Managing financial and operational responsibilities across multiple divisions of the Neace Ventures portfolio, including Falls City Beer, Old 502 Winery, Parlour Pizza, NB Development, and other Neace real estate holdings. Key responsibilities include monthly oversight of financials, data metrics, financial planning and analysis, M&A/Corporate Development, working capital management, banking/investor relations, and operational management.• Manages and leads a team responsible for brewery/wine production, operational efficiency, procurement, and inventory management.• Collaborates with Parlour's management team to identify and implement cost control measures, new site selections, lease negotiations, conversion opportunities, and new business development.• Partners with the Neace Real Estate Team and provides oversight on new commercial/residential development deals, asset valuation, and financing/banking options available to the firm.• Provides thought leadership on special projects including numerous M&A targets across the restaurant, beverage, and hospitality industry.

•Led company's refranchising initiatives and closed six deals generating $45 million in proceeds and $23 million ingains.•Partnered with Habit CFO, presented to the Yum! Executive Team, negotiated and closed 2 franchise restaurantacquisitions that generated $42 million in shareholder value.• Worked in tandem with Yum! Strategy on numerous concept acquisition reviews, tech capability investments, andspecial projects.• Collaborated with Yum! Planning and Taco Bell on a review of the company’s +$650 million real estate portfolio toformulate a divestiture plan that met current-year gain / loss objectives.

•Lead and negotiate vendor sourcing projects that impact cashless payments.•Manage banking relationships with our acquirers, the networks/associations, and card issuers.•Provide backup support to Treasury Operations Director in areas such as managing daily cash positions, wire approvals, FX transactions, and pension plan asset trades.•Lead company refranchising and acquisition initiatives including: asset store strategy, valuation, marketing, negotiations, and execution.•Manage special projects including the evaluation of external concepts, for overall strategic fit and asset valuation, that are potential candidates to bring into the Yum portfolio.

•Lead and negotiate vendor sourcing projects that impact cashless payments.•Negotiated favorable acquirer terms resulting in $17 million in system savings.•Executed a deal with the card networks worth $21 million in system benefit.•Drive best practices in the area of card data security including encryption/tokenization, EMV “chip card” acceptance, and card verification value (CVV) adoption.•Presented to the Federal Reserve and Congressional Staff Members on cashless payment initiatives. •Manage banking relationships with our acquirers, the networks/associations, and card issuers.•Provide backup support to Treasury Operations in areas such as setting daily cash positions, wire approvals, FX transactions, and pension plan asset trades.

•Led the company's restaurant divestiture program and closed 43 transactions (835 stores) that generated proceeds in excess of $500 million.•Developed, updated, maintained, and presented the divestiture forecast to the Finance Executive Team to ensure timely reporting and planning of cash/working capital positions and earnings expectations.•Mentored and coached younger team members to climb the refranchising learning curve and grow next generation leaders within the department.•Created, designed, and implemented process efficiencies and best practices within the refranchising/store divestiture process.

•Executed the company’s refranchising and acquisition initiatives including: asset store strategy, valuation, marketing, negotiations, and execution.•Facilitated “workouts” between franchisees and lenders such as: financial and operational review, valuation, evaluation of strategic alternatives, negotiation strategy and execution.•Performed review and analysis (i.e. due diligence, valuation, etc.) of potential restaurant company acquisitions (on an as needed basis) and other corporate strategy initiatives.

•Organized, created, and implemented controls documentation and test plans for Sarbanes Oxley compliance across several functional/process areas of the business including Human Resources, Legal, and G&A closing.•Developed the company’s entity level audit approach/testing program and procedures; conducted interviews and test procedures with management executives across all facets of the business (including Treasury, Financial Planning, R&D, Public Affairs, Control Department, etc); and delivered test results to management (and external auditors) within tight time frames. •Supervised the department’s Sarbanes Oxley project review, assessment, and testing initiatives for the YRI Sidney, AUS business management unit.

•Supervised engagements to ensure performance of interim and year-end testing, consolidation audit procedures, and compilation of the audit report.•Advised clients in the preparation of annual and quarterly SEC registration filings. •Created qualitative scorecards that outlined value added services given to our clients.•Orchestrated the efforts of a nine person engagement team through a complex initial public offering for a major client. •Assisted the Ernst & Young Advisory Service team on accounting and audit issues on several consulting projects in various industries, such as healthcare and retail consumer products.•Taught team based training courses at Ernst & Young’s Center for Professional Development.

•Assisted in several phases of audit engagements such as interim testing (both controls & substantive), year-end substantive testing, and compilation of the audit report.•Worked on several SEC engagements, including Wendy’s, Bank One, and The Limited.