Michael Herrinton

Michael Herrinton has worked in the finance and accounting field since 1999. Michael'scareer began at CoSine Communications, where they were the Corporate Controller. During their time there, they built a global finance and accounting team of 25 people and co-wrote the S-1 for a successful $240 million IPO. In 2003, Herrinton served as a Technical Accounting Consultant at NetScreen Technologies and Corporate Controller at California Micro Devices. Michael then took on the role of Corporate Controller at Avanex, where they restaffed and rebuilt the finance team while continuing to close the books and meet SEC deadlines. From 2007 to 2015, Herrinton worked as a consultant to various clients, such as Oracle / GoldenGate Software, Cloudera, RingCentral, Ebates, Boku, Genentech, Backweb Technologies and GigOptix. In this role, they worked on projects such as IPO readiness, M&A integration, SEC reporting, software revenue recognition, NetSuite and Oracle implementation, international consolidation, internal controls and year-end audit oversight. In 2015, Herrinton became a Technical Accounting Manager (full-time consultant) at Pattern Energy Group Inc. Michael is currently the Director of SEC Reporting at Amyris, where they manage and performs SEC reporting and debt accounting, including related technical accounting. Michael also created a sophisticated debt accounting database with built-in controls to streamline accounting and disclosure for $200M of debt among 20 debt instruments with complex terms.

Michael Herrinton obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree in Accounting from the University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business. Michael later earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Finance from the USC Marshall School of Business.