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California, United States

Windsor, California

Napa, California

Excited about providing a wide range of Finance, Manufacturing, Operations, and IT services to local, national, and international clients.Business Strategy • Business Process Analysis • Manufacturing Costs • Financial and Management Controls • Product Development Valuations • Systems Implementation and Cleanup • Supply Chain and Inventory Management • Extensive EU Region Experience • Forensic Accounting • Mergers, Acquisitions, & Business Integrations

Dallas, Texas

Business Strategy • Business Process Analysis • Mergers, Acquisitions, & Business Integrations • Financial and Management Controls • Product Development • Systems Implementation and Cleanup • Supply Chain and Inventory Management • Extensive EU Region Experience • Forensic Accounting

Greater Chicago Area

- Key member of the Global Product Development Team- Key member of the Global Finance Team, reporting to Senior V.P. - Finance- Key member of the Global Finance sub-committee for developing and reviewing financial policies- Strategic Planning- Commercial business decision support- Business performance analytics- Developed tools and processes in a gated environment that brought financial discipline to the Product Marketing, and Product Development Groups- Performed due diligence on all New Product Proposals, recommending those that provided acceptable ROI and/or revenue growth.- Implemented tools that allowed real-time reporting of ROI

San Francisco Bay Area

- Developed tools and processes that brought discipline to the Sales, Marketing, Product Marketing, and Product Development Groups, by allowing them to understand the financial viability of every sales opportunity, product idea, development project and technology acquisition, in a consistent and easy-to-understand format.- Developed financial monitoring tools that allowed business leaders and teams to understand the profitability of customers, product lines, and individual products.- Key member of implementation team of Oracle and Hyperion products.- Performed due diligence on acquisition targets, and make recommendations- Work with Controller and FP&A Manager to manage Budgets, Outlooks, and Forecasts

London, United Kingdom

- Key member of EU Team – managing Kensington’s European Operations.- Developed and implemented a variety of business strategies & plans related to products, customers, and vendors.- Managed all aspects of Supply Chain, Product Pricing, Customer Program Policies, Intellectual Property, Contracts and Technical Support.- Worked with Global team to integrate common policies and procedures, and to maximize efficiency.- Managed Budgets, Forecasts, and Outlooks.- Managed Financial Reporting with detailed analysis and executive summary.- Managed administrative office and staff issues.- Established Regional goals / targets and policies.

San Francisco Bay Area

- Key leader / member in multi-site implementation of Oracle ERP and Hyperion.- Managed all areas of Finance including AR, AP, GL, Payroll, Fixed Assets, Cost Accounting, and Budgeting in a complex, multi-system, multi-national environment.- Responsible for ensuring timely reporting using a three-day month-end close format.- Interface with internal and external auditors.- Ensured that internal controls were in compliance at all times. Develop appropriate new internal controls as new systems/processes were being established.- Implemented automated processes to extract and interpolate data from Oracle significantly increasing productivity and information provided.

Vancouver, Canada Area

- Key member in all strategic and tactical aspects of acquisition by Kensington.- Initially provided forensic accounting services to this manufacturer of computer peripherals. Brought in a team of 16 clerks to assist in the task.- Was asked by the President to remain and assist the Company in ongoing business issues.- Worked with vendors during an extended period of tight cash flows in order to keep raw materials flowing in.- Drove internal processes with VP’s from Sales, Marketing, Finance, Operations, and R&D to coordinate company resources in manufacturing current products and new product launches.Completed the business plan that was used to obtain financing.- Key member of the operations transition team that was tasked with moving manufacturing operations to China.

Vancouver, Canada Area

- Worked on a variety of engagements (small and large) in different industries (e.g. mining, ski resort, real estate, manufacturing, life insurance) with assets of up to $1 billion and revenues of up to $500 million.- Supervised complex consolidations with national and foreign subsidiaries.- Involved in mergers and acquisitions to determine accounting treatment and understand impact on financial reporting.- Planning engagements, reviewing work of field staff, performing fieldwork on high risk/complicated areas, reporting directly to partner on engagements consisting of up to 300 hours of fieldwork; preparation and review of financial statement note disclosure, billing, and preparation of corporate tax returns.- Evaluating internal controls and reporting to management with recommendations for improvements in a multitude of environments and systems.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Greenpeace is an environmental awareness group that was headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. The headquarters have since been moved to Amsterdam, The Netherlands.- Payroll, inventory, and source entries to take the books to consolidation and financial statements of four operations at year-end.- Prepared annual budgets that included obtaining and analyzing figures from several departments.