Manage the entire company budget and forecasting process for this small, dynamic biotechnology startup with a multi-company structure including several foreign entities. Work directly with senior management to review forecasts, communicate analysis of financial performance drivers, integrate spontaneous R&D initiatives, and project future product financial results. Partner with R&D and Engineering to establish product economics to integrate into financial models of future company growth. Introduce process and efficiency improving applications to bring the company forward.

Responsible for project financial reporting in North American market. Supported and drove actions for staffing optimization, reporting consistency and accuracy, training and development of project finance staff, consistent and accurate project reporting, and process improvement.• Oversaw the project reporting for all units in North America, reviewing accuracy, risks and opportunities to ensure a fair and accurate view of contract profitability.• Counseled and interviewed new hires, developed new and existing staff through training sessions and one on one guidance to improve accuracy, consistency and preparation.• Interfaced and served as a liaison with both internal and external auditors for the investigation of audit issues related to contract performance reporting. • Optimized cash and revenue by liaising with finance business partners to review and secure opportunities by improving delivery times and conditions.• Helped to create systems of integrated links between reporting systems, improving efficiency and accuracy, allowing controllers to focus on more value-added activities.

Responsible for project financial reporting in Europe, Latin America, and specific Product Lines. Supported and drove actions for staffing optimization, consistent and accurate project reporting, and training and development of project finance staff.• Oversaw the project reporting for units in Europe and Latin America, reviewing accuracy, risks, and opportunities to ensure a fair and accurate view of contact profitability.• Designed, developed and implemented an internet-based Project Reporting application, replacing thousands of Excel files with a streamlined financial consolidation and reporting system. Improved access to project data, eliminated calculation errors and reduced data processing time and reporting turnaround to management. • Designed and implemented Lotus Notes database consolidation of several parallel databases, increasing efficiency of access as well as improving organization and control. Implemented additional time saving and internal process tracking improvements.

Managed the Project Controlling, R&D Reporting and Unit Reporting of the Gas Turbines group, with three direct reports and 20 staff. Finance Director in the management team reporting to the Vice President for a product line with over 500M Euro in Sales.• Managed a scope of over 40 gas turbine projects from tender to end of execution. • Oversaw an extensive R&D budget of over 500 engineers involved in multiple development projects. Supervised development of detailed R&D reporting systems by the R&D finance manager, resulting in improved reporting speed and reduced manual transactions.• Expanded the product line structure from one reporting unit in Switzerland to several reporting units in Russia, Croatia, and Switzerland in order to capture additional business scope.

Responsible for managing and monitoring project controlling activities for the Gas Turbines business, encompassing 40+ projects worldwide for internal and third-party customers.• Responding to dynamic business needs, oversaw the increase in staff from 4 to 10 project controllers within one year.• Ensured that the new staff were selected, trained and developed while maintaining a consistently high quality of reporting and forecasting.• Ensured project finances were reported in a timely manner and in accordance with Alstom’s Reporting and Accounting Manual and the Internal Control Questionnaire. • Coordinated reporting of orders received and sales forecasting for the current order book; prepared detailed project sales, cash-in and cash-out forecasting as well as cost center budget details for the 3-year plan.• Developed and improved sales and cash forecasting and reporting tools, warranty accrual tools and ICQ processes for improved efficiency and proper reporting.

Manager, Human Resources, July 1997-January 1998 Responsible for directing compensation and hiring practices for Morgan Stanley Trust Company. Duties included planning and managing an annual budget of $55 million; supervising a staff of four in order to develop strategic forecasting for the business unit budget; and liaising with senior business unit officers worldwide to plan compensation, hiring, and other personnel issues. Member of PeopleSoft implementation team. Manager, International Services (Tax), Finance, Admin., and Operations, August 1994-July 1997 Responsible for managing the international assignments of over 500 expatriate and inpatriate employees worldwide. Duties included: supervision of Morgan Stanley International payroll worldwide; development and communication of international human resources policy to employees worldwide through individual consultations, presentations, and publications; identification and implementation of cost-effective tax and compensation strategies in the U.S. and abroad; and the projection of company tax and compensation costs. Teamed closely and effectively with Executive Compensation, Relocation, and Payroll to redesign procedures and establish effective policy. Member of client design committee for Arthur Andersen’s expatriate tax software project.