Chris Beaudin

Chris Beaudin has held a variety of roles at several companies over the past 30 years. Chris began their career at Country Leather in 1990, where they served as Director and was responsible for establishing and developing US sales and distribution for an Australian-based footwear designer, manufacturer, and marketer. Chris also created international advertising and marketing programs and produced consolidated financial statements and budgets for all departments. Chris grew the staff to 15 and annual sales to over $1 million.

From 1996 to 1997, Beaudin worked at Recycler Classifieds as Accounting and Operations Manager. Chris was responsible for financial control for distribution division producing $45M in annual revenues, including financial statements preparation, supervision over the Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable Departments, and weekly payroll for 260 employees. Chris also initiated an accounts receivable system, established internal controls for six cost centers, and produced variance analyses with recommendations.

From 1997 to 2006, Beaudin worked at DIRECTV, Inc, where they held a variety of roles including Director, Senior Manager, Manager, Senior Financial Analyst, and Senior Financial Analyst.

In 2006, Beaudin joined AT&T/DIRECTV, where they served as Senior Director, Information Technology Business Services. In this role, they managed a department of 30 with an annual budget of $4M, was responsible for the planning, forecasting, and execution of an annual budget of over $700M, and managed employee headcount of 950, 700 contractors, and 1000+ managed service personnel. Chris also led the Finance for a $1.3B IT Strategy and Innovation, led the Video & I/P Consolidation and Synergy Office, and conducted analysis and led IT contractor conversion for CFO.

From 2016 to 2017, Beaudin worked at Ticketmaster North America as Vice President.

Since 2017, Beaudin has been employed at JR286 as Vice President. Chris is currently employed at Alcott Enterprises, where they serve as Strategic Adviser and Board Member and Finance and Technology Consulting Director.

Chris Beaudin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts from Villanova University and two Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degrees from California State University, Long Beach, one in Finance, General and the other in Finance, General.