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Financial, operating & strategic support for small, primarily owner-operated businesses including preparation for partial or complete divestiture, funding strategies via debt or equity injection, financial statement & forecast preparation and cash flow management.

• Full P&L and Cash Flow responsibility for Tyco’s growth markets of Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, India & the Middle East.• Achieved consistent double-digit organic growth with operating margin expansion. Successfully completed two Acquisitions, as well as numerous bolt-on asset purchases. • Centralized disparate ERP & Back Office operations into regional shared service centers in South Africa & Latin America.• Board member for Tyco Joint venture in Abu Dhabi

• Successfully divested or exited 27 Businesses in 18 countries (Europe, Asia & Latin America) that were identified as non-core to Tyco.• Prepared the businesses for divestiture, including management presentations, data room support, as well as leading negotiations with buyers and contractual documentation preparation.• Maintained financial performance & employee motivation through the divestiture or shut down process.

• Responsible for all finance functions supporting $5B in operations for two of Tyco’s reporting segments encompassing global manufacturing, logistics, R&D and marketing operations.• Launched mentorship program for high potential, diverse talent, as well as being Six Sigma Mentor/ Champion for over 120 Green belts.• Completed over $100m of restructuring actions with less than 2 year payback.• Managed risk though Tyco’s Enterprise Risk Assessment process and implemented a 3rd party… Show more • Responsible for all finance functions supporting $5B in operations for two of Tyco’s reporting segments encompassing global manufacturing, logistics, R&D and marketing operations.• Launched mentorship program for high potential, diverse talent, as well as being Six Sigma Mentor/ Champion for over 120 Green belts.• Completed over $100m of restructuring actions with less than 2 year payback.• Managed risk though Tyco’s Enterprise Risk Assessment process and implemented a 3rd party relationship verification process for all external relationships.• Actively managed foreign exchange & commodity hedging strategies to minimize volatility.• Established green-field manufacturing facilities in China and the Czech Republic. Outsourced high volume/low value component work, retaining high value-add elements in existing core locations.• Managed over $100M in R&D spend, establishing global R&D Centers of excellence in China, India & Ireland• Developed and implemented transfer pricing policies & strategies to maximize tax effectiveness.• Successfully implemented Sarbanes Oxley across all global operations. Show less

• Responsible for the P&L and operating financial functions of Tyco’s $2B Fire Protection & Security contracting & service operations in Europe and Asia Pacific.

• Led the FP&A function for TFS ($12B), including ADT’s global residential & commercial operations.• Developed subscriber model and product/customer profitability analysis for ADT. • Provided strategic & tactical support for global M&A activities.

• Developed financial reporting processes/metrics/dashboards for the newly created TFS segment of Tyco, which grew to a $12B global sales & service provider of Fire Protection & Security Systems.• Implemented Hyperion Enterprise across all global operations; developed dashboards & operating metrics to measure performance; streamlined the budget & forecast process; coordinated M&A activity

Developed channel management strategies & marketing plans for Tyco’s European Fire Protection business.

Consultant for a London-based, strategic consulting business, focused on corporate turnarounds, M&A activity & portfolio profitability.