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SUMMARY:Lunch\, Learn\, and Lead: How to be a CFO
DESCRIPTION: \n\nThroughout his career\, Kyle Wescoat ’74 has served as t
 he CFO of\nvarious public and private companies\, including Vizio\, Skullc
 andy\, and\ncurrently Emulex. Kyle will trace his career path from Drexel 
 to\ntoday\, discuss the role of and expectations facing middle-market CFOs
 \,\nand give you practical advice based on his own 30+ years of\nprofessio
 nal experience.\n\nEarly in his career\, he ran a very successful product 
 development\neffort in Europe for Memorex\, prepared ICN BioMedicals for a
 n IPO\, and\nworked for nearly a decade as a portfolio company CFO for sev
 eral\nprivate equity sponsors. Mr. Wescoat has worked with many of the\nle
 ading PE firms including Warburg Pincus\, Weiss\, Peck and Greer\,\nCitico
 rp Venture Capital\, Sprout and McCown DeLeeuw. Mr. Wescoat also\nwas the 
 CFO of a fast growing\, woman-owned fashion accessories\nbusiness that exp
 erienced an unusual crisis caused by the untimely and\ntragic death of its
  Owner/ Founder. His management of this period\, and\nsubsequent successfu
 l sale of the business to a NYSE listed company\nfor the benefit of her fa
 mily was the subject of an INC. magazine\narticle.\n\nSince the 90’s\, M
 r. Wescoat has been the CFO of three NASDAQ listed\nconsumer products comp
 anies – Vans\, Cherokee and Skullcandy. In his\nalmost six years at Vans
  he helped transform the company from a US\nbased manufacturer of casual f
 ootwear into an international teen brand\nphenomena. In addition to these 
 experiences\, Mr. Wescoat was the\nexecutive vice president and CFO of Asp
 en Education Group\, the leading\nprovider of therapeutic education to tro
 ubled teens\, which was sold to\na Bain Capital/CRC Health. Wescoat has al
 so served as the chief\nadministrative officer for the Los Angeles Dodgers
  baseball team and\nwas the CFO of VIZIO\, the $3+ billion market leading 
 supplier of HDTVs\nand consumer electronics. Recently\, he joined Emulex\,
  an NYSE listed\ncompany and leader in network connectivity and security.\
 n\nMr. Wescoat lives in Orange County and is active in a variety of\nchari
 table activities. He is on the advisory board of Hoag Hospital\nIrvine\, a
 nd is active with the Hoag Hospital Foundation. He is also a\npast member 
 of the board of the Orange County Big Brothers and Big\nSisters where he s
 erved as treasurer and chair of their Audit\nCommittee.\n 
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LOCATION:Gerri C. LeBow Hall\, 3220 Market Street\, 722\, Philadelphia\, PA
  19104
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