Helen Tallaksen – Principal Accounting Officer
Helen Tallaksen has over nineteen years of private and public accounting experience, a CPA formerly with Coopers & Lybrand, Mrs. Tallaksen has served as the Corporate Controller and Director of Accounting for a number of security and communications focused NYSE and NASDAQ public companies. She brings to Fortified a proven track record of successfully managing and supporting organizations in the areas of business and financial planning, mergers and acquisitions, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and SEC reporting. Since 2001, Mrs. Tallaksen has served as a Controller at a subsidiary of Vertrue, Inc. (NASDAQ: VTRU) an $800 million internet marketing company, the Director of Budget and Planning for Caribiner International, Inc. (NYSE: CWC) a $700 million business communications services company, the Director of Accounting for Holmes Protection Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HLMS) a $70 million electronic security services company (acquired in 1998 by ADT), and the Manager of Accounting for National Guardian Corporation a $215 million electronics security services company.
Mrs. Tallaksen holds a Bachelor of Sciences of Accounting from the University of Scranton and is a Certified Public Accountant.