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Greater Milwaukee Area

Holistic project management and strategic partner ready and able to execute your vision in business transformation, transitions, and change initiatives with a holistic approach, bringing together multi-functional disciplines to deliver integrated solutions.

Greater Chicago Area

Led operational improvement and savings initiative program, advanced innovation, and ensured commercial growth and field process standardization on $62M portfolio consisting of 17 sites in US and Canada. • Led overall transformation agenda in first year of outsourcing engagement with Abbott Labs. • Achieved $7M (10%) in savings, developing and directing cost savings initiative program across all client sites, targeting, and facilitating field execution of key financial, procurement, and client reporting processes.• Designed key financial processes for improved financial performance and reporting.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Built global field financial capability for finance and operations, standardized processes and integrated systems for existing and new client transitions.• Realized $20M in savings and improved financial controls to over 20,000 customer sites in 22 countries by directing development of global site budget and cost management capability. Integrated disparate ERP financial systems, procurement and reporting systems to achieve global consistency in site’s financial management.• Led finance team in over 30 new client acquisitions in the Real Estate Facility Management outsourcing industry representing over $1.5 billion of new revenue under operation. Directed operational improvements and systems integrations between client and company work management and financial reporting systems with over 20 accounts. Designed global client transition process ensuring commercial, operational, and employee success with improved client outcomes.• Appointed to special project team commissioned by CEO to design and implement a new global organizational model for Integrated Facility Management business tasked with building and leveraging scale and improving service delivery to over 200 "Global 1000" clients. • Developed and delivered finance training curriculum for operational site managers worldwide and created E-learning courses to ensure sustainability.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Led shared services team and financial planning and analysis for Americas portfolio of over 70 client accounts and over $3B in revenue. Transformed financial transactional processes reducing headcount, improving financial controls, reducing audit risk and improving customer satisfaction. • Reduced headcount 50%, leading 60-employee team in centralizing and standardizing client billing operations and related financial transactional processing for over 70 client accounts• Designed and implemented learning curriculum for onboarding finance managers and led team in training delivery for more than 100 finance professionals.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Project managed the financial process and systems integrations for over 10 company acquisitions, including York International.• Executed 10 corporate acquisition integrations including critical elements related to financial systems, standard operating processes, and change management by leading well managed projects.• Managed integration of critical product conversions between York International and Johnson Controls, Inc., resulting in double digit revenue growth.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Specialized in project management and process improvement with focus on acquisition integration support to Johnson Controls, Inc. • Led financial integrations and established structure for quality control thereby mitigating financial risk.• Developed standard approach for contract conversions ensuring financial control, risk mitigation and accurate accounting.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, International Business

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Finance