James A. Masias
President/CEO the Blackpointe Company
Finance Executive | Entrepreneur | Change Agent | Lacrosse Coach
James has a passion working with C-level Executives supporting their efforts with business growth, securing capital and building profitability.
James has managed over $4 billion in assets, raised over $300 million in capital, analyzed thousands of financial statements, and managed finance & technology teams across multiple states like Colorado, Washington, New Mexico, Virginia; and also, internationally in Manila, Chennai and Bangalore.
James has become a financial expert in several sectors that include Start-Ups, Technology, Telecommunications, Investment Banking, Non-Profit, Government, and K-12 Education.
While at Qwest Information Technologies, at the time a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qwest Communications, he helped manage the over $1 billion financial plan, created several business case models, streamlined the monthly close process and built the technology investment team, which approved all technology projects corporate-wide.
As the CFO at the San Diego Unified School District, he successfully managed the school system during the 2008/09 recession, eliminating over $200 million dollars of operating expenses, while still managing the $2 billion financial plan. During that time, he financed over $150 million dollars of public financing that stabilized the organization's cash needs. He worked directly with Goldman Sachs to structure a successful sale of the first $170 million-dollar tranche of a $2 billion-dollar bond program. James was the recipient of the Far West Deal of the Year Award, by Bond Buyer Magazine.
James has also been active in the community by serving on the Alumni Board of Directors’ at the University of Colorado and Regis University. He was also the President of the San Diego Chapter of the National Society of Hispanic MBA's and the Vice President of Education for the Denver Chapter. He's also very passionate about lacrosse, serving as the Head Coach for a varsity girls' lacrosse team at a local area San Diego High School.
He received his BSBA (finance) and MBA from the Anderson College of Business at Regis University and his MPA from the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado.
Feel free to contact James at the email link below.
Irene has over twenty years of accounting and auditing experience that includes significant international experience with the United Nations, Egypt, Thailand, Rome and Bangkok. In these roles Irene was the Resident Auditor, specializing in financial statement analysis and preparing financial audit reports for the leaders of Public Agencies. Ms. Poso is a licensed Certified Public Accountant, with a Bachelor of Science in Commerce, emphasis in Accounting and an MBA.
Myrna has over twenty years of accounting experience, including time as the Director of Internal Audit and Director of Finance in her home country of the Philippines. She has both regional and international experience in all facets of accounting. Ms. Vidal is a licensed Certified Public Accountant, with an active license in the Philippines, a PhD in Education Management, a Master’s degree in Public Management and a Bachelor of Science in Administration with an emphasis in accounting.
Contact Myrna at the email link below.
Ms. Oreas has over fifteen years of significant accounting and auditing experience, both regionally and internationally in places like Los Angeles, California, Hanoi, Vietnam and Toronto, Canada. Ms. Oreas is a licensed Certified Public Accountant, with an active license in the Philippines, a Master’s Degree in Government Management and a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration, majoring in Accounting.
Contact Esperanza at the email link below.
Lallaine has over five years of accounting and auditing experience in the energy/power sector, insurance companies and micro-finance organizations. She is a licensed Certified Public Accountant, with an active license in the Philippines, a Master’s in Business Administration and a Bachelor’s in Accounting.
Contact Lallaine at the email link below.
