Brendan Callahan Email & Phone Number

Financial Controller for Solution Services, Remarketing Services, and Financial Services.

Santa Rosa, CA

• Oversaw ten million dollars of operations expense for the Services Solutions Group to ensure quarterly targets were met
• Investigated data structures within and between five internal database systems to ensure accurate data was used in reporting
• Developed reports for the worldwide controller for the Services Solutions Group to provide transparency into P&L line items

Santa Rosa, CA

• Integrated and updated internal accounting and finance standards manual with Sharepoint site, streamlining workflow and approval process for future updates
• Developed reporting tool protocols to unify global field office reports companywide, coordinating directly with field office heads in Europe, Japan, Asia and North America
• Created internal macroeconomic database and assessed correlation with company data to facilitate development of a forecasting model for long term strategic planning

An amazing experience that sadly, like many small business ventures, ended almost as quickly as it started. While objectively I was not successful in completing what I initially set out to do the lessons learned were and still are invaluable.

Kennett Square

• Internal business consulting/optimization
• Determined company’s profit margins for each mushroom type by process flow, allowing for changes in resource distribution to achieve long-term profit maximization strategies
• Standardized company payment tracking and payroll process within all divisions, facilitating streamlined rotation of employees during peak periods of operation
• Investigated work-related accidents and safety complaints as Job Safety Inspector for all 58 PA production facilities leading to a fifty percent reduction in work related accidentsLogistics
• Created forecasting tool for use by growing division supervisors for predicting material and labor needs by facility and mushroom type, establishing Just in Time inventory practices, which reduced inventory and labor.
• Developed fleet tracking for all company vehicles to improve logistics, reduce costs and better understand employee routing patterns

Rochester, New York Area

• Researched and aggregated data surrounding government regulation with a specific focus on pulling key data out of economic impact analyses. Topics included:
• Cap and Trade (Lieberman-Warner bill)
• Stern Review (Focus on Discount Rates)
• NHTSA CAFE standards
• TARP
• Energy Star

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Economics/Political Science