Cindy Brown is a Managing Director at Hamlin Harkins, Ltd. She has over 25 years of proven success in corporate finance, with an emphasis in Global 1000 consumer product and entertainment companies. Applying her signature pragmatic, problem-solving approach, Cindy has successfully driven information system reengineering projects and crafted financial turnaround and investment strategies at a variety companies over the course of her career .

Prior to joining Hamlin Harkins, Ltd., Ms. Brown was a member of the management team of an Internet incubator MG Services, LLC. There she served as Chief Executive Officer of Texas Internet Processing Services, Inc. and Agape Media Inc. and served as Chief Financial Officer for six distinct incubator companies simultaneously. As such, she was responsible for the complete lifecycle management of large-scale start-ups including: drafting strategic business plans, recruiting, hiring & training executives and employees, short and long-range financial planning, private placement memorandums, securing financing on favorable terms, mergers and acquisitions, investor relations, consulting and related activities designed to take a company from inception to divestiture .

From 1996 to 1998 Ms. Brown was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the domestic retail division of Blockbuster Entertainment Group. There Ms. Brown was responsible for the overall financial health and development of over 4,000 music and video outlets nationwide.

From 1980 to 1996, Ms. Brown held various positions at the Dr Pepper Company, most recently as the Vice President of Information Services where she was responsible for the overall design, development and management of a fully integrated, multi-platform management information system, data warehouse and decision support system.

In early 1993, Ms. Brown led the finance and accounting team through a highly successful initial public offering. She also was responsible for all accounting functions, merger and acquisition activity, debt placement and management, banking and Wall Street analyst relationships, investor relations and planning processes. Between 1988 and 1992, Ms. Brown was the Vice President of Finance. In this position, she initiated preferred stock offerings, mezzanine debt placements, and debt financings totaling $9.7 billion.

A Certified Public Accountant, Ms. Brown serves on the Board of Directors for The Assistance League. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from St. Leo University and a Master of Business Administration in economics and finance from Amberton University.