer and marketer; Inslaw Inc., a Washington, D.C. developer, marketer and consultant for its proprietary case management software systems; and Transamerica Mortgage Company, then one of the largest mortgage banking firms in the U.S., based in San Francisco.
Mr. Ruchman holds a BA in History from Princeton University and MBA from the Yale School of Management. He is a member of Financial Executives International, TiE Entrepreneurs and San Diego CONNECT as an entrepreneur-in-residence. He served on the advisory board for the Tech Ventures investment fund, currently serves as co-chair of the San Diego Financial Executives Networking Group and is on the advisory board for Rochester Institute of Technology’s College of Liberal Arts.
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