Spectra Systems Corporation announce that it has agreed to appoint Edward Spies (age 56) as Chief Financial Officer, upon the completion of due diligence by its nominated adviser. Edward Spies is an experienced accounting and finance professional with over 25 years of expertise in financial planning and analysis, mergers and acquisitions, and business process improvement. He brings decades of experience in the technology industry, having started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and worked in various finance leadership roles since then.

Recently, he served as CFO of Mearthane Products Corporation, a polymer component manufacturer. Prior to that, he held positions as a Corporate Controller and VP of Finance at several VC and PE backed portfolio companies. He also helped build the CFO services practice for CFGI, and embarked on a successful consulting career providing accounting and finance support for start-up and publicly traded companies.

Mr. Spies has considerable expertise in manufacturing, cost and profit margin analysis, and financial management. He earned his CPA earlier in his career and holds a bachelor's degree from Clarkson University and an MBA/MS in Accounting from Northeastern University.