Joe Armstrong
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Joe Armstrong earned his CPA license in California. For the last several decades he served as a key executive for both public and private companies. He has had primary responsibility for ensuring that two companies were listed on the NASDAQ, and he has raised over $200 million in equity. He has also been involved in founding, purchasing, merging, selling, integrating, and restructuring numerous other companies. He was affiliated with State of the Art, Inc., the nation’s largest manufacturer of small business accounting software, for approximately 15 years. Most recently Joe was involved in successfully restructuring over $80 million in debt to common equity for Sorrento Networks Corp., a leading supplier of telecommunication equipment. The company’s turn–around prompted PricewaterhouseCoopers to select Joe as a finalist for the telecom industry’s CFO of the Year in 2003.
Besides rock and roll posters, Joe also owns original art posters from Czech artist Alphonse Mucha and even has a Tiffany lamp on the desk in his home office.
His spouse, Linda, received a bachelor’s degree in clothing and textiles with a minor in business administration in 1973 from USU. Joe and Linda reside in Dana Point, California. They support the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business National Advisory Board Scholarship.