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LAS Capital LLC is a startup venture capital company focused on investing in the future of sustainable mobility.

Farmington Hills, Michigan, US

Sharonville, OH, US

• Workhorse is a U.S.-based Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) developer of medium-duty, battery-electric delivery vehicles and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) delivery drones that are fully integrated with Workhorse.
• Implementation on time and under budget or the new ERP system making the financial statement reporting timely and accurate for SEC and external reporting.
• Implementation of manufacturing module to manage plant production planning and tracking of products.
• Redesigned the IT infrastructure to make it more efficient and responsive while reducing maintenance costs achieving optimal performance.

Sharonville, OH, US

• Led all financial areas including: timely preparation of all SEC reports, investor relations, interactions with financial institutions, supervised monthly P&L actual/forecast/budget analysis, business strategy.
• Instrumental in moving the company from OTC markets to NASDAQ.
• Successfully coordinated multiple capital raises to finance production and go to market.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

International Automotive, Industrial and Office Products Company with $13 billion in annual salesOrganized, coordinated, executed control process improvement and cost savings projects for all company divisions. Key responsibilities included: - Lead Global Business Intelligence Reporting implementation, selected Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise.

Led the company turnaround projects and worked on sale of the division together with the corporate M&A team. Key tasks included: - Responsible for all financial aspects the company including month end close, Financial Statement preparation, Cash flow management, budgets and forecasts, reporting and analysis for the subsidiary President and Headquarters..

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Responsible for the execution of the Sarbanes Oxley Project for the entire corporation. Consulted and agreed with external auditors on the scope of documentation and testing. Applied COSO and Cobit framework to document key internal controls. Executed and documented internal testing to identify and correct deficiencies before the external auditor’s review..

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Supervised financial aspects of company operations on subsidiaries in Mexico and Canada.Canadian Subsidiaries: Analyzed, identified and established new policies and procedures in the Canadian operations resulting in important administrative expense savings in the Montreal headquarter offices.Mexican Subsidiaries: Directed and coordinated a number of.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Mexican Subsidiary Turn-around Project:Directed and coordinated a number of projects in GPC’s Mexican wholly owned subsidiary (AutoTodo) with the objective of turning around the business. Projects were concentrated on increasing profitable sales and reducing cost through process improvement. The operation was successfully turned around and went from.

Northville, Michigan, US

Division commercializes and distributes replacement auto parts for Latin America, Asia and the Middle East as well as the Eastern European Countries. Responsible for: - The preparation and analysis of the strategic, marketing and business plans. - Supervised the preparation of the consolidated financial statements. - Prepared variance analysis vs. plan.

Étoy, Vaud, CH

International Fruit and Processed Foods Company with $ 3.1 billion annual salesDivision produces and sells processed fruits for industrial applications (juice, yogurt, ice cream, baby food, bakery and others) with two processing plants located in Central America (Honduras, and Costa Rica) and markets in Europe, Middle East, North and South America, Japan.

Étoy, Vaud, CH

Audited expansion projects in four countries, (Costa Rica, Colombia, Guatemala and Honduras). Reviewed budget preparation, actual vs. budget reporting, total cost forecast, policies and procedures, contracts administration and project activities control. Reported findings to Senior Executive Vice President of Operations. Performed financial and operational.

DK

Subsidiary of the East Asiatic Company, LTD A/S (Denmark)International Food Processing Company – Global sales $1billionSupervised accounting operations and consolidation of group companies. Reviewed monthly reporting of actual vs. budget variances for parent company. Reviewed tax return preparation. Supervised preparation of the 3-year strategic plan.

Audit Manager 85 88Staff Assistant, Senior Accountant 80 85Planned & Supervised Financial Statement Audits of both private and public companies. Industries included: manufacturing, distribution, financial services, mostly subsidiaries of Fortune 500 referred clients.

Purchase, New York, US

Financial Manager Assistant 79 80 Controller Assistant 78 79

Executive Development

Education record

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting And Finance

High School, Science