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Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Il , Us

Miami, Fl, Us

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Miramar, Florida, Us

Henderson, Nevada, Us

Buffalo, Ny, Us

San Ramon, California, Us

Recruited by GE Corporate to lead the Finance function for a global Industrial Internet business tasked with growing to $1B of revenue by 2017. Initially the focus was on transforming the function and building a Finance team with the right capabilities to scale the stand alone business. In 2016 the Intelligent Platforms Software business was merged with several other GE businesses to form the core of the new GE Digital business and I was tasked with leading the integration effort, ensuring the business continues to perform commercially and delivers on our growth commitments. • Financially accountable for 14 legal entities, conducting business in 90+ countries• Lead a direct staff of 6 with an additional 40+ indirect reports, distributed globally• Transformed the Finance function, re-organizing around a standard competency model

Chicago, Us

Recruited by GEHC Global Services to lead the Finance integration and deliver the deal model expectations for API Healthcare, a software business acquired in 2014. At the end of the first calendar year we over-delivered Operating Margin by 184% and exceeded year one Bookings expectations by 105%. In addition to the stellar financial performance, we completed the finance integration in year one, one year ahead of schedule. • Led API’s multi-functional Finance & Accounting teams• Fostered the adoption of GE operating rhythms and financial close processes • Facilitated the training and adoption of key GE Compliance processes • Identified a target ERP and led the migration process, consolidating 4 ERP’s in 6 months• Led financial due diligence on several additional acquisition targets

Chicago, Us

Recruited into GE Healthcare IT to help turn around a struggling global software business. Partnered with the Global GM to re-vamp the growth strategy and build a plan to turn the business around. Successfully secured $100M+ of incremental investment to execute our 3 year turn around plan and began consolidating disparate regional businesses into a single Global P&L, achieving $25M+ of productivity savings in year 1 and delivered $100M+ of new product bookings in year 2. • Implemented standard investment metrics for all new product investments enabling better decision making and reduced investment risk• Led a global cross functional effort to develop and implement a new portfolio management process designed to create and foster a culture of innovation• Drove budgetary accountability deep into the organization from the N-2 to N-4 level • Developed global pricing standards and set target contribution margins per region• Led due diligence support for a joint venture and negotiated several inter-company financial agreements• Played a leadership role on a cross functional innovation accelerator team created to re-imagine the Healthcare business, developed the first GE agile investment process to compliment the team’s work• Implemented global sales and profitability metrics to drive regional accountability and earnings growth• Successfully built a new finance team to support global operations

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis – Technology, Marketing & Product Management ('09-'11)• Developed and led the business case process for new product development, strategic investments, and technology transformation initiatives. • Supported the development and implementation of pricing strategies and provided expertise on the profitability of new customer acquisitions. • Provided analysis and decision support for acquisitions, partnership agreements and other business development activities.• Collaborated with Procurement and IT to negotiate vendor contracts and design deal structures for large capital purchases.• Partnered with Product Management and IT to identify and target cost savings opportunities to optimize profit margins. • Managed a staff of financial analysts responsible for producing budgets, forecasts, the monthly close process, management reporting, financial analysis, vendor management, and Board of Directors presentations. Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis – Automotive & Insurance Markets + Service Ops ('05-'08)• Optimized the Insurance & Automotive P&L's by developing cost savings strategies, increasing productivity by 10+%, and growing revenue by 6%. • Led the revenue & expense budget processes and reported performance to Executive Management and the Board of Directors.• Implemented best practice Sales performance metrics that helped drive 10+% bookings growth and 98% of subscription revenue retention. • Provided insightful analysis such as market sizing, deal profitability, product-line profitability, compensation and resource capacity modeling.

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Finance, General

Strategy: Building And Sustaining Competitive Advantage

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