Accomplished professional with 35+ years of experience in developing and implementing strategic financial procedures and systems while establishing effective operational processes to drive business success and control costs, a demonstrated track record of leveraging a deep understanding of key business drivers and strategic vision to find trends, interpret results, and simply report and analyze to achieve business success and control costs Expertise in leading and motivating teams to take on new lead generation activities, improve work flow processes, and adopt new business practices •Completed the entire process of issuing over 40 letters of credit (LCs) to international/domestic suppliers to import materials•Increased initial operating cash flow by $9M and reduced ongoing cost of capital by 11.2%•Reduced staff from 12 to 7, saving $120,000 annually by consolidating departmental tasks•Lower filing time for quarterly and annual payroll tax returns from 20 to 15 days•Financed a $300M capital expansion project with banks that provided unconventional financing from banks•Led changes in the safety program that resulted in a $25,000 annual reduction in Worker's Compensation costs, a 10% savings•Improved information flow to external auditors, resulting in a $10,000 annual savings, a 25% reduction in audit costs•Reduced Worker's Compensation experience rate by 9% in 12 months • Negotiated with insurance company and generated competitive bids to reduce insurance costs by $20,000 per year, a 15% savings•Converted $1.5M line of credit to $1M 4-years note and $500,000 line of credit by establishing and maintaining a strong working relationship with the bank