Michael Schauer Email & Phone Number

Greater Los Angeles Area

Management consulting and decision support services in business planning, strategy, process design, financial analysis, and business systems integration.Key accomplishments:* Delivered a comprehensive pricing analysis, including competitor pricing assessment, modeling of alternative pricing scenarios, and development of a final price schedule on behalf of a privately held payments processor. Also developed the firm's annual operating budget and revenue plan.* Created a comprehensive business plan for a start-up mobile payments company.* Developed future-state process flows for a major health care provider in support of a $40M ERP implementation.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Financial leadership for the bank's Comercial and Treasury Services Group:* Forecasting, budget, and expense management of a $35M operating budget across 18 cost centers* Monthly accruals, variance analysis, volume/quality/SLA metrics* Preparation of monthly executive dashboard and business review presentations

Torrance (Los Angeles), Ca

Foodlink Online is an electronic supply chain procurement marketplace linking retailers, wholesalers, logistics carriers, and suppliers in the fresh foods industry. Chief Financial Officer (acting) responsible for finance, accounting, human resources, and administration. Foodlink Online serves more than 2,000 supplier and buyer organizations, with annual transaction volume approaching $10B.Key accomplishments:* Managed revenue growth of 500%* Conceptualized and led revenue recapture initiative resulting in 10-15% increase in corporate revenue* Designed and implemented cost reduction programs that reduced expense by more than 35%* Secured several million dollars in capital equipment financing* Presented financial and operating results to Board of Directors (monthly/quarterly)* Responsible for managing relationships with legal/audit/other third party providers* Selected/designed/implemented accounting and financial reporting systems (commercial packages as well as home grown)

Torrance (Los Angeles), Ca

Agribuys/Foodlink Online is an electronic supply chain procurement marketplace linking retailers and suppliers in the fresh foods industry. Responsible for supplier implementations and training as well as enterprise-wide call center and help desk services. Also served as senior project manager responsible for the company's first successful retailer installation. Member, Agribuys Management Committee.Key accomplishments:* Built a call center and help desk service team in support of more than $5B in annual commerce* Implemented and trained more than 200 suppliers in less than six months* Project/account manager for the company's first successful retailer installation

Torrance (Los Angeles), Ca

Designed and directed client engagements. Developed and managed client relationships. Clients included Citibank, United Parcel Service, Bank Of America, Star Network/First Data Corp, PaineWebber, and Visa. Specialized in business and strategic planning, financial planning and analysis, cost control and risk management, pricing, merger & acquisitions, process re-engineering, project management, and business/technology integration. Key accomplishments:* Developed the business plan for a start-up specializing in check processing loss avoidance that added $130M to customers' bottom lines. New venture attained market reach of 140M. consumer checking accounts and over 1B transactions per year.* Developed a series of proof of concept scenarios involving the restructuring of a specific logistics product for a global logistics provider. Results indicated projected first year incremental profit of $30-60M and fifth year incremental profit of $50-140M.* Generated projected incremental $25M contribution in net present value by recommending product re-positioning and re-pricing for the consumer lending business of a $40B bank. * Established a full-function back-office for a $2B de novo bank formed in 90 days as a result of a federally mandated divestiture. Served as pro-tem director of operations, building a 75-person team in 90 days. • Identified over $4M in specific, realizable annual cost savings in leading an enterprise-wide process re-engineering project for a regional bank.• Performed due diligence, supporting market assessment, and market valuation for a suite of transaction processing businesses on behalf of a venture capital investor, culminating in the recommended submission of the winning bid ($40M) for one of the business lines.

San Francisco Bay Area

AVP/Division Controller - Operations Division; Senior Project Manager NOW Accounts; Check Processing Operations Manager; Chief of Staff/Controller - International Division Systems Development; VP/Group Section Manager - International Operations (commercial loan operations, wire transfer, accounting services, customer service, administrative/mail services).

New York, New York

Financial Analyst; Operating Loss Analyst; Chief of Staff/Regional Financial Controller; Check Processing Unit Manager/Operations Manager

Mba, Finance & Economics

Activities and Societies: Dean's List, Beta Gamma Sigma

Ba, Economics

Activities and Societies: Cum Laude, Dean's List, Open Road Club, Intramural Sports

Banking And Economics

Activities and Societies: Executive Banking Program

Film And Film Making