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Highland Beach, Florida, United States

Highland Beach, Florida, United States

Pleasant Prairie, Wi

Uline, a family-owned business, is the leading distributor of shipping, industrial and packaging materials to businesses throughout North America.

Deerfield, Il

Finance director and organizational leader for Credit & Leasing Services. Responsible for managing Accounts Receivable for the US Hospital Products, Advanced Surgery, and Renal Businesses as well as all accounting and operational management for the equipment leasing business, including deal management. Led efforts as Global Process Owner for Credit-to-Cash to transition cash application to 3rd party provider for UCAN, LATAM and Western Europe regions.

Finance director and organizational leader for Baxter Capital, whose primary purpose is to provide order management, contract development, and customer financing for OEM hardware placed with US Medical Products customers. Responsible for accounting and operational management of equipment leasing business (full P&L), including credit review, lease classification testing, contract execution and lease booking, monthly billing, asset tracking, UCC-1 filings and financial reporting.

Member of corporate organization formed to drive process improvements within the Supply Chain organization. Achieved Black Belt certification through completion of DMAIC training, project completion, and mentoring of Green Belts.

Member of "Operation Customer Connect" -- a cross functional team formed to implement an Advanced Planning System (APS) within the U.S. supply chain. Participated in the design and development of a business forecasting process to produce net product requirements for manufacturing and distribution planning. Responsible for creating demand planning role within S&OP framework at Baxter.

Responsible for developing and implementing the division’s pricing strategy through the contract development process. Managed analyst team (15-20) responsible for customer analysis, contract development, and pricing implementation for all market segments in the U.S. business. Worked closely with sales and marketing to develop product, therapy, and customer pricing strategies. Developed contract negotiation strategies with sales representatives and often participated directly in contract negotiations with the customer. Established strong working relationships with Renal and corporate legal functions to ensure contracts meet regulatory, anti-trust, and Medicare fraud & abuse requirements. Recognized for breadth of knowledge regarding the dialysis marketplace and Baxter operations and for creating productive relationships with all levels within the Sales organization.

Provided leadership to a new multi-functional operations team (50-60), which included order entry, distribution, credit/collections, and contract administration. Worked closely with Sales Area Director, Region Managers, and sales representatives to develop customized service and contract offerings to meet the competitive needs of the Western region. Transitioned to a newly formed operations team dedicated to serving the needs of national dialysis chain customers, with primary focus on contract/pricing strategy and credit/collections.

Managed analyst team (8-10) responsible for a wide range of sales administration functions, including sales and operating expense budgets, commission plan and sales contest administration, and monthly reporting on key sales operating indicators. Worked closely with VP of Sales in the design and development of annual commission plans.

Established financial accounting and reporting processes for capital equipment utilized in hardware-based dialysis therapies.

Photolithography engineer.

Bs, Business Administration

Bs, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi

Mba, Finance

Activities and Societies: LEAD Facilitator, New Product Lab