Industry Experience:
Ms. Mayr is a seasoned executive and CFO with over 25 years of experience in technology, government contracting and consulting. She is currently CFO of Internap Corporation (INAP), a leading-edge provider of high-performance data center and cloud solutions with global network connectivity. She has held leadership positions with companies such as MicroStrategy, EVERFI, Blackboard, LivingSocial, GeoEye (acquired by DigitalGlobe), Towers Watson, Arlington Capital Partners and Ernst & Young. Ms. Mayr is experienced in working with global companies and has led teams operating across multiple continents.
Functional Experience:
Ms. Mayr’s experience has primarily focused on assisting growth companies with financial transformation and helping companies gain access to capital markets. She has led many strategic efforts to increase productivity, optimize operations and reduce costs, such as offshoring development, growing sales and integrating acquisitions. With regard to capital markets, Ms. Mayr has led efforts to raise both debt and equity financing for public companies and late-stage ventures, in private and public markets. She specializes in optimization of capital structure and global working capital management.
Other areas of expertise include:
- Transformation for IPO readiness, including complex financial reporting, SEC filings and acquisition reporting, valuations and impairment testing, revenue recognition
- Financial operations including treasury, tax, global legal entity, customer and vendor management, pricing and risk management
- Mergers and acquisitions strategic planning, identification, due diligence, valuation
- Investor relations including developing strategic messaging and presenting to large audiences
Key Business Transactional Experience:
- Long-term financial planning – architected long-range models and developed and tracked key performance indicators designed to drive growth and efficiency; prioritized investments in sales, marketing and product for technology companies based on ROI and likelihood for long term success.
- Equity and debt– led financings in excess of $1BN in public and private markets; deep experience working with public markets, private equity groups and complex debt and equity structures, including maintaining of investor relations
- Finance operations – operational experience leading optimization efforts with focus on procurement, operating efficiencies, product development offshoring, vendor contract negotiations, merger integration, real estate rationalization and organizational restructuring.
- M&A – led large teams of M&A in valuation, due diligence, negotiations and integration across multiple companies
What is the most important skill you bring to a corporate board?
Ms. Mayr’s key strength is her ability to work with a management team in formulating a corporate strategy and operationalizing that strategy through strategic financial transformation and capital structure, including M&A.
