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David C. Thornton
Vice President, Finance

Dave Thornton brings over 20 years of professional accounting and financial experience in government contracting, information technology, and commercial environments. He has amassed considerable experience in annual audit activities, execution, testing, and maintenance of internal controls, and management of securities and cash portfolios, other liquid assets, and debt.

At Catapult Technology, Thornton oversees and directly manages the company’s financial forecasting, budgeting, and reporting and the accounts payable, payroll, and capital asset accounting functions. He also manages operations activities, including protecting operating margins, minimizing and controlling operating costs, and procuring inventory.

Prior to joining Catapult, Thornton was director of finance at CACI AIT, formerly the AlphaInsight Corporation, an operating group within CACI International. He has also held the positions of controller, senior principal at Information Management Consultants, Inc., where he was responsible for all budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting for IMC and its two subsidiary companies.

As controller at Ikimbo, Inc., an enterprise communication solutions provider, Thornton was responsible for all financial reporting, budgeting, and modeling of financial projections. He also managed financial due diligence efforts through Series C round of venture capital investment, resulting in $15 million of additional capital from outside investors.

He has held a variety of accounting and managerial positions of increasing responsibility. His prior experience, as well as his demonstrated leadership, enable him to monitor the profitability of all of Catapult Technology’s business initiatives, plan and manage the finances of the entire organization, and evaluate business processes to identify improvement opportunities. He reports on the financial well-being of the organization directly to Barry Kane, president of Catapult Technology.

Thornton holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Missouri.

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