Mitch Edwards
CFO & GC of Skullcandy, Inc. BA BYU, MA Oxford, JD Stanford. 22 years of highest-level corporate finance, securities, legal, mergers & acquisitions, international, general corporate and SEC compliance experience.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.skullcandy.com |
| Skills: | Business, Corporate, English, Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property, Investment, Italian, Languages, Law, Management, Marketing, Negotiation |
| Location: | Park City, Utah |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Tags: | acquisitions, action sports, bittorrent, cdn, cfo, content delivery network, ecommerce, general corporate, general counsel, headphones, international, Internet, ipo, italian, lago di como, lake powell, lawyer, legal, m&a, mergers, moab, mont blanc, park city, payments, san francisco, search, search engine, securities, silicon valley, skullcandy, utah, Venture Capital, visual search, visualization |
| Schools: | Brigham Young University, Stanford University, University of Oxford |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Skullcandy, Inc. |
| Position: | CFO & GC |
| Time period: | May 2010 - Present |
| Employer: | Bittorrent, Inc. |
| Position: | CFO |
| Time period: | January 2007 - Present |
| Description: | Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel of the leading P2P company in the world. Responsible for all financial matters, including raising capital, corporate finance, internal accounting, reporting, treasury and cash management, and financial strategy. Also responsible for strategy with respect to the FCC and the highly-publicized “net neutrality” movement, relationships with the press and major media, PR, and information technology. As GC, responsible for HR and all legal matters in a complex and changing environment, including litigation management, IP strategy and protection, strategic alliances, international subsidiaries, “Baby Sox” compliance, financings, contracts and general corporate work. Primary responsibility for all aspects of preparation for IPO or other liquidity event. |
| Employer: | Groxis, Inc. |
| Position: | CFO and General Counsel |
| Time period: | January 2004 - December 2007 |
| Description: | Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel of innovative internet software company in “search” and “visualization.” Groxis is the inventor and patent holder on the Graphical Information Interface “GII”, a new paradigm for search, information retrieval and visualization. Responsible for all legal and financial matters, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, IP matters, litigation, licensing, contracts, HR, employment, international legal issues. Developed business plan and strategy, negotiated and consummated acquisitions and venture financings and negotiated and drafted all merger, financing, licensing and corporate contracts and documentation. |
| Employer: | Category 5 Technologies, Inc. |
| Position: | CFO |
| Time period: | January 2000 - December 2002 |
| Description: | CFO of public (Nasdaq:CFTV) software company. Responsible for all financings, accounting, treasury and cash management, SEC reporting and Sarbanes–Oxley compliance, intellectual property protection, litigation management, mergers and acquisitions, and expansion into Europe. Through acquisition of 5 companies, created a suite of Internet and ECRM software for small- and medium-sized enterprises, including innovative rich media e-mail, Flash®-based web tools, customer relationship management software, and other tools used by small businesses. |
| Employer: | Ikano Communications, Inc. |
| Position: | Executive Vice President /Chief Strategy Officer |
| Time period: | January 1999 - December 2000 |
| Description: | Responsible for mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances and all legal and regulatory matters for Internet infrastructure and services company (ASP, VISP). Directed strategic acquisition program, completing acquisition of 6 companies. Also responsible for international expansion in Western Europe, Pacific Rim and Asia. Also General Counsel, directed all legal and compliance functions, including major contract negotiation, corporate policies, and internal operations. |
| Employer: | Digital Courier Technologies, Inc. |
| Position: | CFO and General Counsel |
| Time period: | January 1996 - December 1999 |
| Description: | CFO and General Counsel of public Internet software and ecommerce company (Nasdaq:DCTI). Responsible for all mergers and acquisitions, SEC reporting and compliance, operations, finance, growth, public relations and human resources. Responsible for venture capital financings, initial public offering, secondary public offerings, and all compliance matters. Directed strategic acquisition program, completing acquisition of 12 companies, and divesting 5 nonstrategic divisions. Responsible for acquiring operations and opening new offices and data centers in the US, the Caribbean, England and Western Europe. Ultimate operational responsibility for development and operations teams located in 4 states and internationally. |
