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Michael Laney has over thirty-five years of senior level executive
management experience as President, Chief Operating Officer
and Chief Financial Officer specializing in strategic planning,
SEC and financial operations, marketing and promotion, management
information systems and organizational planning. Industries
served include consumer products, aerospace, electronics and
metals distributions, manufacturing, education and the entertainment
industry. Laney was a senior executive at Walt Disney Feature
Animation and then founded and led Warner Bros. Feature Animation
as Senior Vice-President and built two animation studios that
developed, produced and subsequently released two animated
movies.
Michael also has entrepreneurial experience by founding and
building his CPA firm in Beverly Hills during the 1970’s.
He gained his CPA certificate in California and was a professional
at Haskins & Sells, now Deloitte & Touche. Michael
has also held teaching positions as Assistant Professor of
Accounting at California State University, Northridge and
was on the teaching staff for the Management Course for Presidents
for the American Management Association. Michael founded his
consulting firm, Laney & Associates, in 2001 which provides
strategic and operational planning, marketing strategies,
financial management and organizational development. He also
conducts workshops on team development utilizing the Myers-Briggs
Temperament Indicator.
Executive Management Positions
Senior Vice-President: Warner Bros. Feature Animation
Vice-President of Operations: Walt Disney Feature Animation
Office of the President, Vice-President, CFO: Dacor
President: Children’s Wonderland, Inc.
President: Cool Roof of California, Inc.
Vice-President, Controller: Ducommun, Inc.
Sr. Vice-President, COO and CFO: Monarch Mirror Door, Inc.
(Stanley Works)
Chief Financial Officer: Education Management Systems, Inc.
Professional Associations
Association for Corporate Growth
Financial Executives Institute
Association for Psychological Type
American School Counselors Association
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
California Society of Certified Public Accountants
Woodland Hills Country Club
Board Associations
BDS Marketing, Inc.—Board of Advisors
Industrial Metal Supply Co.—Board of Advisors
Perceptronics, Inc.—Board of Directors (NASDAQ)
Childrens’ Wonderland, Inc.—Board of Directors
(OTC)
Cool Roof of California, Inc.—Board of Directors
Ducommun, Inc.—Chief Accounting Officer/SEC officer
Education
M.B.A., Management, University of California, Los Angeles
B.S., cum laude, California State University, Northridge
Management Course for Presidents, American Management Association
Program on Negotiation, Harvard University
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Qualifying Program, Center
for Applications of Psychological Type
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