Kathy Merani is Vice President, Controller for DAVACO, Inc.  Kathy is responsible for leading the accounting, finance, and payroll departments. Prior to joining DAVACO in 2007, Kathy’s accounting and retail experience includes an extensive 15 years with CompUSA, where she served in positions ranging from assistant controller and senior director of business development, store operations support and most recently, merchandise category buyer.  In these roles, she has managed a large accounting department during aggressive company growth and reorganized operational processes. Merani attended St. John’s University in New York and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, as well as attended Nova Southeastern University in Florida and earned an MBA.  She is also a certified public accountant.