• Lead plant cost reduction efforts for all manufacturing sites• Provided analytics and support to reduce raw material inventory be $9M • Developed financial model to analyze plant expansion options and participated in design of expansion• Provided a plant optimization model to guide the commercial team to sell the most profitable mix in sold out plants• Direct the Industrial Engineering role duties• Direct the Product Master Data role duties

• Project Portfolio Manager – improved processes for project prioritization and developed more meaningful project portfolio reporting• Business Effectiveness - lead a team to improve project financial controls, tracking, and processes for the Financial Services group

• Inventory Accountant - lead a team to re-mediate a year old SOX deficiency for an ineffective process to reconcile $600M of supply inventory - Received the Innovation Award in Business Services for leading this effort

• Product Manager o Directed product pricing strategies o Consulted with executive team to review and assess strategies o Facilitated price increases o Set inventory targets and coordinate manufacturing priorities o Formed business alliances i.e. supply agreements, strategic partnerships, sourcing opportunities o Accountability for product spread and profitability o Assessed new product and market opportunities o Conducted market research and compiled competitive pricing o Managed private label customer accounts with $20M of annual revenue• Finance Manager o Lead strategic planning o Integrated product portfolio’s during SI/Propex merger o Analysis of business opportunities including line extensions, R&D projects, new volume opportunities, acquisitions, as well as exit strategies o Tracked market share o Compiled and reported sales forecasts, budgets and variances

• Finance Manager o Analysis of business opportunities including line extensions, R&D projects, new volume opportunities, acquisitions, as well as exit strategies o Tracked market share o Compiled and reported sales forecasts, budgets and variances

• Plant Controller o Chickamauga was SI’s flagship plant which had a $200 million cost structure o Supervised plant accounting function o Partnered with plant staff to reduce costs using Lean tools o Led Kaizen events for plant and accounting function o Leveraged experience to take a leading role in the SAP implementation o Reduced close time from 2 weeks to 1 day and implemented weekly soft closes

• Hired as Sr. Accountant then promoted to Cost Accounting Manager• Supervised plant accounting function• Reduced financial close from 9 days to 4• Participated in phase 1 SAP implementation and phase 2 roadmap• Developed standard cost accounting process after partial SAP implementation

• Performed Cost Accounting duties• Contributed to the successful SAP implementation • Prepared plant expansion financial model analysis• Developed automated plant variance reporting

• Promoted from Staff Accountant levels to Sr. Accountant• Duties for Pennzoil Exploration & Production Co included, offshore gas accounting duties, and development of the gas revenue forecast process • Duties for Pennzoil Products Co included product costing, inventory reconciliations, variance analysis, fixed asset accounting, sales and marketing reporting, and notes receivable