Mike Draper

CAREER PROFILE
Business, accounting, and finance professional with strong interpersonal, analytical, business, and technical skills. Executive experience in multiple industries including a manufacturing, construction, real estate, international markets, money management, biotechnology, information technology, agribusiness and insurance. Executive experience gained serving both public (SEC reporting) and private companies.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CFO Systems, LLC Omaha, NE 2019 – Present
Partner/Expansion Office Leader – Sioux Falls SD and Greenville SC
CFO Systems provides CFO, Controller, HR, and operational leadership to middle-market companies throughout the United States. Directors serve clients as interim and timeshare executives, providing the expertise and proven financial leadership experience they need.

Industries served include manufacturing, ag business, construction, insurance brokerage, and professional services firms.

The Burlington Capital Group LLC Omaha, NE 4/04 – 4/2019
Chief Executive Officer and Board of Managers – Center Ridge Holdings LLC 2012 – 2019
Center Ridge Holdings LLC (“CRH”) is a technology start-up company affiliated with The Burlington Capital Group. CRH is the owner of patented and patent-pending green cleaning technologies which was formed in 2008 and started commercialization of its products in 2013.

Chief Financial Officer – The Burlington Capital Group LLC 2004 – 2012
The Burlington Capital Group LLC is a diversified private holding company with operations in 4 divisions – Real Estate, Emerging Markets, Money Management and Shared/Support Services. As CFO I ran the Shared/Support Services division which supported and worked interactively with the other operating divisions.

Responsibilities included accounting, financial planning, financial reporting, information systems, human resources, Investor presentations and relationship management, analyst management, capital management and capital raise activities, regular and active communication and interaction with the Company’s Board of Directors and member of the Company’s Investment Committee.

Transgenomic, Inc. Omaha, NE 2000 – 2004
Chief Financial Officer Other Positions Held: Corporate Controller
Transgenomic provides innovative tools, consumable products and research services to the genomics research, biotech, biopharma, and pharmaceutical industries. The Company went public in July of 2000 and was previously traded under the ticker symbol TBIO.

MSI Systems Integrators (now CDW) Omaha, NE 1997 – 2000
Vice President of Accounting and Finance
MSI is a private corporation that specializes in computer systems integration projects for its clients. As a systems integrator, MSI’s business involves both the sale of computer products and performance of specialized technical services.

Deloitte & Touche LLP Omaha, NE 1989 – 1997
Audit Manager
Areas of specialization:
• Insurance - Property and Casualty,
• Insurance – Life, Accident, and Health,
• Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI) designation
• Agribusiness/Manufacturing,
• SEC reporting.

EDUCATION
University of Nebraska - Lincoln 8/84 - 12/88
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration - Accounting Emphasis

PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Nebraska Society of Certified Public Accountants
• Current Member – Omaha Archdiocese, Archbishops Committee on Development
• Former Board of Directors – Gage Brothers Inc., Sioux Falls SD
• Former Board of Directors, Treasurer and Chairman of Finance Committee – Essential Pregnancy Services (a crisis pregnancy counseling non-profit)
• Former Board of Directors and Treasurer – Elkhorn Knights Legion Baseball Club
• Former Finance Committee member – St. Wenceslaus Catholic Parish
• Former Youth sports coach – St. Wenceslaus PAL Basketball and Omaha Tigers Select Baseball