Consummate C-Level Executive, Financial Leader and Strategist who leverages 20+ years’ within Fortune 100 environment and two private companies to advance top and bottom-line performance within telecommunications, managed services, education and technology sectors. Partners with company leadership as a trusted advisor and plays a pivotal role in influencing business strategy, planning and growth of multi-billion dollar organizations, with personal accountability of up to 200-person teams and $900M+ budgets. Grasps the implications of critical issues and quickly formulates and implements revenue enhancement, cost containment, financial controls and process improvements that drive growth and expansion. Interfaces comfortably with internal and external stakeholders, shareholders and board of directors of publicly and privately-held companies to foster collaboration and consensus. Notable contributions include….•Grew revenue 40% and reversed loss to a profit at Shields Enterprises International (SEI). •Established and led corporate-wide Sarbanes-Oxley 404 IT team to drive policies, standards, testing and remediation.•Reduced annual budget cycle time from months to 45 days within Motorola’s $4B, two-way radio manufacturing business. •Eliminated historical cost “surprises” and brought Motorola’s PCS’ IT Group 18% under budget, a 24% improvement over prior year. •Slashed time to close company books from 5+ weeks to 10 workdays (60%) at The College Network, allowing for improved and timely strategic decision making processes.•Attained greater transparency and strengthened decision-making processes, as Singapore based Director of Corporate Finance of Motorola’s Asia South Region, through implementation of formalized forecasting processes and controls. Competencies: FP&A, Corporate and Int'l FinanceStrategic PlanningForecasting & BudgetingManufacturing FinanceProcess Reengineering (six sigma)Internal AuditSarbanes OxleyCash ManagementPricing
Listed skills include Strategic Financial Planning, Auditing, Business Strategy, Internal Controls, and 46 others.