Vmware Inc, Director Of Shares Services Finance And Procurement
Palo Alto, California
Envisioned and transformed a high cost Finance/Procurement organizations into a Global Shared Services environment, transitioning 100 global positions to Bangalore, Cork and Austin, serving as major delivery centers for Procure to Pay, Payroll, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger and Travel & Expense, resulting in a 55% headcount reduction and $30+ million in annual savings.Prior Experiences:KPMG CONSULTING INC/ Bearingpoint Consulting, Manager, World Class Finance, Consumer and Industrial Markets. Consulted for Fortune 1000 CFO/CIO executive teams to develop Global Finance Organization strategies. These strategies identified and led to the deployment of new technology, process improvements and comprehensive organizational restructuring. CABLETRON SYSTEMS SA DE CV, Operations Manager and Controller of Northern Latin America; Mexico City, Mexico. Responsible for the overall management and development of the Latin American operation, resulting in sales growth of 11X in two years. - Developed a two-year Strategic plan identifying infrastructure requirements that would support aggressive expansion in the Latin American Market. - Provided leadership through three major currency devaluations and government imposed exchange controls, with minimal receivable loss. - Evaluated and established a Latin American 7 x 24 equipment maintenance program, increasing service revenue $4.0 million. - Mentored 7 managers and staff for an office of 50 people (Sales, Technical and Administrative). - Improved efficiencies in Mexican importation: reducing lead times from 8 weeks to 1 - 2 weeks. Representative countries included Columbia, Ecuador, Mexico and Venezuela.CABLETRON SYSTEMS Inc. - increasing role and responsibilities as - International Credit and Collections Manager - Cost Accounting - Internal Auditing
