About Me

Siva Pillarisetty came to America in 1974 to New York City from India when he was five  years old, then relocated from New York City to Chicago while also becoming a U.S. Citizen.  Siva has over 31 Years of financial services, administrative, mergers & acquisition experience  holding officer and director positions at public & privately held companies. 

CEO & CFO SKILLS DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS 

· Developing a strategic plan to advance the company's mission and objectives to promote revenue, profitability, and growth as an 

organization.

· Oversee company operations to insure production efficiency,  quality, service, and cost-effective management of resources.

· Plan, develop, and implement strategies for generating resources  and/or revenues for the company.

· Identify acquisition and merger opportunities and direct implementation activities.

· Approve company operational procedures, policies, and standards.

· Review activity reports and financial statements to determine progress and status in attaining objectives while revising objectives & plans in accordance with current conditions.

· Promote the company through written articles and personal  appearances at conferences.

· Represent the company at legislative sessions, committee meetings,  and at formal functions .

· Promote the company to local, regional, national, and international constituencies.

· Build a fundraising network using personal contacts, direct mail, special events, and foundation support.

· Present company report at annual stockholder and board of director meetings.

· Direct company planning and policy-making committees. 

. Foresee foreign operations to include evaluating operating and financial performance.

· Familiar with Microsoft Word, Outlook, Power Point, Excel, Access,  and others to produce correspondence and documents and maintain 

presentations, records, spreadsheets and databases.

· Using content management systems to maintain and update websites and internal databases .

· Managing bank & brokerage accounts, flow of funds and budgets.

· Understand, manage, and supervise all aspects of cash flow.

· Forecast daily cash requirements and execute daily financing decisions.

· Manage all aspects of In-house investment portfolios.

· Direct, monitor and trade investment portfolios including working capital, high-Yield, escrow, and other portfolios.

· Manage long-term and short-term investment strategies.

· Determine the company’s goals and risk tolerance.

· Determine the company’s tax position and the applicability of  taxable/non-taxable instruments.

· Assess risk/return trade-offs in guidelines.

· Assess performance benchmarks and recommend changes when warranted.

· Review and recommend changes to the investment policies based  on the market conditions.

· Prepare or monitor company’s various cash flow forecasts and 

perform financial modeling.

· Evaluate, develop and implement cash management systems to optimize efficiencies.

· Understand and manage appropriate accounting procedures and processes.

· Manage relationships with financial service providers.

· Monitor bank service fees and address quality issues. 

· Conduct benchmark studies of banks and their services to evaluate whether it fits company’s requirements. 

. Meet with banks management to plan cash management vs. Liquidity, etc.

· Evaluate alternative long-term borrowing strategies and make recommendations in accordance with the capital structure 

guidelines.

· Manage, direct, and develop cash management staff.

· Recommend, implement and maintain process improvements. 

. Provide technical and other support for mergers, acquisitions and other projects along with support and participation in the company’s strategic plan activities.

Some of my education: 

Engineering Technology(CNC)Computer Numerical Control at Northern  Illinois University & general course work at College of DuPage 

Financial & Insurance Services School, Continuing Education - ABRI, ACI,  Dearborn Financial, etc.