Michael A Beattie

Mike Beattie, Tax Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Mike Beattie Chief Financial Officer
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A graduate of the University of Florida with a B.S. of Accounting and Master's of Accounting (with High Honors), Mike passed the CPA exam on his first attempt and joined Price Waterhouse shortly after, staying with them (and later PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) for six years.During his tenure, he was promoted to Tax Senior and then promoted ahead of schedule to the high-ranking position of Tax Manager.Mike worked in the Financial Services-Investment Management division, handling clients in the New York, Denver, Kansas City, Chicago and Tampa offices.He is a rabid fan of sports, both as a participant and spectator, and a lifelong comic book fan.His love of comics makes him a rarity in the financial world of the comic industry.

Mike Beattie Chief Financial Officer

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A graduate of the University of Florida with a B.S. of Accounting and Master's of Accounting (with High Honors), Mike passed the CPA exam on his first attempt and joined Price Waterhouse shortly after, staying with them (and later PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) for six years.During his tenure, he was promoted to Tax Senior and then promoted ahead of schedule to the high-ranking position of Tax Manager.Mike worked in the Financial Services-Investment Management division, handling clients in the New York, Denver, Kansas City, Chicago and Tampa offices.He is a rabid fan of sports, both as a participant and spectator, and a lifelong comic book fan.His love of comics makes him a rarity in the financial world of the comic industry.

Guys like Mike Beattie.

"How great is this!Three-on-three basketball, golf, Texas Hold 'Em," says Beattie, 35, of Tampa."This is perfect!"

Beattie and three friends plan to test their muscles, skill and luck against other teams of four next month during "the ultimate sports weekend for the average Joe."They'll spend May 6-7 shooting hoops and birdies, smacking home runs and hoping for a royal straight flush at the poker table.

"It's stuff guys do and enjoy anyway," says Beattie, chief financial officer for a Tampa educational materials firm and a formidable 5-foot-11, 240 pounds.

He and his teammates paid $125 each to enter the competition, to be held at Red Bug Lake Park and Deer Run Country Club in Casselberry, near Orlando.

Ironically, some CrossGen creators may find themselves in the kind of financial hardship that A.C.T.O.R was designed to alleviate. (See TCJ #257 for a full account of CrossGen's troubles.) CrossGen Chief Financial Officer Mike Beattie had functioned as A.C.T.O.R.'s volunteer accountant, filing its not-for-profit-status tax forms every year since its inception, but Beattie resigned from CrossGen in the fall of 2003.

Word continued to leak of resignations -- including Chief Financial Officer Mike Beattie (who was replaced by Brett Sears) -- and as many as 25 layoffs.

The Pulse is reporting that Crossgen's chief financial officer, Mike Beattie, has resigned his position with the company.

Mike Beattie