American Battery Technology Company (ABAT ticker) provides technical development and commercialization of domestic, sustainable sourcing of critical battery materials through lithium-ion battery recycling and battery metal extraction technologies for use in batteries that power electric cars, grid storage applications, and consumer electronics and tools. Uplisted to Nasdaq.

Evolution Research Group, a leading, private equity held, independent clinical research site company in the US. Responsible for planning, implementing, managing and controlling all financial-related activities of the company. Key interface with Linden Capital Partners, banks and BOD. Takes a strategic role in the overall management of the company and business partner to CEO.

CFO at Innovairre, a global leader in fundraising solutions to NPOs, nonprofit agencies and commercial organizations. Responsible for all aspects of finance (including financial and operational control, financial systems implementation, planning, forecasting and analysis, financial reporting, audit, tax and treasury, working capital management and M&A).

Led all aspects of Finance, IT, Real Estate and Procurement for $500M preeminent global, people and organization advisory firm. Partner with CEO, Board of Directors and other members of the Global Leadership Team to establish and execute the company’s vision 2020. Manage a team of more than 200 across the globe. Effective change agent who helped create a more strategic and forward-looking organization. Create standards of excellence and instill a culture of innovation and value-added partnership. Established worldwide consistency and standardization, and embedded best practices for finance and business processes across the company. Provided transformational leadership to company’s IT infrastructure including leadership and executive sponsorship of Microsoft Dynamics implementation. Managed global treasury function and banking relationships. Maintained and improved the company’s fiscal integrity, providing strong oversight of financial controls, including internal audit function, audit committee of the Board and external auditors. Built and motivated a high-performing, diverse team to get to world class. Spearheaded due diligence, negotiation and integration with Korn Ferry.

Led all aspects of finance for $2.5B line of business encompassing Business Dining, Refreshment Services and Facility Services across North America. Managed team of 85 with 11 direct reports. Developed financial plans and forecasts. Assessed organizational performance against both the annual budget and company’s long-term strategy. Developed tools and systems to provide value added financial and operational information and made actionable recommendations on both strategy and operations. Served as member of executive leadership team and partner with COO on all strategic matters. Helped lead implementation of CRM system Salesforce.com and ERP system Oracle's Hyperion Planning. Assisted with the initiation of a greenfield, 500 person Shared Service Center in Nashville encompassing numerous financial processes.

Business partner to Refreshment Services President for $1B line of business. Integrated $150M acquisition and achieved synergies goals. Exceeded all targets by defining strategy and implementing initiatives to drive growth and productivity. Drove key decisions pertaining to strategic initiatives, operating model and operational execution. Restructured team to support growth and was selected to core team to implement Corporate finance centralization. Analyzed new business proposals and rebids. Led sales force automation and customer relationship management software implementation.

Recruited as a change agent from Fortune 100 to increase financial rigor at a newly public company by implementing disciplined financial processes and best practices. Led team of 25 with responsibility for Visa’s volume and support incentives of +$1B. Managed Visa’s strategic technology project portfolio of $700M in cost and $300M in capital expenditures. Produced P&Ls by product (debit, credit, commercial and prepaid) and initiated P&Ls for top 20 clients. Provided strategic and analytical support to President and his directs covering all of Visa’s Global Business Functions. Leadership responsibility for Multi Year Plan, Budget and Forecasts and monthly actuals covering $2.5B in expenses for IT, Marketing, Product Development, HR, Legal, Finance, Customer Service and Risk. Direct report to CFO.

Managed direct staff of 5 and indirect staff of 6 (700+ finance employees in Latin America) for $3B business. Led all aspects of finance and systems functions including Planning, IT, Treasury, Taxes, Accounting, Internal Controls, Sales and Supply Chain Controlling, Strategy and Business Development. Strong right hand to Regional President on all strategic matters. Impact:• Developed focused brand and country strategy to capture growth opportunities that has resulted in double-digit top and bottom line growth. • Region exceeded all financial growth targets via strong oversight of financial planning and actuals processes.• Negotiated divestiture of 5 non-core businesses, 3 minority partners’ buyouts and 3 strategic alliances.• Developed cash generation and repatriation strategies minimizing taxes that resulted in $1B in remittances. • Improved internal controls and Sarbanes Oxley process. Managed external auditors.• Led implementation of SAP system region-wide.

Ex-pat assignment managing direct staff of 9 (150+ finance employees in Brazil) for largest business in Region ($1B). Led all aspects of finance function in the complex Brazilian environment. Business partner to General Manager. Impact:• Developed and implemented strategies to capitalize on market trends resulting in record growth.• Led working capital programs to maximize cash flow and remitted first ever dividend (+$500M). • Directed the development of the annual budget and quarterly forecasts and exceeded all financial targets.• Finalized integration of Nabisco and led divestiture of non-core nuts business.• Managed cost from 10 manufacturing facilities and significantly reduced cost via plant consolidation.• Oversaw daily cash and managed banking relationships to focus organization on cash flow. • Worked closely with external auditors on year-end audit and resolved US/Brazilian GAAP issues.• Developed mentoring program for finance and implemented leadership training to improve bench strength.

Director of FP&A for newly formed Kraft Foods Latin America post Nabisco acquisition and spin off from Philip Morris

Established financial procedures and ERP system for newly formed LA Region. Managed the annual budget, forecasting and actuals reporting processes. Developed and executed Kraft Latin America’s acquisition strategy.

Assisted in the development and execution of Altria Corporate acquisition strategy which completed 40 deals. Won President’s award for work on Freia Marabou transaction ($1.4B acquisition). Prepared and presented Corporate strategic plan.