I am a Board Director, Audit Committee Chair, and retired public company Chief Financial Officer with global strategic executive experience in the highly regulated life sciences industry, uncompromising integrity, and a record of leading culturally diverse organizations through growth and transformational change. As a senior finance executive, I partnered with leaders of organizations of different sizes, geographies, market segments, and stages of development and growth. I am a qualified financial expert (QFE) who brings discipline and strategic thinking to capital acquisition and resource allocation in product development, manufacturing, commercialization, market expansion, information technology, and workforce diversity. I have played significant roles in investor relations and capital acquisition, Board of Director engagement, M&A integration, corporate restructuring, scaling, and streamlining organizations, increasing efficiency, expanding the use of technology, and improving analytics. I am an empathetic leader who engages quickly, shares responsibility and accountability, and facilitates a culture of individual fulfillment and team success.Accounting, CFO, CMA, B2B, BOD, DEI, biotech, biopharmaceutical, international, business partner, R&D, research, analysis, analytical, decision making, problem solving, negotiation, strategy, strategic planning, long range planning, process improvement, change agent, change management, executive presence, team building, talent development, forecasting, budgeting, valuation, business development, mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, synergy, divestiture, business acumen, modeling, financial planning, financial reporting, FP&A, GAAP, IFRS, SOX, Sarbanes-Oxley, Audit Committee, insurance, capital markets, fund raising, equity financing, equity offering, private placement, ATM, investor relations, IR, debt, royalty, banking, international tax, tax compliance, working capital, treasury, SAP, ERP, risk management, internal control, governance, SEC, proxy, project management, compliance, buy-side, sell-side, payroll, 401k, employee benefits, P&L, margin expansion, profitability, cashflow, crisis management, coaching, turnaround, cost optimization, KPIs, consolidation, foreign exchange, hedging, cross-functional collaboration, Six Sigma, human capital, diversity and inclusion, D&I, Latino, Latinx, LGBTQ+, procurement, facilities, fleet, organization design, shared service center, SSC, distribution, wholesale, 3PL, warehousing, S&OP, sales and operations planning, vendor, alliance. English, Portuguese, Spanish