About Us
Guyer Management Assistance, Inc. was founded by C. Stephen Guyer, a senior financial executive offering over 30 years of experience in company stewardship, finance, marketing, operations, and information technology. He specializes in successful turnarounds, creating corporate infrastructures, and structuring companies for rapid growth, private placements, IPOs, or profitable sale.
Mr. Guyer’s background includes positions as CFO for Antelope Technologies, TCOM Ventures, Staff Administrators, Inc., and The Moore Companies; Chief Credit Officer for Monaco Finance, Inc.; and management consultant for a variety of companies throughout the country and Europe.
Emerging Public Company
Mr. Guyer is now serving as Chief Financial Officer for Colorado Goldfields Inc.
Colorado Goldfields Inc. (OTC:BB CGFI), http://www.cologold.com, is a Denver-based junior exploration and mining company primarily exploring for gold and silver. Our seasoned management team targets historic gold camps with strong potential for multiple deposit discovery. Currently, our business model in Colorado provides an outstanding combination of former producing properties with excellent exploration and production potential and a currently inactive, modern up to 700 ton per day capacity mill facility to allow for an attractive short-term production time frame. We expect that this strategic plan will allow Colorado Goldfields to reach its goal of profitability, potentially within the next 18 months.
Founder and International
As Chief Financial Officer, Founder and Director, Antelope Technologies, Inc. Highlands Ranch, Colorado and Neuchâtel, Switzerland and the cornerstone of the founding group, Guyer led the formation of the firm which manufactures the only modular computer in the world. Responsibilities included all aspects of finance, accounting, legal and human resources. Raised over $6 million in debt and private equity. Guyer formed a wholly owned subsidiary in Switzerland. Unique experience included: international transfer pricing and tax strategies, foreign currency, international economic development, and negotiation of strategic relationships with IBM, Mettler-Toledo, Eltan, IBM Global Finance, Swiss Cantonale bank, Key Bank NA, and Transmeta.
Restructuring Guru
Guyer has successfully restructured countless companies to produce exceptional results. Recruited by one company to facilitate a 50% year-over-year growth, Guyer reduced bank fees by 50%, negotiated a 20% collateral reduction on a $1 million credit facility, improved cash management, and refined the credit underwriting process yielding only a .03% bad debt expense on $56 million in revenue.
Another restructuring role involved the construction of the financial reporting and technology support departments for a faltering cable TV company that had relocated to Colorado. Guyer’s initiatives impacted all facets of financial reporting, accounting, data processing, administration, market analysis and engineering. As a result, the company grew 300% in three and a half years and was later acquired by TCI (now AT&T Broadband).
Master of Turnarounds
Turnarounds are one of our major areas of expertise. For a large transportation firm, Guyer reversed losses through overhead reductions, compensation plan reviews, and debt/equity analysis. Guyer also implemented measures that boosted after tax net income $700K on $12 million in revenue (a 6% improvement) within one year.
In another related example involving a faltering real estate firm. Guyer implemented a 25-location-wide area network, which boosted revenue per sales associate 73%. The company recovered and was the subject of one of the most profitable industry mergers of the decade.
Management Consultants You Can Count On
Guyer Management Assistance has consulted on, built and managed all aspects of accounting, financial reporting, human resources, corporate technology, and administration. Projects have included:
- Centralizing all accounting into one corporate office
- Preparing and filing SEC required reports
- Creating corporate personnel policies and procedure manuals
- Constructing hiring guideline manuals (including compensation ranges)
- Implementing a variety of accounting and business policies and procedures
- Providing tightly controlled cash management
Guyer has also evaluated over 50 acquisition targets and raised $20 million through private/public placement.
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