Chief Financial Officer responsible for implementing “roll up acquisition strategy”. Successfully completed 15 acquisitions (25+ worldwide locations). Business and Organizational Management* Provide guidance to General Managers relative to opportunities for increasing Revenue, improving Operations and generating cost savings that increase EBITDA* Created Capacity Planning model to point out need for additional capacity to service growing demand resulting in a decision to build more manufacturing space thus securing multi-million dollar orderM&A* Performed due diligence reviews on over 20 potential acquisition targets in the Geotechnical and Non Destructive Testing markets resulting in the closing of 15 acquisitionsAcquisition and Integration* Provide newly acquired entities with authorization guidelines and operational expectations to smooth the integration into the Group• Actively review operational and financial results with General Managers to ensure expectations are met Financial* Created financial forecasting models and formatted relevant company information to raise debt financing to fund acquisitions* Developed relationships with US and foreign banks that provided for local Credit Lines in various countries * Actively oversee Group audit process that involves US Group Auditor and 5 international firms* Prepare Opening Balance Sheets and Intangible Valuation related information to properly reflect acquisition accounting* Improved financial reporting templates to provide better information and save time in preparing* Provide relevant schedules to Board of Directors to assist them in better understanding trends and results* Oversee monthly financial reporting, quarterly forecasting, and annual budgeting

Successfully improved financial and operational performance over a 3 year window to maximize return to shareholders from sale of the business.Recruited by Board of Directors of this Venture Capital backed provider of consumable goods as first CFO to position the company for divestiture within 5 years. Sold business to Greencore, Irish conglomerate in 2008 which provided substantial value to shareholders.Business and Organizational Management* With CEO, developed and executed business strategy that lead to profitable divestiture * Recruited and hired Senior Executives to create the Management team * Planned and implemented ERP System to provide increased data to make better management decisionsFinancial• Prepared due diligence information and guided Management team during divestiture process resulting in eventual sale• Designed and implemented financial and operational performance metrics to improve profitability• Improved working capital by focusing on collection efforts and just in time inventory• Negotiated Line of Credit interest with bank resulting in thousands of dollars in savings• Saved over $50,000 annually in insurance premiums through aggressive bidding process

Acting as a business partner to the General Manager, directed all Finance/Accounting, IT and Materials Management functions for $55 million manufacturer of capital equipment in the US. Business and Organizational Management Provided counsel to the General Manager on opportunities that led to productivity improvements.  Investigated and drove improvement opportunities to increase profitability.  Actively involved in target setting and execution strategy of short term and longer term goals which resulted in EBITDA expectations being met.Financial Led the purchasing department to be aggressive in pricing thus producing savings and keeping re-order points such that inventory levels were reduced without affecting delivery of product Managed general accounting, internal controls, cost accounting and the materials/procurement functions In addition to the US, promoted to having responsibility for the accounting activities for the North America Region including Brazil, Canada and Mexico  Coordinated and directed the preparation of the budget and financial forecasts Responsible for evaluating the performance of personnel in the three functional areas Lent support to HR Manager on human resource and legal issues Provided Contract Review support

Led all Finance and Administrative functions including Human Resources, Payroll and Facilities Management for startup website and magazine company.

Controller for publicly traded industrial instruments company consisting of three U.S. based operating divisions with twelve international subsidiary units having annual revenues of over $100 million.