Brett White

Brett White

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CEO and Board Director
San Luis Obispo, California, United States

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  • Weave
    Chief Executive Officer
    Weave
    Oct 2022 - Current (4 years)
  • Weave
    President and COO
    Weave
    Apr 2022 - Oct 2022 (7 months)
  • Inspired Flight Technologies Inc
    Board Member
    Inspired Flight Technologies Inc
    Jan 2022 - Current (4 years 9 months)
  • Weave
    Board Member, Audit Committee Chairperson
    Weave
    Jun 2020 - Current (6 years 4 months)
    NYSE: WEAV (Nov'21 IPO)
  • California Polytechnic State University
    Dean's Advisory Council and Entrepreneur in Residence - Orfalea College of Business
    California Polytechnic State University
    Apr 2018 - Current (8 years 6 months)
  • MINDBODY Inc
    COO & CFO
    MINDBODY Inc
    Jul 2016 - Aug 2020 (4 years 2 months)
  • MINDBODY Inc
    CFO
    MINDBODY Inc
    Jul 2013 - Dec 2021 (8 years 6 months)
    Responsibilities included finance, accounting, real estate, IT, investor relations and data science for leading SMB Saas and payments company serving the wellness services industry. Took company public in 2015 and sold to private equity in 2019. Raised equity and debt capital in private and public markets and executed multiple acquisitions.
  • Meru Networks
    CFO
    Meru Networks
    Jan 2008 - Jul 2013 (5 years 7 months)
    Responsible for finance and administration (finance, accounting, legal, IT, investor relations) for leading wireless LAN company. Upgraded private company bookkeeping function to public company accounting and reporting organization with new leadership. Implemented tier 1 enterprise application infrastructure (Oracle, Salesforce.com, Concur) and Sarbanes Oxley controls. Built financial planning, legal and investor relations functions from scratch. Restructured Company for profitability in 2009. Raised Series E financing and led IPO in March 2010. Primary interface to Wall Street with 9 covering sell side analysts. Voted finalist for Silicon V
  • Fortinet INC
    CFO
    Fortinet INC
    Nov 2005 - Dec 2007 (2 years 2 months)
    Responsible for finance and administration (finance, accounting, legal, IT, global business practices, investor relations and facilities staff of 70) for global network security appliance company (75% international, offices in 26 countries). Grew sales ~ 50% per year and delivered positive quarterly cash flow. Led companywide efforts to prepare company for IPO. Recruited entirely new leadership in all functional areas of responsibility. Put in place public company level financial controls and processes over sales, support, operations, IT and revenue accounting including starting IT and global business practices functions from scratch. Rebuilt all revenue accounting systems and processes for extremely complex revenue accounting environm
  • Corio Inc
    CFO
    Corio Inc
    Jan 2002 - Jan 2005 (3 years 1 month)
    Responsible for finance and administration (finance, accounting, legal, HR investor relations and facilities) for public (NASDAQ) global application services provider. Completed 2 acquisitions, performed due diligence on 3 additional targets and sold company to IBM. Opened operation in India (100 hc) and reduced operating expenses 30%. Implemented a formal investor relations program, added financial analyst coverage and increased institutional ownership. Grew stock price 355% (from start date to sale to IBM). Upgraded financial controls, reporting and finance staff. Implemented Sarbanes Oxley compliance controls, processes and corporate governance, and passed Section 404 audit.
  • KANA Software
    CFO
    KANA Software
    Jan 2001 - Jan 2002 (1 year 1 month)
    Responsible for finance and administration for public (NASDAQ) CRM software company. Completed merger of Broadbase Software and Kana Communications. Replanned entire company twice bringing planned profitability forward 3 quarters and achieved profitability on target. Reduced quarterly expense run rate by 50%. Completed 3 separate equity financing agreements and raised capital twice. Completely rebuilt finance team and delivered to Board Company’s first accurate cash flow and balance sheet plan. Upgraded financial controls and reporting. Increased analyst coverage by 2 (Morgan Stanley and WR Hambrecht). Reduced DSO from high 90’s to mid 50’s.
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    Managing Executive, Finance
    marchFIRST
    Jan 1999 - Jan 2001 (2 years 1 month)
    Managing Executive Vice President
    Field Finance & Operations 2000 - 2001
    Head of Field Financial Operations for $1B+, 9,000 employee professional services firm. Reporting to the COO, responsible for forecasting, budgeting, financial analysis for entire field organization as well as revenue recognition and compensation administration for former USWeb/CKS business units. Participated in integration of legacy business practices. Instituted quarterly operations review process. Member of Management Committee

    Executive Partner, USWeb/CKS
    Finance & Operations 1999 –2000
    Head of Financial Operations for $500m+, 4,000 employee professional services firm. Co-reporting to the CEO & CFO, responsible for forecasting,
  • Oracle Corp
    VP Finance, Worldwide Consulting Services & Vertical Markets
    Oracle Corp
    Jan 1989 - Jan 1999 (10 years 1 month)
    Head of Finance for $2.5 billion worldwide consulting business (15,000 employees, 55% revenue growth rate) and $500 million worldwide applications license business (1,600 employees, 50% revenue growth rate). Responsible for global finance function as well as driving increased profitability through operational process improvement and improved business planning and execution. Financial responsibilities include forecasting, budgeting, financial analysis, management reporting, business unit target setting and strategic planning. Responsible for project accounting, contracts, invoicing, revenue recognition and compensation administration for $1.2 billion US consulting business (7,300 employees, 60% revenue growth rate). Manage a team of 41 f
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    Supervising Senior
    Arthur Young
    Jan 1985 - Jan 1989 (4 years 1 month)
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  • UC Santa Barbara
    BA, Business Economics with Honors
    UC Santa Barbara
    Jan 1981 - Jan 1985 (4 years 1 month)
  • Menlo School
    Menlo School
    Menlo School
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