Tom Phuong

Tom Phuong has over 20 years of experience in accounting and finance. Tom began their career in 1999 as an Audit Senior at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where they performed quarterly reviews and annual audits, and reviewed and audited 10Qs and 10Ks and other SEC documents for public companies in Silicon Valley. In 2003, they were promoted to Audit Manager at Mohler, Nixon & Williams, where they managed and mentored a team of four auditors, prepared effective annual audits in accordance with GAAP and GAAS, and drafted financial statements and related footnotes for clients. In 2007, they became Corporate Controller at Right Hemisphere, a VC backed pre-IPO software company, where they had hands-on responsibility for the company’s monthly financial close, including maintaining the general ledger, preparing/reviewing month end journal entries, and preparing intercompany/elimination entries for international subsidiaries with multiple currencies. In 2010, they were Assistant Corporate Controller at Soraa, Inc., a pre-IPO laser and LED company, where they had similar responsibilities. In 2011, they became Assistant Corporate Controller at Pacific Biosciences, a biotech company, where they assisted in the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, preparing and reviewing journal entries, and reconciliations. In 2012, they were Global Corporate Controller at Northland Control Systems, Inc. for a one-year contract, where they had hands-on responsibility for the company’s monthly financial close, including maintaining the general ledger, preparing/reviewing month end journal entries, and preparing intercompany/elimination entries for international subsidiaries with multiple currencies. Tom also compiled consolidated financial statements for monthly and quarterly reporting packages for board presentation. In 2012, they were also an Audit Consultant at Penguin Computing for a six-month contract, where they were the project manager of the external annual audit with KPMG and calculated ASC 718 (Former FAS123R) stock-based compensation for ASC 96-18 for non-employees. In 2014, they were Interim Controller at WaferGen (Medical Device Company) for a six-month contract, where they had hands-on responsibility for the company’s monthly financial close, including maintaining the general ledger, preparing/reviewing month end journal entries, and preparing intercompany/elimination entries for international subsidiaries with multiple currencies. Tom also began their role as Corporate Controller at Think Surgical in 2014.

Tom Phuong received a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from San Jose State University between 1994 and 1998.