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Travis M. Drouin

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Experience

Leveraging years of experience in public accounting and venture capital, Mr. Drouin provides assurance and financial consulting services to clients across a wide spectrum of industries, particularly angel and venture-backed emerging technology companies. At MFA, Travis is able to execute on the firm’s promise of superior service and expertise by surrounding himself with some of the best and brightest professionals in New England. MFA’s clients rely on Travis and his team for assistance with their complex financial reporting needs, domestic and international tax issues, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, internal control audits and private company valuation matters.

Travis is a certified public accountant and a certified internal auditor, and applies his expertise in the oversight of financial audit engagements in accordance with generally accepted audit standards. While Travis has been in public accounting for almost twenty years, Travis also has first-hand experience with the venture capital community, having spent over three years as Vice President of Information Systems at Bessemer Venture Partners.

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Seminars and Speaking Engagements +

November 2010: 13th Annual MIT Venture Capital Conference – HERE & NOW: The Present of Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

November 2010: MYOB (Mind Your Own Business) Radio Show (WBNW 1220)

November 2010: FEI Boston Annual M & A Breakfast Series Seminar – Due Diligence Panelist

October 2010: Boston Exit Planning Exchange (XPX) Seminar Moderator – Designing the Landscape, Mid-Stage Company Issues

December 2010: 2 Social Media ROI's

November 2011: Social Media Fundamental or Frivolous

April 2011: Breakfast Series McCarter & English Seminar - A Piece of the Pie: Equity Compensation for Emerging Technology Companies - Rick Lucash

June 2011: Richards Barry Joyce & Partners - Social Media Lunch

November 2010: MYOB Radio Show

June 2011: Panel Discussion (co-hosted with Devine Millimet): Milestone Transactions: Understanding Fundraising, Term Sheets and Exit Strategies

August 2011: MFA Social Media Lunch

September 2011: XPX - Gesmer Updegrove Series: A Guide for Service Providers…Creating our Own Plans for Growth and Exit

September 2011: FEI - Professional Development Breakfast Event - Social Media: Using The Scientific Method On Social Media

October 2011: MYOB Radio Show

December 2011: Venture Café - Let’s Talk About Early-Stage Accounting and Tax Pitfalls

Expertise

Business and strategic audit planning

Software revenue recognition

Complex equity arrangements

Strategic planning and goal setting

Financial reporting systems

Internal controls

Employee Benefit Plan audits

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

Business structuring

Transaction support services and financial due dilligence

Strategic partner relationships

Negotiations of business arrangements

Compensation alternatives

Sarbanes-Oxley readiness services

Education

MBA Candidate; Suffolk University Sawyer School of Management

BS – Business Administration, Magna Cum Laude; University of Massachusetts Lowell

Certifications

CPA – Certified Public Accountant

CIA – Certified Internal Auditor

Professional Affiliations

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants

Institute of Internal Auditors

Financial Management Association of New Hampshire – Founding Board Member

Boston Exit Planning Exchange (XPX)