David Crawford

About David Crawford

I was brought on as CFO of Evernote four years ago to fix and rebuild a broken Finance function. Over that time frame Evernote has received 4 years of clean audit results and performed to Plan. With a lightweight team Finance accurately reports and re-forecasts the business monthly. In addition, I led the efforts to refinance existing debt twice to increase the term and availability while reducing interest cost by more than half, and more recently, led the Finance efforts of a successful sale.Build, grow and retain top talentScaled Finance, HR, IT and Ops from ~$20M to $130M twiceNo regretted direct report departures in the last two decadesTransparent, flexible and communicative styleInternational experienceEstablish and manage complex tax-optimized global organizational structuresManage global and regional income and sales/VAT tax complianceOversee reporting and compliance of International subsidiaries/joint venturesStrong fundamentalsTwo decades of CFO experienceHighly accurate cash flow forecasting aligned with business strategiesAudit and MBA background = best in class planning and reporting20+ years overseeing HR, IT, Treasury, Ops and LegalDepth in knowledge/use of B2B and B2C SaaS Unit EconomicsCapitalizationClosed ~ a dozen debt facilitiesClosed ~ half-dozen equity financingsSuccesses & LearningsCompleted 8 mergers both on buy and sell sidesSettled dozens of HR matters including two wage and hour class actions

Experience

1. Chief Finance and Administrative Officer

   Amity Foundation

   Sep 2017 — Present

Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics

  1985 — 1989

• University of Michigan

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

  1993 — 1996

Skills

• Public Speaking
• General Ledger
• Microsoft Office
• Fundraising
• Budgets
• Healthcare
• Microsoft Excel