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Industry Expertise: Financial Services, Healthcare, Channels
Corporate Background: President, Executive Conversation, Inc; President, RCL Northwest; CFO and Director, NPI; Senior Director of Strategic Planning and Technology Acquisitions, Marion Merrill Dow
Education: MBA, Columbia University; MA/Economics, University of Pittsburgh; BA/Philosophy, Sarah Lawrence
Languages: English
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Jim Melillo combines CFO level experience with broad financial credentials within the corporate development and treasury areas overseeing dozens of global mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and financings. For the last 12 years, he has concentrated on working with technology channel organizations both in EMEA as well as domestically.
Mr. Melillo has held senior positions with a broad group of mid-market companies in the $200-$1,000 million revenue range. As CFO and director of NPI, Inc. Mr. Melillo oversaw one of the first "roll ups," building the largest group of franchisee restaurants in the USA. He has done IPOs, Secondary offerings of equity and debt offerings through the SEC and the London Third Market as well as working with the FDA, IRS, (Us and UK), USDA and US Patent Office in his role as a senior executive.
During his tenure in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology industries Mr. Melillo was involved in structuring and negotiating licenses or joint ventures with leading corporations around the world, including Dow Pharmaceutical in the U.S., Hoechst Rousell of France, Perstorp Chemical of Sweden and Mitsubishi Biologicals of Japan. Prior to that he worked for Boston Consulting Group where he served such clients as Smith Kline, OMC/Evinrude, Corning Fiber Optics and Alpha-Philco.
A highly regarded consultant and lecturer in both business and educational environments, Mr. Melillo is a co-founder & President of Executive Conversation.