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VP Finance in charge of financial reporting, FP&A, and Business Intelligence.

As a highly experienced finance executive, I bring a unique combination of strategic financial leadership, technical expertise, and exceptional communication skills to the table. I excel in creating and implementing budgets and forecasts, business intelligence tools, historical results analysis, and strategic direction to optimize profitability and cash flow.As a strategic thinker and problem solver, I am able to identify and mitigate financial risks, seize opportunities, and motivate cross-functional teams to achieve financial targets. With a passion for driving financial success and a commitment to ensuring long-term financial stability, I am a valuable asset to any organization.

Austin, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

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Austin, Texas

Austin, Tx

Corporate finance consultant providing fractional CFO support, budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and business intelligence services.

• Provided critical KPI’s and metrics to the executive team that were previously unknown to them such as product margins, break-even analysis, customer margin performance, fully absorbed product costs, and other pertinent insights.• Partnered with small business lender to establish an asset-based debt facility to provide necessary working capital.• Corrected multiple financial entries to bring the books into compliance with GAAP standards, improved the P&L reporting presentation, and worked closely with the Executive team to identify opportunities to improve the financial health of the business.• As a result of the above, operational labor was reduced by over 40%, monthly cash burn improved by over 50%, and a tactical plan was established to improve gross margins by over 20 points year/year.

* Finance leadership consulting role in a variety of organizations and industries with a concentration in CPG, Manufacturing, SAAS software, Real Estate and Immersive Media.* Developed a vision cast for the "9 Gauge DNA" approach to client engagements which gave line of sight to the value added from our involvement in their business. This resulted in practice revenue increasing by more than 50% quarter/quarter and resource capacity climbing from less than 50% to over 90% on a consistent basis.* Secured partnerships with strategic service and application providers to leverage an integrated technology stack for our client base.

Austin, Tx

* Key member of the corporate financial leadership team and liaison between IT, operations, marketing, and executive management. * Accomplished the renovation of financial transaction handling which allowed management to see margin results by business segment, service offerings, and client group. * Architected and led the project of creating an interactive dashboard which provided senior and mid-level management with the tool needed to monitor actionable insights through real-time financial & operational metrics. *Built a bottom-up annual budget and quarterly forecast by dimension so that each view within the dashboard contained actual results along with the forecast and budget which quickly brought attention to areas of opportunity.* Posture a continuous practice of process innovation for the sake of efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.* Communicated a simple message of why Gross Margin matters and how each staff member in company could impact the results. I leveraged the dashboards to continuously update staff on the progress of margin improvement which led to an increase run rate of 9 points of margin or approximately $9 million in increased annual profitability.

Austin, Tx

* Developed prospectus, demographic research, and budget for the purposes of raising financial support for a new church start-up.* Networked with local business and government leaders to develop a sense of integrated community and charitable efforts from our members.* Preaching, teaching, and counseling which has been useful in the business world for optimizing interpersonal relationships, conflict resolution, public speaking, and improved communication skills.

Austin, Tx

* Responsible for all HR and Finance functions to strategically support the C-Suite, handle treasury operations, communicate capital requirements, manage debt obligations, ensure government compliancy, on-board interns and new employees, develop and maintain HR policies & procedures, and determine the most effective company benefits.* Established and managed the print division which was the fastest growing and most profitable business segement of MSB Media Group.* Performed due diligence and helped to negotiate the acquisition of a public relations firm, then led the post acquisition integration.

Austin, Tx

* Founded the company which offered residential home automation, networking, and multi-media delivery systems.* Positioned company to quickly become competitive within a crowded market by designing an end-to-end solution beginning with the basic infrastructure in new home construction which led to a customized solution that could be installed prior to move-in, and ended with complementary services and post-sale support.* Successfully launched a high-end home theater & home technology design center after securing relationships with a variety of custom home builders.

Austin, Tx

* Founder of an online wholesale exchange for suppliers to offer their products to small retailers.* Designed and built an online supply chain process which automated traditionally manual processes and handled over $800,000 in sales transactions in the first quarter post-launch.* The technology became more valuable than the wholesale business exchange, so I made a pivot to leverage our proprietary software into a SAAS supply chain management tool for the food service industry.* Recruited management team and developed the pitch deck to raise a Series A from Venture Capital firms in the Austin area. While the dot-com crash negatively affected our ability to raise capital, we did receive some initial positive indications from a leading fund.

Round Rock, Tx

* Responsible for a variety of month-end closing activities.* Led the team which proposed the divestiture of brick & mortar locations in favor of operating solely online. This decision saved the company hundreds of millions of dollars in capex spending and improved sales velocity of refurbished systems.

Rockdale, Tx And Badin, Nc

* Responsible for a variety of month-end closing activities.* Created an annual divisional budget, quarterly forecast, and short-term cash flow forecast models. * Advanced Excel skills which led to consulting assignments at multiple plant locations across the U.S.

Ba, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Founder of the Accounting Club to introduce students to industry professionals. Established a partnership.

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