Responsible for providing locomotive products and services to the Passenger market.

Own the health and profitability of our Canadian locomotive service contracts. I am responsible for creating the short and long term financial forecasts, providing transparency to financial actuals, and partnering to increasing op profit.• Financial Planning: Lead a cross functional team to analyze historic actuals and project forwards the life of contract billing and cost profiles. Translate the long term financial model into the short term financial plan • Financial Analysis: Lead a… Show more Own the health and profitability of our Canadian locomotive service contracts. I am responsible for creating the short and long term financial forecasts, providing transparency to financial actuals, and partnering to increasing op profit.• Financial Planning: Lead a cross functional team to analyze historic actuals and project forwards the life of contract billing and cost profiles. Translate the long term financial model into the short term financial plan • Financial Analysis: Lead a monthly review to analyze and link operational performance to financial actuals. Provide transparency on contract health, highlight R&Os, and provide strategic recommendations to leadership• Margin Accretion: Partner with Operations, Finance, Sales and Engineering to identify and drive projects to increase the overall profitability of service contracts. Key inputs: material cost out, restructurings, sales, etc. Show less

Contract Margin Review (CMR) Simplification leader for locomotive service contracts. The Intent of the role was to define the wing-to-wing process, identify and drive simplification projects, standardize processes, and reduce overall cycle time.• Process definition: Defined and summarized the six month 600 step CMR process and timing to senior leadership• Cycle time reduction: Defined and reduced cycle times on enable critical items to start two months sooner • Portfolio… Show more Contract Margin Review (CMR) Simplification leader for locomotive service contracts. The Intent of the role was to define the wing-to-wing process, identify and drive simplification projects, standardize processes, and reduce overall cycle time.• Process definition: Defined and summarized the six month 600 step CMR process and timing to senior leadership• Cycle time reduction: Defined and reduced cycle times on enable critical items to start two months sooner • Portfolio Landscaping: Created a contract landscape to highlight financial materiality and CMR workload• Work Smarter: Changed internal policy and implemented a simplified modeling methodology to enable a significant reduction in the time required to complete lower risk CMRs. Five contracts converted Jan 1 2017 Show less

Managed the Commercial Finances for a 100k+ Rail Car Leasing Company generating ~$0.6B annual revenue. • Planning Cycles: Partnered with executive sales leadership to define the short and long term operating and financial plans. Led internal meetings to review and approve the plan with the CEO and senior leadership team.• Financial Analysis: Owned monthly and quarterly reviews to understand leasing activity and financial results• Market Outlooks: Partnered with sales to create… Show more Managed the Commercial Finances for a 100k+ Rail Car Leasing Company generating ~$0.6B annual revenue. • Planning Cycles: Partnered with executive sales leadership to define the short and long term operating and financial plans. Led internal meetings to review and approve the plan with the CEO and senior leadership team.• Financial Analysis: Owned monthly and quarterly reviews to understand leasing activity and financial results• Market Outlooks: Partnered with sales to create short and long term leasing scenarios for market segments• Deal Review and Approval: Owned managing the daily review of all potential operating lease deals. Transformed this meeting into a mini business case scenario for each deal and owned the finance approval.• People Leader: Directly managed one resource. Also managed ~50% of a shared resource. Show less

Drilling and Surface Engineering Finance ManagerManaged ~$150M total engineering spend while ensuring P&Ls and Engineering function were aligned with targets and actuals. • Partnered with P&L finance and the Engineering function to ensure NPI, Sustaining, Requisition, and Engineering functional base spend targets were met • Worked with business acquisitions to review and standardize engineering finance accounting and provide visibility to the holistic engineering… Show more Drilling and Surface Engineering Finance ManagerManaged ~$150M total engineering spend while ensuring P&Ls and Engineering function were aligned with targets and actuals. • Partnered with P&L finance and the Engineering function to ensure NPI, Sustaining, Requisition, and Engineering functional base spend targets were met • Worked with business acquisitions to review and standardize engineering finance accounting and provide visibility to the holistic engineering spend• Implemented and led monthly cross functional deep dives to review actuals, investigate variances, and adjust spending as required to meet business targets.• Managed the operational engineering finance. Ensured vouchering code structuring aligned with financial reporting, created and reviewed labor rates, oversaw site level liquidations processes to ensure costs are reported accurately • Represented the engineering function in weekly QMIs to communicate spend projections to the local HQ and business HQ finance teams• Created short range outlooks and supported business reviews and planning cycles• Partnered with Engineering to manage the Engineering Services bullet train account Show less

