OpenAire is the world’s premier designer, manufacturer and installer of unique and custom retractable roof enclosures and operable skylights. Deborah Baker is the pivotal glue binding staff, financial success and strategic direction at OpenAire. Her entrepreneurial spirit, positive and supportive leadership style, financial prowess and unwavering commitment to customer service have led OpenAire on a successful and exciting path. Deborah’s key successes include: consistent year over year increases in company sales and net profit; 200+% growth in company net worth; identifying new trends; improving manufacturing efficiencies and growing a strong culture of motivated, committed and productive employees.Deborah has been instrumental in recognizing critical export markets for OpenAire’s growth strategy. One of her key strengths has been to recognize which markets pose the greatest opportunity. As a result, OpenAire is making inroads – they are currently building the world’s largest aluminum-domed indoor waterpark in the Ukraine and are a bidding on numerous global projects. Recently, Deborah began spearheading the LEED strategy for OpenAire including staff education and certification; the company recently completed their first LEED Gold Certified project.Her leadership style is simple – work hard and have fun. She believes in valuing all employees both professionally and personally and believes their individual success will drive the success of OpenAire. To help them, she has job shadowed each of their roles and coaches all of her staff to trust their abilities, do their best and ask questions when they feel uncertain and encounter obstacles.

Responsible for overseeing and managing all Financial, accounting, forecasting, information technology and administrative functions including reporting and anaysis, budgeting, expense restructuring, process and change management, and personnel training. Liaise with all departments providing direction and financial support for all aspects of business operations, focusing on customer satisfJction, change management and profitability.

Reported to the Secretary Treasurer, responsible for all Finance, accounting, information technology and administrative functions. Coordinated a full systems conversion across all departments. Automated accounting and audit functions. Managed Accounting and Service administrative staff.Initiated process improvement in all departments through Financial, process, and staffing analysis.

Responsible for the preparation of consolidated & legal entity financial statements for 18 CECC companies for external reporting; coordination of external & internal audit; management and development of financial and reporting systems including CL, Budgeting, Treasury, Foreign Exchange. Researched and prepared company wide Finance polices and provided Financial and process advise to businesses, with specific concentration on acquisitions and expansions.