Frank

Senior (financial) executive with 30 years of diverse experience, primarily as Chief Financial Officer of three listed companies, including a Chinese-owned NASDAQ listed company, as well private equity owned companies and other global manufacturers. Skilled at identifying and implementing process improvements to increase resource utilization and lower costs. Significant regulatory experience, including U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings. Extensive experience analyzing, negotiating and closing Merger & Acquisition deals, raising funds and closing transactions. Business partner with a reputation for working collaboratively and ethically, with a bias toward action. Calming influence on teams with focus on task accomplishment. Broadly promotes speed, engagement and effectiveness.

 

As a Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Cesario has successfully led the turnaround of a distressed NASDAQ listed manufacturer, including the restructuring of corporate financing, producing a realized debt reduction of 25%.

 

He has extensive experience in managing all aspects of SEC reporting, financial reporting, preparation of budget and business plans, cash management and treasury functions, risk management. He has guided the restructuring of process flows around order entry and enhanced capital asset utilization, created easy to understand Business Unit Profit & Loss statements. 

 

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, Registered, State of Illinois FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL BOARD FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL, CHICAGO CHAPTER

President 2016 – 2018; Director 2010 – 2023 FASB, Small Business Advisory Committee

VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, Commissioner, Planning/Zoning Commission Chair 2017 – 2023

VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, Trustee