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Kansas City Metropolitan Area

 Implemented strategic planning to align departmental goals with organizational objectives, fostering a cohesive approach to program management. Established robust supply chain management practices to optimize material procurement and inventory control. Successfully led team in support of manufacturing departments, achieving a significant reduction in carryover dollars compared to previous years.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

 Spearheaded efforts to classify and advance critical scope projects, optimizing resource allocation and timelines. Managed departmental budgets, maintaining fiscal discipline and aligning expenditures with strategic objectives. Successfully assumed leadership of the project management team upon the unexpected resignation of the previous manager. Enhanced risk management protocols, significantly reducing potential infrastructural vulnerabilities.

Olathe, Kansas

 Managed resources, scope, schedules, and budget management using blend of Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Managed and directed (10) US and Canadian external and internal stakeholders. Integrated program expansion in 2020 through organizational re-structure of project teams from Canada. Championed portfolio of assets valued over $10.0 million USD.

Milan, Illinois, United States

 Spearheaded IT projects through daily stand-ups with an onsite and offshore development team, created user stories, and recorded requirements traceability, worked in sprints against backlogs and signed off on deployments/releases. Provided expertise and drove execution of software development projects via .NET, DB2, and SQL environments.

Urbandale, Ia

 Initiated, planned, and executed continuous improvements for global IT solutions. Facilitated workshops with global team members utilizing Six Sigma DMAIC methodologies including charters, SIPOC, collecting stakeholder requirements, CTQ, and obtaining VOC.

Moline, Il

 Created the global income statement reported by global equipment operations and financial services. Orchestrated analyses for stakeholders including counseling with operations and financial services.

Moline, Il

 Supervised employees in IT accounting. Provided coaching, mentoring, feedback and recognition.

Moline, Il

 Maintained all capital expenditures for the IT team. Developed, maintained and controlled departmental forecasts.

Moline, Il

 Conducted factory and warehouse audits (US and Canada) including financial, procurement, internal control, and inventory. Managed all audits in accordance to Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX).

Coffeyville, Ks

 Implemented Microsoft Excel based reporting changes correlating with the SAP ERP system to forecast processes utilizing formulas and macros that expedited the monthly closing process.  Created departmental budgets using qualitative and quantitative analyses for expenditures. Integration of SAP ERP 3.1 to version 4.6. Internal controls responsibility with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and records retention.

 Created feasibility studies, cost analyses, capital expenditure projections, and headed client presentations.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Accounting And Finance

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting And Finance

Activities and Societies: Finance Club