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Charlotte, NC, US

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Training and enabling companies to build internal capabilities, leading them through the various phases of the M&A deal life cycle with special focus on Due Diligence, Integration Strategy and Post Merger Integration.Services include Executive advisory, program leadership, capability and playbook development and advice in deploying M&A software tools.Also.

Investing in various private REITs with primary focus on Commercial Real Estate, but also bridge loan investment funds

The Board of M&A Standards is a not-for-profit organization created to “give back” to the M&A community. It is an independent organization and the primary sanctioning body for merger and acquisition needs such as: PracticesToolsTrainingCertification programs

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Drove enhancements through various projects related to Learning and Development, M&A Integration Strategy and Framework development as well as a few key Technology projects. Also provided general M&A and team advisory as needed.

Austin, Texas Area

Led Cognizant’s global Corporate Development Integration team of cross functional M&A integration leaders responsible for the planning and execution of post-merger integration for 30 acquisitions worldwide. Also responsible for Cognizant’s transformation of its end to end M&A integration strategy, process, playbooks, tools, execution, and governance..

Austin / Dallas Texas

Enabling companies to build internal capabilities and leading them through the various phases of the M&A deal life cycle, with special emphasis on Due Diligence, Integration Strategy and Post Merger Integration.Services include Executive advisory, program leadership, capability and playbook development and custom deployment of M&A software tools.Also.

Austin, Texas Area

Led global teams responsible for Dell's End to End integration strategy, process, playbooks, tools, execution, and governance. Execution arm included cross functional program managers responsible for planning and execution of post merger integration for both acquisitions and divestitures. Conducted due diligence on 4 acquistion targets, closed 1 deal, and.

Led global teams of finance professionals in supply chain design and transformation of Dell's manufacturing and logistics network, including financial controllership for the same. Managed financial modeling and transformation of our supply chain network enabling annual savings of $200M.

Doubled a small internal Post Merger Integration team and refined processes to support Dell's Acquisition strategy of 8 acquisitions / year. Supported 6 deals in 6 months.

Penang, Malaysia

Reorganized teams in several locations across the Asia region into a global organization, then led the APJ regional team for 3 yrs, managing Dell's cash flow including Accounts Receivable,Credit, Collections, Accounts Payable, Payroll and T&E. Hired and developed local executive to backfill me.

Dell's internal IT division

United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany

Led Site selection, government incentive negotiations, and site start up for new sales and shared service locations in Europe - Glasgow, Scotland and Halle, Germany. Also responsible for 3 yr growth plans. Lived in Germany for startup.

Employee #2 as we started up this global growth engine for Dell. Led Site Selection, Site Start up, government negotiations, capacity planning, strategic planning

Finance management roles in new plant start up, plant controllership, inventory and business controls management.

Led various teams responsible for all facets of running a distribution center - inbound logistics, receiving, inventory controls, pick/pack/ship, and outbound logistics. Included a marketing role for Northeastern US territory.

Led multiple teams providing telecommunications support for the Airborne Infantry Battalion and local Infantry Brigade. Also led smaller project teams on short term assignments throughout Central and South America.

Mba Finance

Bs - Mgmt; Bas - Systems Engineering, Management & Technology Dual Degree Program

Education record