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Financial Management Reporting and Compliance, Information Data Systems, Project Management, Membership

Executive responsibility for Business Operations including; Membership, Continuing Education, Conferences & Meetings, Marketing, Communications, Periodical and Non-Periodical Publications, Media Relations, Communications, Web, Social Media, IT, with $17M in annual revenues and 32 staff. Recognized for leading the successful turnaround of a 7-year membership decline into 15 consecutive years of membership growth; propelled membership from 33,000 in 2005 to a record-breaking 68,000+ in 2019. Increased non-periodical publications revenue from $900,000 to over $1.7 million by focusing on improving project selection and digital delivery.Championed and developed cross-divisional staff teams; breaking silos and improved corporate coordination and staff-driven decision making. Serve as staff liaison for Visioning, Strategic Planning, Also work collaboratively with volunteer leadership addressing governance and Organizational effectiveness.Specialties and areas of achievement:Strategic PlanningKPI'sNew Program Development Corporate Culture/ Team BuildingTechnology Strategies/DeploymentFinancial Modeling/Budgeting Strategic Alliances/Partnerships Governance/Volunteer LeadershipMarketing/Data Visualization & Analysis

Marketing, Branding and Human Resources, Staff Recruitment, Client consulting.Firm Productivity and profitability reporting

Financial systems, Audit, FASB compliance, Financial Reporting, Risk ManagementBudgeting, Cash Management and Forecasting , Financial Forecasts/ ModelingResponsible for IT, 88,000 sq ft facilities,Banking, insurance and IT vendor selection and relationsLiaison to Treasurer, Fiscal Advisory and Budget Committees

In the face of a severe financial downturn, charged with restructuring the overall business model and reorganize the staff to reverse poor financial performance. Outcomes include a balanced budget and improved staff morale

Hanover, Md

Created systems to secure assets and manage profitability in an organization that grew $11M in eighteen months without adequate internal controls. Member of Executive staff formulating strategic and financial goals. Improved financial controls and reduced expense for a multi state, multi union payroll of 800 by creating the first ever ADP(R) payroll to TEAM(R) accounting software integration.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Responsible for accounting, financial statement consolidations, and technology for three manufacturing plants. Focused on production costing and inventory management for all three plants and product linesImproved financial information through product line analysis and implementing transfer pricing.Created custom programs to address unique government contracting and program audit issues.Created consolidated financial statements and narratives for the Board of Directors.