Mr. Sproul is a candidate for County Treasurer, a county-wide position. 

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​Mr. Sproul has had a long career in high tech industries, which included managing large, complex projects and budgets.  This included team management, necessary for his interactions with the county's finance department, its professional finance director and the finance staff, and the county administrator.

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The duties of Treasurer include the following:

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General Statutory Duties (RSA 29:1)

• Custody of Funds: Holds all money belonging to Belknap County. [1]

• Disbursements: Pays out county money strictly upon the written orders of the county commissioners. [1]

• Banking and Deposits: Deposits county funds in federally insured banks or the state public deposit investment pool (RSA 6:45). [1]

• Investment of Excess Funds: Invests surplus or idle cash—with commissioner approval—in U.S. government obligations, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, or repurchase agreements. [1]

• Accounting and Reporting: Keeps accurate and fair account books of all receipts and disbursements, furnishing statements and submitting books/vouchers to commissioners and county auditors upon request

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RECOMMENDED

Citizens for Belknap recommends Mr. Sproul as reasonable, responsible and qualified to conduct these duties as Belknap County Treasurer.

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Read Mr. Sproul's submitted profile, below:

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None of us want a repeat of 2008 when the then-County Administrator was convicted for stealing over $40,000. That means the Treasurer must work with the professional county staff to ensure that the right controls and processes such as audits are in place, implement the budget approved by the County Delegation, and follow the directives of the County Commissioners.
 

My professional background is systems engineering, management, and regulatory compliance. That work experience includes not just software and electronics engineering, but also financial planning, budgeting, accounting, project planning, process, and people skills.
 

At startups and Fortune 500 companies like Phillips Healthcare, Fitbit, and Google, I have worked on complex projects and led teams as large as 60 people. In those roles I was directly responsible for budgets rising well into the millions, as well as developing business forecasts factoring in revenue and borrowing costs. That experience built on my college studies in stocks and bonds, derivatives, corporate finance, and computer science.
 

I led a team developing a new intravascular imaging tool for interventional cardiology at Volcano, now part of Philips Healthcare. I also worked on a hospital defibrillator, and endoscopes for diagnostic and therapeutic uses such as biopsies, kidney stone removal, and surgery. At Fitbit I was responsible for data privacy protection including HIPAA and HITRUST in our partnerships with healthcare companies. Regulatory compliance was critical to all of those roles, so I have worked with outside auditors and testing labs to get objective data and proof that our work met the highest standards for safety and correctness.
 

The professional county staff collects tax payments and borrows money ahead of payments to fund essential services like the jail, nursing home, and sheriff’s department, so we already have accountants. We need someone as Treasurer with the experience and mindset to look for opportunities to save taxpayers money, and to anticipate problems and make sure they are caught early.