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Frankfurt Am Main, Hesse, DE

Served as one of two US-based managing directors offering corporate finance advisory services to US clients interested in expanding or repositioning their business portfolio in Europe. Transactions include mergers, product and technology acquisitions, and asset divestitures.

Mentor, OH, US

• Tasked with designing, implementing, and leading a comprehensive, risk-based compliance program for 12,000 employees operating in over 100 countries. My key accomplishments:
• Developed system and trained employees and international commercial business partners to comply with anti-bribery and anti-corruption measures including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (provided live training to over.
• Instituted supply chain transparency to achieve compliance with US (e.g. conflict minerals) and international labor (e.g. UK Modern Slavery) and materials standards
• Served as company’s data protection officer and completed General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) preparedness without the use of a business consultant three months prior to enforcement
• Coordinated the enterprise risk management process including board presentation and approval
• Managed global ethics hotline, led ethics committee and ethics investigations

Mentor, OH, US

Led effort to integrate the healthcare business and administrative functions (Finance, HR, IT, Legal) of Synergy Healthcare plc, the largest acquisition in the company’s history with revenues of $600M; project plan required completion of 300+ actions steps across US, Europe, and Asia.

Mentor, OH, US

• Held operating results responsibility for businesses in Latin America, Asia, and Australia.
• Staffed and managed each geography with both direct employees and third party commercial dealers demonstrating consistent organic revenue growth
• Evaluated emerging markets and on-boarded at least five new commercial dealers each year
• Trained commercial dealer organizations on products and services portfolio and compliance and ethics
• Managed customer quality issues, logistics, equipment warranties and service

Mentor, OH, US

• Served as lead M&A executive supporting product portfolio and international expansion; executed transactions valued at more than $1.5B
• Structured transactions, negotiated and integrated acquired businesses and technologies in Europe, Asia, and Latin America
• Led European performance improvement project resulting in $10M annual margin improvement
• Assumed leadership of global supply chain during management transition
• Coordinated company-wide strategic and operating plans

• Upon completion of MBA degree, was hired into the company’s executive training program in finance; responsibilities progressed eventually resulting in promotion to vice president position ten years later in $17 billion.
• Vice President, Business Development and Strategic Planning
• Director, Business Development
• Manager, Mesa II Program
• Management Associate – Finance

Entry-level role included use of a standard cost reporting system to measure performance at a large automotive stamping plant in Twinsburg, Ohio. The position allowed for work as a plant foreman, supervising 25 – 30 UAW press operators on weekends to relieve the regular plant staff. The experience helped to ensure reasonable standard costs and meaningful.

Mba

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Finance, General