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Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Brought on to establish the finance department at a top logistics startup; promoted to the executive team to oversee corporate strategy and serve as a partner across the organization during sizable growth. Successfully managed external relationships with accountants, legal counsel, corporate insurance, and tax.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

- Guided the finance team to become an essential business partner by delivering insightful financial reports and actionable analyses. Fostered cross-team collaboration and provided leadership at all board-level meetings.- Transformed a negative margin into a 20% profit margin over two years through new tactical pricing strategies and cost control measures.- Improved financial health and ensured sustainability by employing strategies to actively manage cash flow.- Drove efficiency and profitability across the organization’s customer types and offerings by enacting robust performance-management strategies.- Led a successful debt raise between funding rounds, allowing for further growth during capital uncertainty.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

- Established all financial operations that enabled the business to improve financial performance: achieved 8X growth while limiting the finance team's expansion to only two members through targeted efficiency improvements and resource reallocations.- Achieved a 30% reduction in costs and improved alignment between customers’ needs and partners’ expertise by renegotiating with all material vendors.

Led finance and human resources for a social club startup: managed strategic financial initiatives, financial accounting, and human resource initiatives such as payroll strategy, conflict resolution, policy creation, and benefits administration.- Reduced payroll costs by 40% after developing a repeatable payroll strategy that included creating a hiring template based on projected traffic and revenue data. - Created a strategic financial model to explore market, lease, and franchise options, identifying four potential expansion cities and pitching opportunities to potential investors.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Joined as the first finance team member at a tech-focused logistics startup. Following multiple promotions, assumed broader responsibilities across the company, including finance, human resources, and customer service, reporting directly to the CEO.- Spearheaded a transformative B2B strategy, shifting the company focus from a consumer-based model, resulting in a 300% rise in lifetime customer value while controlling costs to 65% YoY.- Secured an additional $2.5 million in capital from existing shareholders, ensuring a smooth transition to the new business strategy and maintaining strong stakeholder relations.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

- Successfully drove collaboration, communication, and transparency by establishing a company-wide weekly business update meeting for 50 employees.- Restructured the cost framework to concentrate resources on one market, achieving a 15% reduction in operational expenses by negotiating with over 30 vendors and mitigating 75% of outstanding liabilities.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

- Reduced payroll costs 47% by driving a strategy to hire 20 temporary team members from an outside agency during peak season instead of hiring full-time staff. - Introduced financial models that informed the decision to move from on-demand to scheduled services, resulting in a payroll cost reduction of 20% across all cities.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

- Implemented budgeting and variance analysis reporting across six HQ departments and five cities, allowing transparency in cost structure for the executive team.

Redwood City, Ca, Us

Managed a four-member finance team across three locations within the Quality Assurance division, collaborating with studio heads to manage an annual budget of $70M.- Revitalized internal legacy billing structure to align with changing business needs, enabling real-time strategic decision-making that reduced analysis time by 25%.

Cupertino, California, Us

Created all finance processes as the first finance team member hired within Apple Retail Business, supporting corporate leadership and the 400+ store teams with sales exceeding $2B annually. - Transformed quarterly sales forecast and achieved 98% accuracy by utilizing historical data and product projections.

Cupertino, California, Us

Charlotte, Nc, Us

- Oversaw a four-member team to reorganize ledger structure by mapping and merging two systems after the acquisition of Merrill Lynch. - Analyzed new strategic investments to determine proper accounting treatment and ongoing needs from finance.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

- Automated monthly reports for senior management by creating a total portfolio summary, reducing the time to completion by 40%.

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Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance, Technology Industry Management, Marketing

Masters, Accounting

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Computer Science

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