Manage the month end close process and review/correct journal entries prior to submission. Complete updated year-to-go financial forecast of expected factory costs at beginning of each month. Lead annual budget preparation and department budget meetings with budget owners to discuss cost saving opportunities and new funding needs. Provide monthly and yearly reporting to site leadership and senior corporate leadership on factory performance and the reasons for favorability or unfavourability versus forecast for every cost category of the business. Lead annual site inventory audit. Manage weekly and monthly data maintenance for several Power BI dashboards, including reconciling data to ensure reporting accuracy.• Developed labor analysis to track headcount, labor hours, overtime, temporary labor, and labor productivity which is sent to factory leadership team each week. This analysis has provided visibility leading to focused improvements resulting in reductions of greater than 35% in overtime and temporary labor utilization.• Developed a site scorecard to utilize in leading weekly cost governance meetings with site leadership team providing insights into site costs, productivity, and where we expect to land versus monthly forecast for cost and production output.• Review and approve new capital investments for the site, including write-offs associated with the projects.• Monitor and report on plant waste as well as work with site engineers to determine loss points to improve our processes and further reduce waste.• Created a Power BI dashboard to track actual and forecasted consumption and expenditure on factory utilities.• Created a cost category mapping file that is updated monthly to provide monthly budget updates to factory department leaders. This allows the leaders to see their department spend in pivot table format based on simple categories as opposed to general ledger account descriptions and better track and manage their spend.

Manage the month end close process and review/correct journal entries prior to submission. Complete updated year-to-go financial forecast of expected factory costs at beginning of each month. Lead annual budget preparation and department budget meetings with budget owners to discuss cost saving opportunities and new funding needs. Provide monthly and yearly reporting to site leadership and senior corporate leadership on factory performance and the reasons for favorability or unfavourability versus forecast for every cost category of the business. Lead annual site inventory audit. Manage weekly and monthly data maintenance for several Power BI dashboards, including reconciling data to ensure reporting accuracy.• Developed labor analysis to track headcount, labor hours, overtime, temporary labor, and labor productivity which is sent to factory leadership team each week. This analysis has provided visibility leading to focused improvements resulting in reductions of greater than 35% in overtime and temporary labor utilization.• Developed a site scorecard to utilize in leading weekly cost governance meetings with site leadership team providing insights into site costs, productivity, and where we expect to land versus monthly forecast for cost and production output.• Review and approve new capital investments for the site, including write-offs associated with the projects.• Monitor and report on plant waste as well as work with site engineers to determine loss points to improve our processes and further reduce waste.• Created a Power BI dashboard to track actual and forecasted consumption and expenditure on factory utilities.• Created a cost category mapping file that is updated monthly to provide monthly budget updates to factory department leaders. This allows the leaders to see their department spend in pivot table format based on simple categories as opposed to general ledger account descriptions and better track and manage their spend.

-Manage the budgets for the Department of Mental Health and Department of Health and Senior Services totaling over $6.5 billion in coordination with department budget personnel.-Analyzing and examining budget requests for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations.-Developing recommendations for agency program funding and preparing justifications for each recommendation.-Reviewing department programs in terms of program priorities, expenditures of funds, and coordination of services.-Tracking appropriation and policy legislation.-Reviewing bills passed by the General Assembly for fiscal and legislative impact.-Researching and analyzing current policy issues relating to agency programs and developing specific recommendations.-Participant in the development of the OA CARES customer service initiative-Member of Office of Administration's OA CARES Awards Employee Recognition Selection Committee

Research a vast array of topics for sales/senior management, including cancer statistics and sales data of certain drugs and/or diseases. Create PowerPoint proposals for sales and management. Calculate and audit correct totals for distribution costs for over ten cancer guides weekly. Maintain and update PatientResource.com with new content from recent cancer guide publications and updates to existing content. Report monthly Google Analytics data on website statistics for PatientResource.com and AdvocacyConnector.com. Test new software products and databases several times each quarter to recommend improvements and find bugs.• Manage Google Adwords to optimize monthly budget. Changes made have led to multiple company records for nearly every category. Obtained an immediate reduction in cost per click of 50% and doubled the click through rate by instituting a more optimal strategy, resulting in major gains in visits, pageviews, and unique visitors.• Researched and created detailed reports on cancer center patient statistics• Created a survey for all advocacy groups providing financial assistance in AdvocacyConnector.com. Used both email and phone calls to conduct the survey and received an 18% response rate. Created a detailed report with statistics and graphs from the responses.• Developed research methods and was the primary researcher in researching disease advocacy groups used in creating Advocacy Connector. Number of groups found for more than ten different disease types was over 3,000 groups.• Conducted research on the rare Castleman’s Disease for Advocacy Connector. Found 152 organizations that provide assistance to afflicted patients. • Researched over 700 drugs in corporate drug database to reduce duplicate entries and ensure accuracy of data.• Conducted in-depth legal research on direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising laws for several different countries around the world.

Maintained a pipeline of over 45 loans managing the process from application to closing in a very fast-paced, demanding environment. Performed underwriting of interest rate reduction loans for current loans held by the company and other outside investors. Ordered all loan documentation from third party vendors. Reviewed all documentation in the file, including financial and tax statements to verify documentation still required for underwriting approval. Reviewed the contract of purchase to ensure disclosure of correct fees and seller paid closing costs and credits. Monitored disclosure time windows to ensure company maintained compliance.• Remained knowledgeable on company and industry guidelines and processes.• Communicated with 20-30 third party vendors involved in the loan process daily, responding promptly to inquiries via email and phone.• Reviewed 5-7 closing disclosures weekly to verify accuracy of cash to close and loan/title fees prior to sending to the borrower.• Reviewed debt-to-income ratio, residual income guidelines, and all loan documentation on 5-7 loans a week prior to sending to underwriting to ensure loan approval.

