Driving key projects and supporting my successor in preparation for my 2023 retirement.

Led the transformation of this respected but stagnating tier I automatic door company into a modernized, growing specialty access solutions company. Key team accomplishments under my leadership:• Updated and expanded the product portfolio while simplifying/consolidating to 40% fewer platforms.• Implemented LEAN manufacturing practices, improving quality and efficiency.• Launched a second brand/portfolio to pursue growing lower price-point segments without devaluing the premium Horton brand.• Grew distribution by ~40%.• Acquired and integrated Won-Door Fire & Security to enable growth through Horton distribution.• Strengthened the leadership and broader management team, including recruitment and development of my successor.

Led strategy and corporate business development for this $1B provider of door and access solutions and services for commercial, industrial and residential applications. In addition to the flagship Overhead Door brand, ODC's market-leading divisions and brands include Wayne Dalton, Genie, Horton Automatics, TODCO, Creative Door Services and NationServe.• Acquired and integrated five distribution and services companies ranging in value from $2M to $45M.• Instituted new strategy processes that matured organizational strategic thinking, planning and execution.• Shut-down a $20M French manufacturing subsidiary, navigating complex employee-protective legal barriers.• Led strategic discussions with key customer, customer councils and management teams to identify pathways to improve products, services, relationships and profitability.

Co-led redevelopment and re-launch of HP’s Digital Hospital solution. Led a global pan-HP team in the development of an expanded DH2.0 solution framework that aligned HPs services and hardware business units to a common vision, language and collaborative execution approach. Organized international training events to equip sales teams.• Captured dispersed tribal knowledge into re-usable IP, enabling effective and cost- efficient deal pursuits.• Drove qualified sales pipeline growth of $1.2B (240%) in 9 months.

Focused on technology consulting, infrastructure and business process outsourcing services, led multi-disciplinary teams in all phases of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures and strategic business development. Assisted in strategic planning, including analyses of corporate portfolio, industry trends and opportunities, and inorganic growth strategy alternatives. Transactional experience spanned multiple countries (e.g., India, U.K., Germany, Canada, etc.) with substantial experience in both privately held and publicly-traded company transactions in India.• Acquired four multinational companies ranging in value from $20M to $380M.• Core member of deal team responsible for $13.9B sale of EDS to Hewlett Packard.• Led challenging buyout of JV partner and subsequent $125M divestiture of ExcellerateHRO• Led negotiations and regulatory process for the legal merger of EDS India into MphasiS, resulting in an 11% increase in EDS’ shareholdings to 62%.

Member of team that led Mirant Energy and Exide Technologies out of Chapter 11 restructuring.

Reporting to the CEO, led mergers, acquisitions and strategic planning for this multi-national provider of sales, marketing, retailing and other services to manufacturers and retailers of consumer goods and food. - Led all phases of the mergers and acquisitions process (e.g., target search, negotiations, due diligence, financial modeling and economic analysis, contract development, closing, integration, etc.) resulting in the successful acquisitions of four companies in the U.S., India, Australia and New Zealand. - Led corporate and divisional executives in development of strategy and strategic plans. Revitalized the company by creating a common vision, strategic focus, organizational commitment, and execution roadmap.

Led multi-discipline and multi-national teams in evaluating more than one-hundred merger and acquisition targets and executing related transactions for corporations and private equity groups. Recognizable clients included: AlliedSignal; Aviall; Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst; Honeywell; Laidlaw; Lucent Technologies; Perkin Elmer; Pratt & Whitney; Prudential Financial; New York Yankees; Texas Pacific Group; Sky Chefs; and Starwood Lodging.• Co-managed the Dallas-based Transaction Advisory Services group, including business development, strategic planning, recruiting, training and managing up to 25 professionals.• Selected in 1999 as one of approximately 100 top-rated PricewaterhouseCoopers professionals across the country to receive a full scholarship to pursue an Executive MBA.

Managed multiple service teams in planning, executing and reporting on GAAP audits and performing related services for companies ranging from start-ups to multinational SEC companies. Supported clients through two successful initial public offerings and multiple rule 144A private placements.

Planned, performed and supervised internal audits and other special projects for more than two hundred operations of this multinational “Fortune 200” energy and industrial products and services company.

Planned, performed and supervised GAAP audits of publicly traded, privately held and non-profit companies.