Ray Gunn

Background

About Ray Gunn

EXPERIENCED CEO/CFO/Coach/Advisor PASSIONS: • Building Teams (Built several industry leading teams still together inside Medtronic, Qualcomm, SquareD); • Help people see in themselves what they do not see; • Company Culture Development/ Transformation through trust, honesty, openness and teamwork. STYLE: • Contagious Enthusiasm/Energy • Servant Leadership/Team Approach; • Relentless Pursuit of Excellence. SKILLS: • CPA Foundation Skillset with Task Oriented Capabilities; • Deal Maker (raised over $100 million for early stage pre-revenue private/public companies; bought/sold 11 companies); • Conceptual & Highly Strategic Thinker. EXPERIENCE: • Built/Sold Multiple Companies from blank sheets of paper, Somanetics ($329M), Clarity Technologies (18x REVENUE), Automation Data, First MI Bank; • 2 IPO’S/over 50 Financing Transactions (Public and Private); • Transformed Food Manufacturing Company; • Developed Worldwide Sales/ Distribution Channels/Licensing Arrangements; • Annual Strategic/Financial Planning/Business Development. EARLY TRAINING: • CPA with Deloitte; • Financial Manager with Transaction/Derivative Experience at Pulte. BOARD EXPERIENCE: • Vice Chair Board of Visitors OU’s School of Business; • TrillaMed; • Cadillac Products Packaging Co; • NanoMagic; • CMU Research Corp; • Advisory Board Salvation Army • Co-founded, Board/Chair Audit Committee of the predecessor to Talmer B&T; • Leadership team Orchard Ridge Church; • Advisory Board Chair for several privately held companies. RECOGNITION / PERSONAL: • Delivered 2018 / 2016 OU Commencement Addresses • OU Prominent Alumni • Leader/Innovator Lawrence Tech Univ/Grant Thornton; • Influential business leader in Crain’s 40 under 40; • 2 patents • CPA undergraduate degree at Oakland Univ and pursued MST at Walsh College; • Played basketball at OU • Coached high school basketball to 2 division championships • Married with 3 adult children