Research a vast array of topics for sales/senior management, including cancer statistics and sales data of certain drugs and/or diseases and articulating my research methods to management and sales so they understand how I obtained my results. Calculate and audit correct totals for distribution costs for over ten cancer guides weekly. Maintain and update PatientResource.com with new content from recent cancer guide publications and updates to existing content as well as collect and report monthly Google Analytics data on site statistics. Test new software products several times each quarter to recommend improvements.• Developed research methods and was the primary researcher in researching cancer advocacy groups used in creating Advocacy Connector, the most comprehensive online cancer advocacy database in the nation. Number of groups found totaled over 2,200, which far exceeded the expectations of management and the client.• Conducted research on the rare Castleman’s Disease for Advocacy Connector. Found 152 organizations that provide assistance to afflicted patients. Management and the client were anticipating less than ten organizations. Found the additional organizations by applying a different research approach focusing on organizations that provide assistance to terminally or chronically ill patients regardless of disease type.• Researched over 700 drugs in corporate drug database to reduce duplicate entries and ensure accuracy of data. Consolidated Phase III clinical trials with the FDA approved drugs database to have one comprehensive, accurate database.• Conducted in-depth legal research on direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising laws for several different countries around the world. Gave management a detailed report stating that the only countries allowing DTC advertising are the USA and New Zealand. Formulated different methods for maneuvering around the laws of several different countries to give management potential options for entry.

Monitored government programs to follow guidelines and procedures for obtaining funding for research and development. Created PowerPoint presentations to be used by the Marketing Director at disaster restoration industry conferences and events. Used Salesgenie to generate sales leads and reports for Business Development team, conducting research on each restoration firm to determine legitimacy as a disaster restoration contractor.• Created detailed market intelligence reports for company products or potential products in the following industries: disaster restoration; air purification/HVAC; property insurance; and laundry additives and softener sheets.• Developed a formula using ratios to indirectly calculate the approximate percentage of homes and businesses with property insurance in over 20 European countries to show market potential for insurance restoration efforts; had insufficient data and this was the only way to get these percentages.• Created maps using Microsoft MapPoint for various purposes, including finding the density of certain geographic markets for disaster restoration firms based on sales volumes, employee size, and other parameters.

Created 10-12 online homework assignments per semester as well as tutored 5-10 students twice each week. Performed research on JSTOR, EconLit, and other academic databases to obtain relevant articles for professors’ research. Managed all aspects of the course website and handled student grading issues.• Taught occasional large lectures of over 160 students in Principles of Microeconomics and Macroeconomics for various faculty members, receiving very high marks for teaching quality and subject matter understanding• Graded 7-10 exams, 5 quizzes, and 4 extra credit assignments each semester. Exam grades would be posted within one or two hours after completion of the final section of the class.

Ran for election, at the age of 25, as an Independent candidate against a seven-term incumbent Republican and a Democrat. Appeared in legislative forums on statewide Iowa Public Television, radio, and in front of audiences. Created and maintained my own website with very detailed responses on issues facing America. Answered a minimum of 2 legislative surveys per week from various organizations regarding my opinions on multiple issues as well as responded to 5-10 emails per week from potential voters.• Received 5,499 votes (2.31%) while living in Kansas, being in school, and spending only $350 on the campaign, which equates to nearly 16 votes per dollar spent• Received largest percentage of votes, and total votes, of any independent U.S. House candidate in the state of Iowa in the election, regardless of district• Created a conceptual economic model, similar to an overlapping generations model, to equitably and fairly phase out Social Security over a 50-year period - this plan is currently listed on FixSSNow.org

- Sold all lines of Sears products, including electronics, appliances, fitness, and lawn & garden- Required knowledge of all product lines to give customers correct advice on purchases- Was in the top 3 for total sales every month- Earned a 24% Master Protection Agreement sales percentage in the fitness equipment division, which is 4 times greater than what Sears deems as "good"- Provided excellent customer service by always greeting customers with a smile and being courteous and helpful

Ran for election as an Independent candidate against a four-term incumbent Democrat. Used online and print media, relying primarily on free political questionnaires and surveys which were sent to me by various political organizations. Gave interviews to multiple newspapers on my views and opinions regarding political issues.• Received 3,336 votes (25.6%) from spending less than $90 on the campaign, which equates to over 37 votes per dollar spent

Conducted demographic research and analysis of three geographic areas (including SANDEAN’s area) attempting to secure a dealership opportunity with Kubota Tractor. Maintained office in the absence of the secretary and president.• Performed break-even and profit analyses to determine whether company should pursue oil change business. Proved to President of the company that either his prices would have to be considerably higher than he anticipated, or the volume of oil changes each hour would have to be higher in order to earn a profit.• Audited most of the company's accounting system attempting to find errors or missing entries - found several errors due to incorrect transfer pricing totaling over $15,000.• Created inventory list of in-stock bearings of various brands and matched in-stock numbers with comparable bearings from other brands such as John Deere to expedite the process of matching a customer’s needs with non-manufacturer brands.