Direct financial planning and analysis activities for Cumulus Media. Plan and execute budgeting and forecasting processes, support investor relations and Board of Directors reporting, and identify risks and opportunities across the company. Serve as project manager for performance enhancement activities.

Serve as Treasurer and ex-oficio member of the Interactive Advertising Bureau's Board of Directors. Participate in Board Executive Committee and BoD meetings, assist the IAB with financial and operational matters and support the IAB's mission broadly through the industry.

Directed team of 70 FTE in support of linear television pricing and planning and business intelligence activities.• Linear Inventory Management: Configured and implemented InnVision, Spectrum Reach’s enterprise dashboard for visualization of detailed pricing and sellout trends for thousands of network/zone combinations across Spectrum Reach’s 90+ DMA footprint. Supported Audience App, linear household addressability and other new products.• Pricing Analysis: Developed quantitative, viewership-driven approach to rate card design. Developed databases for quantitative analysis of CPM and CPP trends, as well as visual sales cycle analysis to identify customer buying patterns and sales team selling patterns.• Business Intelligence & Systems: Co-authored next-generation business intelligence specifications. Provided guidance to development efforts on CRM integration. Supervised daily production of sales and revenue reporting.

Served as divisional CFO for the $1B+ advertising business unit of a $22B Fortune 150 company; managed team of 50 FTE.• Financial Planning, Analysis & Control: Directed revenue, expense and capex planning activities for TWC Media. Developed new analytical approaches to better measure business unit performance and support earnings materials. Guided financial modeling. Supervised audit activities and signed management representation letters.• Sales Analysis & Forecasting: Analyzed detailed sales data to identify patterns and emergent trends. Developed modeling systems to integrate pricing and sellout information to build revenue projections and anticipated cost of goods. Supported detailed activity reporting by geography, commodity, channel, partner and salesperson.• Business Intelligence & Systems: Supervised business intelligence systems development. Provided guidance to development efforts on CRM integration and new advertising billing systems.• Comcast/Charter Merger Liaison: Served as divisional integration lead and point of contact for M&A and Legal teams for planned Comcast and Charter transactions. Coordinated information exchanges among operating groups. Generated responses to Comcast/NBC Universal, Charter and regulatory agency data requests.

Established operational improvement function and directed process improvement programs generating over $150 million in annual expense savings across multiple functional areas. Supervised $45 million in annual consulting spend, produced management financial and operational progress reporting and guided project management teams.• Field Operations – Trouble Call Reduction: Team improved front-line customer service representative diagnostic skills, resulting in better first-call resolution and reducing frequency of resource-intensive truck rolls.• Call Center Operations: Team improved functionality of automated call handling systems, implemented better automated customer authentication procedures and improved call handling and routing procedures.• Finance Reorganization: Team benchmarked TWC finance organization against world-class standards and reduced workforce by 150 FTEs, resulting in annual savings of $20 million.• Other Projects: Supervised other efforts in order management, billing system standardization and human resources.

Led corporate financial support activities, with an emphasis on external factors (e.g., competition, Wall Street, economy).• Investor Relations/External Reporting: Monitored Wall Street analyst reports, published quarterly performance analytics to prepare senior team for earnings call. Reviewed draft earnings documents, including 10-K/10-Q. • Long Range Projection: Planned, executed and presented five-year operational and financial projection to senior management. Developed key assumptions and authored presentations for senior team and Board of Directors.• Board of Directors/Senior Management Presentations: Prepared monthly CFO financial updates for the TWC Board of Directors. Summarized peer and competitor performance for the Board of Directors on a quarterly basis.• Competitive Intelligence: Monitored peer and competitor earnings reports and presentations. Designed and managed competitive intelligence database and provided benchmarking comparisons on a quarterly basis.• Treasury and M&A: Generated analytical support for key Treasury initiatives, such as dividend planning and share repurchase programs. Worked with deal teams to support valuation models and due diligence process.

Led financial planning activities for a Fortune 200 company, focused on internal planning and performance analysis.• Budgeting & Forecasting Process Management: Designed, prepared and distributed budget submission packages. Managed communications process with field financial management. Cleared process issues with senior management.• Budget/Forecast Consolidation & Analysis: Consolidated budget and forecast submissions, verified data quality and summarized results. Identified and quantified key areas of risk and opportunity. Reviewed results with CFO, COO and CEO on a monthly basis and recommended action steps for senior management.• Metrics & Analytical Techniques: Implemented new analytical methods to streamline forecast and budget review process, including rate/volume/mix analysis, predictive risk assessment models and variance analysis improvements.• Financial Systems: Implemented Hyperion Essbase, developed documentation and trained TWC finance personnel.• Accounting Coordination: Worked closely with Corporate Accounting team on coordinating treatment of new items, handling forecasting of accounting adjustments and developing high-level closing variance explanations.

Led financial operations and strategic planning for Rainbow (now AMC Networks) regional sports networks (New England, Bay Area) and startup video-on-demand channels (MagRack and sportskool). Areas of coverage included budgeting, long-range planning, affiliate and advertising revenue streams, original production expenses, licensed programming, digital operations, and e-commerce strategy.

Served as financial planning & analysis lead for VOOM, Cablevision's direct broadcast satellite venture. Managed revenue and expense planning, projected programming costs based on carriage lineups and subscriber volumes, reviewed subscriber acquisition proposals, monitored project cash flows and served as key liaison with Cablevision corporate team.

Management consultant focused on strategy and operations projects. Industries covered included media, healthcare, aerospace, financial services and the US Navy. Project assignments across the United States and the Middle East. Assisted in global proposal development and sales efforts for the media sector.

Served as divisional CFO for CBS Operations & Engineering, a $500 million, 600-employee group within the CBS Television Network. Managed team of 6 FTEs in support of budgeting, forecasting, resource utilization analytics and collective bargaining/industrial relations support activities. Managed business analysis and participated in negotiations for CBS' 14-year, $84 million long-term transponder lease arrangement. Key project team member in the implementation of Elcom e-procurement system. Remediated Y2K financial systems risk with implementation of Hyperion Pillar.

Led below-the-line financial and sourcing activities for CBS' Emmy-winning broadcast of the 1998 Winter Olympics. Responsibilities included budgeting, forecasting, foreign currency projections, logistics, capital management and post-broadcast asset disposition. Developed international tax strategy to save CBS over $1 million in sales taxes.