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Barrington, IL, US

Charleston, US

Roanoke, IN, US

Verona, Virginia, US

Hoffman Estates, IL, US

Appleton, WI, US

Miami, Florida, US

Responsible for domestic and global Finance, Legal, store and corporate Loss Prevention, and Store Development (350+ people globally). Business purview covers a $2.5 billion retail business with owned operations in North America, joint-venture operations in Latin America, global franchising, and Asian (China and Vietnam) sourcing. Also served as Chairman.

Medford, OR, US

• Senior Executive (CFO / SVP Finance, Chief Financial Officer / Senior Vice President Finance) and #2 executive for highly-seasonal and vertically-integrated direct marketer and retailer. Recruited to restore Harry &.
• Led organization back to highest profit in 6 years along with 15% sales growth
• Responsible for retail division management and developed a new seasonal store real estate strategy
• Developed surgical SG&A reduction plan (30% reduction over 3 years) and over-achieved plan
• Developed consolidated analysis team supporting marketing, operations, orchards, production, and distribution
• Financially reorganized company and negotiated new credit agreement that increased capacity 25% while reducing interest costs by $6.5MM over 5 years

Westlake Village, CA, US

• Senior Executive (CFO / VP Finance, Chief Financial Officer / Vice President Finance) for the world’s largest music instrument ecommerce (retail) company (36th largest ecommerce company in the world). Responsible for a.
• Sales growth of 27%
• Led cost-out initiatives saving $25M in annual EBITDA and $5M in working capital reductions... personally responsible for gift card entity and credit card fee reductions ($2.5M in first 12 months)
• Managed organization through a 50% reduction in discounting ($4 million)
• Competitive pricing management
• Successful ERP conversion

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Finance leader (subsidiary CFO / Director Finance) for bathroom and kitchen remodeler in high growth stage. Business acquired by Home Depot in 2006 as part of Installation Services growth plan. Responsible for a team.
• Sales growth of 5x in first year... largest bath installer 2nd year after acquisition and integration with retail store lead generation
• Created procurement / inventory management processes and decreased annual costs by ~$2 million
• Built Financial and Compliance teams
• Created financial processes and compliance guidelines and oversight
• Real estate planning and selection to fulfill strategic goals

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Finance leader (Director Finance and Financial Planning and Analysis) responsible for analysis and support of $5 billion Installation Services business unit (parallel to retail store organization). Responsibilities.
• Focused field organization (~2,000 retail stores and 450 field leaders) on sales opportunities and cost management
• 14% annual sales growth while decreasing retail store expenses by $13 million (16%) annually through management of reworks, markdowns, and chargebacks
• Managed strategic planning
• Developed merchant and retail store targets
• Built key partnerships across installation program managers and assessed new program viability and key management metrics for Installation Services and retail stores

• Recruited back to Limited Brands as Director Finance to develop financial planning and analysis, retail merchandising, retail store operations, treasury, and investor relations for $800 million sporting goods retail.
• Developed actionable analysis – retail sales metrics, ROIC/NPV, sale/leaseback, store proforma requirements
• Working capital management - negotiated $250 million credit facility secured by retail store inventory
• Decreased annual retail and store expenses by $300K
• Designed strategic planning process
• Built financial discipline in Marketing, Retail Store Operations, and Retail Merchandising

• Recruited by former Limited Brands executive to redesign the company’s production planning and inventory management processes. Responsible for demand forecasting and obsolete inventory control. Shared responsibility.
• Improved new product forecast accuracy from 60% to 75%
• $2 million annual obsolete inventory savings
• 20% annual retail, direct response, and ecommerce sales growth
• Built inventory risk & opportunity process
• Supported initial ecommerce rollout

Columbus, OH, US

Strategic planning, division analysis, financial planning and analysis, and retail store operations

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), International Business

Bachelor’S Degree, Accounting