Providing strategic leadership to help reshape a 40 year old brand with extensive consumer equity and moving it forward for another 40 yearsOversight of Purchasing, Information Technology, Human Resources and Finance teams Responsible for the management and reporting of timely financial and operational results of multiple legal entities including: store operations, franchising, real estate, marketing DMA co-ops, national advertising and charitable foundations with varying owners and board membersLeading the annual financial planning process and tying that into annual operating, marketing, development and strategic plans, then reforecasting as assumptions change through the year Establishing and sharing a standardized set of forecast and benchmark metrics utilizing daily and weekly flashes, dashboards, scorecards and presentations to ensure organizational alignmentEnsuring all levels of compliance with all federal, state and local agencies including but not limited to: annual financial, 401(k), 501(c)(3) and worker’s comp audits; annual franchise disclosure document and state registrations; annual and quarterly IRS and state tax filingsLead strategic planning with the CEO and Leadership Team to financially model a 10-year goal with 1, 3 and 5 year targets to establish milestones needed to achieve the 10-year target Managing through forecasting to ensure 3rd party needs are met including financial covenantsWorking with Development to create financially viable methods of redeveloping our assets with full interior and exterior strengths that identify our brand with our heritage and allow our consumers to identify us anywhere we exist while providing a return for our investorsWorking with the Founder and outside counsel to settle outstanding litigation with the co-founder’s estate by arriving at compromise solutions on business and real estate valuations allowing the suits to settle with the Founder acquiring the underlying operations and real estate

Privately held franchisee of Applebee’s Bar & Grills (DIN) and Pizza Huts (YUM) when consolidated the largest restaurant franchisee in Wisconsin and in the top 40 largest in the United StatesWith the CEO and external counsel, lead Leveraged Buyouts from shareholders of both entitiesLead financial relationships with YUM and Dine Equity CFOs and Leadership Team membersSuccessfully lead each brand out of bank work-out situations, keeping all assets and operating units in place while securing value without requiring outside investmentLead all debt restructuring with national restaurant lenders such as GE and RBS including:o Applebee’s & Pizza Hut $24MM LBO utilizing a combination of cash and leveraged debto Applebee’s $20MM debt restructuring emerging from work-out by negotiating $2.5MM in payment deferrals, delayed payment in kind, deferred fees with lease renegotiations saving the company $8.5MM in lease payments over the remaining lease termo Pizza Hut restructured $18MM combined Senior Debt and Preferred Equity Upon completion of the LBO migrated from CFO to a Board Member as requested by the CEO

Private Equity owned $1B retailer of home improvement lines including flooring, siding and windowsResponsible for development of financial model to support market and product line expansion

Joint Venture (IBP, Smithfield, Tyson, Cargill) funded start-up network solution developed for buyers and sellers of beef, pork and poultry products and services. Ultimately sold to out-of-market developerBrought by Morgan CEO to .com startup to oversee entity set-up and Finance & HR

Venture Capital owned start-up utilizing web-based solutions developed for retained searchBrought by Total Control CFO to .com startup to oversee entity set-up and Finance & HR

Family owned $60MM manufacturer of industrial automation software, hardware and peripherals Involved with the M&As of three separate domestic and international entitiesSuccessful IPO in 1997 raising $16MMAcquired by a division of GE for proprietary information, customer list and patents and closed