CFO Panel - May 21st, Noon, Zion’s Bank Founder’s Room

May 12, 2008 Career, Finance No Comments

CFOs – Kay Hall (Zions Bank), Randy Plant (Alphagraphics), and Jeff Morrin (APX Alarm) / Moderator – Tom Stringham

Bio’s

Tom Stringham  
Tom Stringham is a Director in the ROTH Capital Partners Corporate Finance Group. Prior to joining ROTH Capital, Mr. Stringham worked for Merrill Lynch & Co. in the Investment Banking Group in New York, where he worked with companies in diverse industries including: paper and forest products, transportation, consumer products, apparel and electronics. He also worked with Merrill Lynch & Co. as a specialist with expertise in private equity transactions; alternative investment and asset allocation strategies. Mr. Stringham is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate from the University of Utah, where he also served as a member of the University Board of Trustees. Mr. Stringham’s MBA is from Harvard Business School.
 
Kay Hall 
Kay B. Hall is executive vice president and chief financial officer of Zions First National Bank. He has over 17 years of banking experience. He began his career at Zions in 1990 as an internal auditor. In 1993, he was promoted to the position of assistant controller and then to controller. Kay received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Utah and his master’s degree from Westminster College.
 
Randy Plant 
Randy Plant joined AlphaGraphics, Inc. as CFO in August of 2003. His most recent position was Chief Financial Officer for Flying J Oil & Gas Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Flying J Inc. From 1985 until 1997, Plant was vice president and controller for Huntsman Corporation, which was then the largest privately held chemical company in the U.S. His experience also includes nine years with financial consulting firm Arthur Andersen & Co. Plant earned a B.A. from the University of Utah and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University. He is a certified public accountant and is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and Financial Executives International. He is an active member of his community, serving several youth sports programs as coach.
 
Jeff Morrin 
Jeff is currently the CFO of APX Alarm. Prior to APX Alarm, Jeff worked in various roles such as Vice President of Finance and Director of Finance for large companies, namely, InSight Health Corp., Black & Decker, MultiLink Technology Corp., Honeywell, and Ford Motor Company. Jeff graduated with a degree in Business Management from Brigham Young University and followed with an MBA, emphasis in finance, also from Brigham Young University.