LOS ANGELES , Nov. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cineverse (NASDAQ: CNVS ), an innovative streaming entertainment and technology company, today announced that it has hired Rey Puentenegra as Vice President, Corporate Controller. Leveraging over 20 years of combined experience across the Industry, Audit and Regulatory Sectors, Puentenegra will oversee all financial and accounting functions across Cineverse's entire business.

He will manage day-to-day operations of the accounting department while taking ownership of corporate accounting, regulatory and financial reporting, audit preparation, and the continual development of internal control policies and procedures. Puentenegra's appointment is effective immediately, and he will report directly to Mark Lindsey , Chief Financial Officer of Cineverse. For more than two decades, Puentenegra has been responsible for financial and accounting management, SEC reporting and technical accounting, IPO and SPAC consulting, and process systems implementation and optimization across public and private companies, Big 4 accounting firms, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).

Prior to joining Cineverse, Puentenegra served as Controller at YOUNGLA, a fitness and lifestyle apparel e-commerce company, where he oversaw the finance and accounting team as well as managed an outside accounting firm and the company's primary banking relationship. He was responsible for developing and implementing the initial finance operations structure .