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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Lead and direct the Finance and Controller functions for the Americas region of this worldwide manufacturer and distributor of foam and PET-based insulation products. Armacell is the world leader and innovator of flexible foam insulation materials for industrial, commercial and residential applications. I am privileged to help the company into its next.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

ABTV is a leading business and financial advisory firm specializing in solving complex problems, improving and restoring performance, and maximizing value within organizations, whether healthy, distressed, underperforming, or just not meeting expectations. For decades, we have worked in a wide range of industries and a variety of business structures. In.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Independent business transformation practice, focusing on middle market and larger companies. I have a specialization and passion for developing management teams that take their organizations to the next level. For a major chemical company's new ownership team, completed a strategic salesforce repositioning. Their multi-channel approach was streamlined and.

St. Cloud, Minnesota

• CEO (March 2010 – October 2014)COO (March 2009 – March 2010)Recruited by bank group that placed Firm into bankruptcy to transform current situation into a positive outcome for all. Reported directly to the Board of.
• Paid back in full with interest and fees monies owed to the bank ownership group.
• Achieved over a 50% recovery on 2013 bankruptcy to all unsecured creditors.
• Halved annual sales decline due to technological changes in the marketplace while working on changes long-term that would embrace the new product environment.
• Grew Japanese division 10% annually and achieved profitability in 2012 for the first time in Firm’s 10 year history. Successfully sold Japanese division to a Hong Kong-based private equity firm.
• Migrated all IT to cloud-based systems, transitioned to new market identity, installed new compensation plan and supporting systems, and refined product lines.

Greater Chicago Area

• DIRECTOR, INTEGRATION & STRATEGY, CSS (2007–2009)Led CSS merger integration & profit improvement programs globally during explosive growth of electronic security division. Created annual strategic plans for CEO.
• Delivered to Board 175% of synergy savings commitments generated by this CSS acquisition from a Honeywell spinout & raised baseline for future acquisition success.
• Improved time-to-market & lowered products cost in UK & Australian operations, with UK reaching 10% operational savings & Australian division achieving profitability for 1st time since they were purchased 4 years.
• Created sales & operational planning supply chain improvement that's still used to this day.
• Ran department $150k under budget while removing lowest-performing 15% of distributors with no legal costs.
• Lowered backorders & improved customer service metrics via upgrading team/systems & supply chain improvements.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Strategy And Finance

Activities and Societies: Wharton Follies

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Computer Science And Management

Activities and Societies: Newman Center (C+CC)