GE's premier leadership program for personal and professional growth. Program is based in auditing and consists of six, three month audits across GE businesses.GE Healthcare: Amersham, UKAudited revenue recognition and Policy 5.0/6.0 implementation• Audited revenue recognition for the EMEA Life Sciences business• Audited the Policy 5.0/6.0 process implementation to ensure that non-standard terms and conditions were adequately approved and monitoredGE Treasury:… Show more GE's premier leadership program for personal and professional growth. Program is based in auditing and consists of six, three month audits across GE businesses.GE Healthcare: Amersham, UKAudited revenue recognition and Policy 5.0/6.0 implementation• Audited revenue recognition for the EMEA Life Sciences business• Audited the Policy 5.0/6.0 process implementation to ensure that non-standard terms and conditions were adequately approved and monitoredGE Treasury: Stamford, CTReviewed Treasury owned disclosures contained in the 3Q’11 10-Q and the 2011 10-K• Landscaped and risk assessed all treasury owned disclosures in the 10-Q and 10-K• Self-executed and managed 8 other associates to ensure all items in scope were reviewedGE Aviation:Cincinnati, OHPartnered with Engineering and Engineering Finance to construct NPI development cost models for commercial engines• Constructed a cost model with scalars to be used to predict future NPI spend• Analyzed historical data, back tested / calibrated cost model, and revised current NPI program NPI spend estimatesGE Global Banking: Budapest, HUAudited compliance framework for Budapest Bank • Ensured the Bank had adequate processes to ensure external and internal regulations were identified and captured in local policies and procedures• Ensured adequate monitoring and correction controls in placeGE Aviation: Cincinnati, OHSpares Revenue Recognition and Used Service Material Accounting• Audited wing to wing revenue recognition process and controls for SAB 104 spare parts business, including lag studies and reversals• Audited the Used Services Material Demand calculations used in Service Margin calculationsGE Asset Management: Stamford, CTAudited mutual fund expense accounting and allocations to ensure compliance with government regulation• Reviewed historical expense allocations and ensured accuracy• Reviewed and process mapped expense allocation processes and implemented controls and process improvement Show less

Mechanical Systems Engineer for cooling compressed air and ventilation subsectionSupported the Cooling System for the NPI launch of the UK Freightliner locomotive:• Owned multiple sub-assemblies wing-to-wing; designed, issues drawings, led internal tollgate reviews, created dFMEAs, and executed reliability testing• Provided manufacturing support, Identified and communicated build issues, and drove timely solutions to minimize shop downtime. • Owned configurations control for the… Show more Mechanical Systems Engineer for cooling compressed air and ventilation subsectionSupported the Cooling System for the NPI launch of the UK Freightliner locomotive:• Owned multiple sub-assemblies wing-to-wing; designed, issues drawings, led internal tollgate reviews, created dFMEAs, and executed reliability testing• Provided manufacturing support, Identified and communicated build issues, and drove timely solutions to minimize shop downtime. • Owned configurations control for the radiator cab. Coordinated with a cross functional team to ensure that solutions to production issues were captured in the drawing structure, communicated to suppliers, and cut in to allow for adherence to Master Schedule• Lead cost out initiative for radiator cab subsystem Show less

Edison Engineering Development ProgramEngineering leadership program consisting of four 6 month rotations and engineering fundamentals coursework targeted to business applications• Aided in the design of the UK freightliner cooling system• Managed multiple components through reliability tollgate• Lead AC6000 overhaul for the cooling compressed air and ventilation group• Lead standardization analysis of the Blower and Radiator cabs and worked with each subsystem to… Show more Edison Engineering Development ProgramEngineering leadership program consisting of four 6 month rotations and engineering fundamentals coursework targeted to business applications• Aided in the design of the UK freightliner cooling system• Managed multiple components through reliability tollgate• Lead AC6000 overhaul for the cooling compressed air and ventilation group• Lead standardization analysis of the Blower and Radiator cabs and worked with each subsystem to define a standardization plan and timeline• Worked with business master planner to create "block" productivity project cut in schedules to minimize impacts to production• Tracked Engineering productivity projects and cut in dates Show less