Mitch Harrigan
2585 Garzoni Drive, Sparks, NV 89434 hm - cell
2225 Green Vista Drive #307, Sparks, NV 89431 off- off-
Operations Manager - CFO
Accomplished, multi-talented professional with successes in service, retail, wholesale, insurance, manufacturing and warehousing fields. Marketing and sales experience as well as business management. Exceptional communication and leadership skills. Highly respected by management and staff at all levels. Success working with personnel internationally. Excellent training and coaching abilities. Wide ranging and long term accounting experience. Technically skilled in office applications from spreadsheets (Excel expert) to accounting software (Quickbooks and others) to database administration and networking.
Professional Experience
Mitch Harrigan Insurance and Business ServicesOctober 2021 - Present
Reno, NV
Agent
Started my own independent agency
Personal Lines / Commercial Lines / Life and Retirement
Securities Licensed
Bookkeeping, Payroll and business establishment services.
Allstate Insurance – Mitch HarriganMarch 2014 – October 2021
Reno, NV
Agent
Exclusive Agent in Large Allstate Agency
Personal Lines / Commercial Lines / Life and Retirement
Securities Licensed
Barrel Associates InternationalJanuary 2007 – March 2014
Reno, NV – Entirely Remote Position – Before it was cool 😊
CFO
High end oak wine barrel sales. B2B
$10M annual sales with aggressive sales goals.
5 companies in national and international markets. Import/Export
Restructured and automated all systems.
Mr. Pickles Sandwich ShopJune 2007 – August 2011
Reno, NV
Owner
Started this small sandwich shop from the ground up with my family
Brought it to profitability and sold it.
Marketing, managing and customer service
Nevada CompFirst / Meadowbrook Insurance GroupJune 2001 - December 2006
Reno, Las Vegas, NV
Corporate Operations Officer
Large Workers Compensation Insurance Third Party Administrator.
Treasury Management in excess of $100M annual expenditures.
Over 40 high end clients. Large corporations, municipalities.
2 offices, territory was the entire state of Nevada.
Network installation and administration of statewide network.
Winans FurnitureJuly 2004 - March 2005
Reno NV
Controller / Operations Manager
Warehouse, delivery, and sales staff for 4 locations in Northern Nevada.
Inventory operations with emphasis on cost control.
Problem customer service issues handled to everyone's satisfaction.
Turned around an overstaffed very negative organization to a streamlined very positive one.
Manpower Temporary Services-
Reno, NV
IT Manager /Payroll Manager
Northern Nevada franchise area manger of accounting and payroll divisions. (9,000 W-2’s annually)
Front and back office conversions from fully manual to fully electronic systems. (Payroll and accounting)
8 business Entities. Account Reconciliation for all GL accounts.
Installed and maintained Large WAN covering 11 offices in Northern Nevada.
Research, Planning, Implementation and support of new system wide Payroll and Front Office software.
Directed Training for staff of 50.
Great Basin Cycle-
Elko, NV
Owner Manager
Retail bicycle and outdoor equipment shop.
Formu3 Weight Loss Centers-
Owner Manager
Franchised business. Started 3 offices in Northern Nevada.
Inside sales and marketing, office management.
Washoe County School District-
Science & Math Teacher
Full time at Wooster High School for 1 year.
Substitute across the county for an additional ½ year.
EDUCATION
University of Nevada, Reno 1989
BS Education - Mathematics/Chemistry
Emphasis in Accounting and Computer Science.
