Jon Pilon

About Jon Pilon

Jon partners with the CEO and peers on strategy and operating excellence. Jon has been a key leader at public and private turnaround, international and high-growth companies in the commercial and government contracting space.STRATEGY | M&A | CAPITALIZATION• Reevaluated strategic investments with CEO driving exit strategy and divestiture.• M&A due diligence and an integration leader post close.• Renegotiated debt financing amendment with more favorable terms while correcting covenant noncompliance. Supported debt and equity financings at multiple companies.• Saved €2M to €3M per year in cash taxes through a cross-border debt forgiveness transaction.A LEADER WITH VISIONJon sets a vision, builds high performing teams and leads business improvement initiatives that help the front office / operations while ensuring back-office compliance is efficient and scalable. He uses his deep financial acumen to create business opportunities.• Reduced dispute resolution cycle at Genesys from days to hours which reduced DSO by 23% and improved customer satisfaction.• Reduced month-end close from 22 to 5 days while upgrading Genesys\' 30-person finance team spread across three continents.• Built a European shared services accounting function for PAREXEL while stationed in Berlin, Germany.• Identified and deployed enabling technologies making the back office “easier to do business with” at TCS such as automated workflows and paperless expense reports.

Experience

1. Chief Financial Officer

   Parry Labs

   Oct 2022 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Parry Labs is a solutions provider to the U.S. Department of Defense and commercial aerospace companies, designing, deploying and sustaining advanced systems solutions ranging from mission computing to power systems to RF solutions.

Education

• Simsbury High School

  High School

  1985 — 1989

• College of the Holy Cross

  Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• Government Contracting
• Process Improvement
• Management
• Treasury and Cash Management
• Internal Controls
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Forecasting
• Business Process Improvement
• Integration
• International Management Experience
• Leadership
• Transfer Pricing
• Auditing
• Accounting
• Change Management
• Us Gaap
• Analysis
• Financial Planning
• U.s. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (Gaap)
• Finance
• Sailing
• Mergers
• Strategic Financial Planning