Fred Schneider recently joined ASAS National in mid-March of this year as our Executive Vice President of Finance and Operations.  Fred came to ASAS with extensive experience in senior financial management and administration, spending over 20 years at Viacom-CBS in both Washington and New York and previously at the National Geographic Society in Washington, DC.  Earlier in his career he worked in public accounting for the Audit Division of Arthur Andersen an obtained his CPA license from the state of Maryland.  Fred graduated from the University of Maryland with undergraduate degrees in Finance and Economics and received his MBA from the Andersen School at UCLA.  Fred has been an active member of the alumni associations at both his undergraduate and graduate schools.