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Dallas, Texas, United States

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Los Angeles, California, Us

Lead finance, accounting, and human resources for early-stage VC-backed automotive technology company. Served as trusted partner on leadership team to revitalize the business, formulate and execute strategy, ensure business decisions and capital allocation are grounded in sound financial and operational analysis tied to ROI, and raise funding to execute growth and exit strategy.Selected Accomplishments:✔ Drove P&L and budget accountability, cost management, risk management, and cash flow.✔ Closed venture-debt financing and play key role in equity fund raising to provide growth capital and extend the cash runway.✔ Professionalized financial reporting and analysis, transitioned the company to GAAP accrual-basis accounting. Built agile financial infrastructure, processes, and controls to support growth.✔ Played leadership role in formulating pricing strategy and deal structure.✔ Overhauled financial forecasting process and established a comprehensive, reliable budget.✔ Built lean high performing finance team.

Torrance, California, Us

Served as key member of executive management team to oversee finance, accounting, treasury, tax, IT and HR functions. Created new processes and communication channels to surge cross-functional decision-making. Developed high-performance financial culture that rewards achievement and encourages continuous improvement at all organizational levels.Selected Accomplishments:✔ Established robust working capital and cash flow management process designed to maximize liquidity. ✔ Implemented turnaround management that included business process improvements, and a new ERP platform providing critical functionality and enhancements.✔ Drove up gross margins by revamping media analytics to optimize investment, marketing effectiveness, and media mix.✔ Played key role in developing go-to-market strategy for a significant geographic expansion of the business to Texas and other regions, and into new revenue channels.

Peachtree Corners, Georgia, Us

Served as integral member of senior management team to develop company’s financial management strategy and enhance policies, programs and systems to optimize efficiency and improve overall effectiveness of the organization. Key Highlights: ✔ Oversaw a 7-figure corporate budget and managed a 30-person organization with 7 direct reports.✔ Contributed to the development of the company’s strategic goals and manage finance, accounting, human resources, IT, account management groups for 7-figure company with 3,000 employees and 90+ work sites.✔ Managed overall operating and capital budgets including 7-figure line of credit and total debt.✔ Integral in successfully positioning the company for sale and leading and executing a merger transaction with its largest competitor.✔ Executed and integrated an acquisition of a competitor that resulting in enhancing the company's growth and margin profile.

Chicago, Il, Us

Led efforts for corporate turnaround, restructuring, interim management, and financial advisory firm focused on distressed companies. Advised owners, management, investors and lenders, and developed turnaround and restructuring plans. Assumed integral finance and operational management roles, and provided critical leadership throughout crises while motivating and retaining integral talent.Key Highlights:✔ Appointed interim CFO to direct financial management and strategy, accounting, HR, IT, and Facilities for global lifestyle footwear and apparel company (managed 49 employees in US and Europe). ✔ Served as interim manager for educational supplies retailer with 33 locations in 5 states facing a liquidity crisis.✔ Restructured consumer products company with 300 employees to continue operations and avoid bankruptcy, resulting in stabilized cash flow and overcoming severe liquidity constraints.

Chicago, Il, Us

Performed corporate turnaround, restructuring, and interim management. Advised companies, investors, and lenders in restructuring of companies in distress or transition. Advanced recommendations critical in lender and sponsor decision to fund businesses and pursue key asset sales to maximize value.

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Directed turnaround management and distressed investing for foodservice equipment company ranked as one of the top 10 in the country.

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Served as analyst at private equity firm focused on middle-market buyout and growth investments in the business services sector.

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Analyzed, performed due diligence, and presented transaction recommendations for leveraged buyout and growth equity investment opportunities across a broad range of industries.

Mba, Strategic Management, Finance, & Accounting

B.A., Economics