John Q. Farina
• Hong Kong
• information technology and services
Current: Chief Financial Officer, Nam Tai Electronics
Past:
President, Teligence
VP & General Manager, VP M&A, VP Finance, Celestica
John Q. Farina
Address: Hong Kong
Current:
- President & Chief Financial Officer at Nam Tai Electronics
Past:
- President at Teligence
- VP & General Manager, VP M&A, VP Finance at Celestica
- Divisio
Education:
- York University - Schulich School of Business
- University of Toronto - University of St. Mic
People Network: 147
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Websites:
John Q. Farina’s Summary
A Senior Executive with deep expertise in General Management, Corporate Development, and Financial Management; President of the British Columbia Technology Industries Association’s (BC TIA) Company of the Year (2006) award recipient; over 10 years experience as a senior executive in one of the top 3 global electronic manufacturing services companies and part of the founding management team that drove it to a ten fold increase through organic and acquisition growth; over 13 years experience in the world’s leading information technology company with constantly escalating responsibility and increasing breadth in management.
o A General Manager who, has run leading technology companies / divisions, has expanded globally, integrated acquisitions, strategically realigned businesses, transformed, restructured and redesigned organizations, and optimized return on sales and invested capital. Currently, President of Teligence Communications Inc., North America’s largest voice-enabled social networking company.
o A Corporate Development executive with expertise in strategizing, identifying, consummating and integrating acquisitions. Advised, negotiated or led 30 acquisitions in 7 years, an average of 4 per year, spanning in size from $50M to $2B annual revenue.
o A Financial Management Executive who has managed all aspects of a large complex company’s financial requirements, including treasury, financial and statutory reporting, strategic and operating plan development and implementation, benchmarking and competitive analysis, pricing & contract management, business case assessment, product cost and expense management, and the associated information technology.
John Q. Farina’s Specialties:
Deep expertise in Corporate Development, Financial Management and General Management.
President
Teligence
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)
October 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 1 month)
TELIGENCE COMMUNICATIONS INC. – Vancouver 2005 – 2006
Teligence is the North American leader in the delivery of voice-enabled social networking and entertainment, operating a sophisticated network across North America and through proprietary software, providing a broad range of consumer community of interest oriented brands – Livelinks, Interactive Male, Vibeline, and Fonochat.
With a strong management team (CFO, CMO, CTO, VP Sales & Service, VP Corporate Development, VP HR, and Corporate Council as direct reports), set a high growth, previously owner managed company, on the path to become a world class corporation.
Eductional Details:
York University - Schulich School of Business
MBA, 1979 — 1981
Additional Information
John Q. Farina’s Websites:
- My Website
- My Company