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Michigan, United States; Florida, United States

Ann Arbor, Mi

Researched and negotiated multiple asset-based credit facilitiesSuccessfully managed bank appraisals and field examsIdentified additional opportunities to increase inventory advance rates and borrowing capacityNegotiated and implemented treasury workstation for daily cash reporting for both domestic and international operations and cash/debt forecastingEstablished policies and procedures for hedging, foreign exchange and investingSuccessfully negotiated and converted credit card providers for domestic processingManaging conversion of new credit card requirements in UKDrafted and tested treasury policies & procedures for Sarbanes-Oxley

Ann Arbor, Mi

Researched and negotiated two new credit facilities and private placement Executed multiple take out financings for off balance sheet synthetic facility totaling over $125MExecuted $50M treasury lock in anticipation of $54M synthetic facility refinancingNegotiated, monitored, and reconciled all hedging instrumentsEstablished and maintain global banking relationships Researched, negotiated and implemented universal account reconciliation program for Sales Audit Department saving $105,000 annually Consolidated banking relationships and negotiated favorable depository fees savingsEstablishing 364-day credit facility with existing relationship banks Responsible for the complete implementation of a company wide purchasing card program Responsible for day-to-day cash needs including short term borrowing and investingResponsible for establishing banking needs for all new stores including over 700 holiday kiosks

Ann Arbor, Mi

Recovered over $367,000 in Visa/MasterCard interchange fees overcharged by processor Responsible for identifying and researching industry leading international point of sale vendorsNegotiated favorable credit card processing fees for international companies and coordinated the set up of authorization services for new storesResearched, presented and assisted in implementation of an electronic gift card program that achieved 125% of its targeted goal in the first two months of existence Development credit card fraud matrix that helped contain Internet fraud Identified potential providers, presented and established implementation guidelines for purchasing card program corporate wideResponsible for annual credit card fees budget for all companies

Lansing, Michigan Area

Managed five Independent Sales Organizations each responsible for $100 million in annual sales Managed 28 agent banks responsible for $10 million in new sales annually Developed and conducted sales training programs for ISO’s and agent banksIdentified and developed leads for direct marketing sales force

Southfield, Mi

Developed program to offer CD-ROM database links generating over $94,000 in revenue in the first five months of operationDeveloped operation and marketing plans to take the FTD Directory to two color resulting in over $26,400 in revenue for the first two issuesMonitored month-end financials for multiple business units to ensure accuracy

Southfield, Mi

Coordinated the development and implementation of marketing and incentive programs which resulted in a twelve to fifteen percent increase in processing volume Developed and conducted training programs to maintain a level of expertise within the department Developed and maintained promotional material through research and analysis of competitors, pricing, hardware and software solutions for processing credit card transactionsCoordinated the development, testing and implementation of new hardware and software for credit card processing for U.S. and CanadaSuccessfully managed and motivated a staff of eleven employees responsible for all operations of a department that processed over $936 million in credit card transactionsResponsible for financial reconciliation of daily data transmissions, daily ACH funds transmitted to merchant accounts, and inventory of credit card equipment shipped

Certified Treasury Professional

Bachelor Of Arts, Business Administration, December 1996

Courses taken: Principles of Management, Principles of Marketing, Managerial Finance, Business Policy, Marketing Management