| Employer: | Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison |
| Position: | Partner |
| Time period: | January 1992 - December 1996 |
| Description: | Corporate practice with principal focus on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, securities, and real estate. Practice involved representation of international and domestic information technology, biotechnology and health care companies and major financial institutions in mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, and financings. From 1993 to 1996, directly responsible for the acquisition of over $2 billion of high technology, health care, medical device and related companies and technologies. Practice also included debt and equity securities offerings, both private and public, and general representation of public companies, including compliance and reporting obligations with the SEC. Representative transactions include venture capital transactions, initial public offerings, private equity financings, joint ventures, strategic alliances, technology transfer from universities to private companies, real estate acquisitions, corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions and recapitalizations. |
| Employer: | Andrews & Kurth |
| Position: | Attorney at Law |
| Time period: | January 1989 - December 1992 |
| Description: | General corporate and securities practice, including domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and other registered offerings of debt, convertible and equity securities, real estate development and finance, venture financings, private placements, corporate restructurings, proxy solicitations and SEC reporting and compliance. Structured and consummated public offerings for over $1 billion of equity securities. |
| Employer: | Shearman & Sterling |
| Position: | Attorney at Law |
| Time period: | January 1986 - December 1989 |
| Description: | International and domestic joint ventures, financings, public offerings, intellectual property protection, and antitrust. Bank finance, representing major banks providing bridge loans for mergers, acquisitions and leveraged buyouts, letters of credit, and receivables and other secured financing facilities. Underwriters’ counsel in numerous initial public offerings of high technology companies. |
| Employer: | The White House |
| Position: | Presidential Intern, White House Staff |
| Time period: | December 1982 |
| Employer: | The United States Supreme Court |
| Position: | Judicial Intern |
| Time period: | December 1981 |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 1986 |
| Degree: | JD |
| University: | University of Oxford |
| Time period: | 1984 |
| Degree: | Jurisprudence/International Business Law, MA |
| University: | Brigham Young University |
| Time period: | 1982 |
| Degree: | Economics, BA |
PUBLICATIONS
| Papers: | International Internet Mergers & Acquisitions: European Practice, paper delivered at Oxford University Conference for Emerging Growth Companies, July, 2002
Capital Formation and Structure: A Financial Model for International High Technology Companies, paper delivered at Pacific Rim Advisory Council General Meeting in Mexico City, October 1994 Venture Capital Update, Los Angeles Venture Forum, February 1995 Preparing for an Initial Public Offering, Los Angeles Venture Briefings, September 1994 Business Plans, Financial Projections and Venture Capital, paper delivered at Utah Information Technologies Association Summit, August, 1993 Licensing and Intellectual Property Protection, Los Angeles Venture Forum, May 1994. |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | President, The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, San Francisco Lawyers’ Division and Los Angeles Lawyers' Division, 1986-1992
Board of Directors, The Association of Marshall Scholars, 1990-1996 President, Stanford Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, 1985-1986; Executive Committee, National Federalist Society Symposium on the First Amendment, 1986 Member: American and California Bar Associations; Los Angeles Venture Forum; Los Angeles Venture Association; Pacific Rim Advisory Council; The Oxford Society; Vincents. Frequent speaker on high technology mergers & acquisitions, venture capital, initial public offerings and related subjects before Los Angeles Venture Forum, Venture Capital Breakfast Briefing series, Utah Information Technologies Association meetings, and Los Angeles Venture Association. Full Blue, Oxford University Track Team, Pole Vault, 1982 Intercollegiate Football, Brigham Young University, 1977, 1980 |
| Awards: | Final Honours Degree with First Class Honours, Oxford University, 1984
Marshall Scholar, Oxford University, 1982-1984 Weaver Fellow, Graduate Liberal Arts Fellowship, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 1982-1984 Graduated Valedictorian, Summa Cum Laude, Highest Honors, Brigham Young University, 1982 Presidential Scholar, awarded by President James E. Carter at White House Ceremony, 1977 Spencer W. Kimball Scholar, highest undergraduate award at Brigham Young University, 1977-1982 |
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