• Responsible for the direction, coordination, control, and administration of the Finance Department.• Plans and directs the Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Accounting, Treasury, Tax Assessment and Collection, Risk Management, and the City's Information System areas through division supervisors. • Establishes and recommends Citywide policies, develops operating systems and prepares standard procedures relating to financial, management, and budget responsibilities encompassed in the City Charter, State and Federal Statutes and administrative regulations.• Prepares and assists in the administration of the City budget and indebtedness program, oversees budget administration, directs and controls the expenditure of City and department fund allocations within the constraints of approved budgets.• Directs short term and long range investment and borrowing strategy, provides revenue forecasts, equipment schedules, debt service schedules, cash management of City funds, and is responsible for the custody of all funds.• Prepares financial information for bond offerings and the City's Annual Financial Report• Recommends risk management and is responsible for the maintenance of accounts and fiscal records and the preparation of all generally accepted and special accounting statements and reports.supervisors. • Prepares statistical and narrative reports including financial statements for the Mayor, City Council and Board of Finance; attends City Council and Board of Finance meetings.supervisors. • Provides fiscal management and control of State and Federal grants and special fund programs.• Recommends the annual financial plan and operating budget objectives and goals, and directs the promulgation of required guidelines.• Coordinates with the Director of Law regarding assessments and the collection of taxes.

Family business consisting of 4 Dairy Queen’s and several real estate holdings.

• Responsible for the coordination of numerous projects intended to foster economic and community development around the Groton and New London areas of the Thames River. • Responsible for the financial, operational, administrative, and legal aspects of the daily operations of the organization. • Implemented policies and procedures and was responsible for budgeting, financial reporting, public relations, marketing, and the supervision and management of paid and volunteer staff.

• Provide overall direction to the division which consists of thirteen Smashburger and Jersey Mikes Subs restaurants which have annual sales over $15M, over 300 employees, two training facilities, and overall store positive EBITDAM • Responsible for real estate site review and analysis, construction oversight, project budget and general facilities maintenance; store information technology matters; local store marketing campaigns; recruitment, hiring, training and career development of employees; and overall store operations.• Improved same store month over month (prior year and prior months) sales and profitability measures by implementing the following:o an incentive based bonus systems for all managers focused on overall EBITDAM vs sales, cogs, or budgeted figureso cost effective local store marketing campaigns which increased brand and location awareness which resulted in higher saleso an automated labor matrix which reconciled to schedules and actual labor hours which significantly reduced labor hourso decreased COGS through improved waste management, proper proportioning and enhanced inventory trackingo decreased other operational costs through zero based budgeting and other cost reduction measures• Implemented effective, efficient, and scalable business and operational processes which allowed for rapid growth and store development while ensuring proper accountability measures were in place. • Since 2010 one of seven members of the Mohegan Tribe 401K, Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plan Investment Committee who has fiduciary responsibility of plan assets of $300 million for over 9,000 participants.

• First employee of the newly created business diversification department for the Mohegan Tribe which later became Mohegan Holding Company, LLC and today consists of six divisions and over 500 employees• Performed due diligence and developed business and financial models on non-gaming business opportunities to determine which business opportunities met the financial and business criteria for proper business diversification.

• Responsible for managing over twenty five employees within the following divisions: Purchasing & Building Services; Accounts Payable & Receivable; Payroll; Budgets & Analysis; Tax & Compliance; and Financial Accounting & Reporting.• Responsible for the annual financial audits, monthly financial reporting packages, and capital and operating budgets for the Mohegan Tribe (consisting of over 30 departments) and its numerous entities which had combined assets of over $275 million and annual budgets in excess of $100 million.• Oversaw the maintenance of the Mohegan Tribe long term consolidated pro-forma cash flows which incorporated Mohegan Sun’s pro-forma income statements, cash flows and related financings, gaming distributions to the Tribe, tribal tax-exempt financings, government tax revenues, government capital and operational expenditures, distributions to tribal members, business development opportunities, and other entity pro-forma cash flows.• Responsible for all treasury and investment matters including cash and investment policy creation, selection of operational and investment money managers, and continuous review of the Tribe and the Minors Trust cash management and investment portfolios.• Assisted with the issuance and project reconciliations for four financings totaling over $225 million • Initiated and negotiated the first Indirect Cost proposal for the Mohegan Tribe which resulted in annual cash inflows of over $2 million dollars in contract support costs.• Submitted and received approval for a $2 million USDA Intermediary Relending Program loan program for the organization• Submitted and received approval for a $1.6 million USDA Rural Business Development grant for an incubator programPrevious positions included Auditor, Accountant, Financial Accounting Supervisor, and the Manager of Finance.