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• A specialist advisory firm focused on providing enterprise class business process improvement, data privacy localization, internal audit, enterprise risk management and related services to multi-national companies..
• Senior advisor to the Director of Audit & Controls of a billion-dollar employee-owned electrical device manufacturing company for the start up of an internal audit team.
• Contracted by a Big 4 public accounting firm to provide SOX compliance consulting services to a wholly owned subsidiary of a $140B+ Japanese global integrated business enterprise.
• Senior consultant to a $10B chemicals manufacturing company to support enhancement and increasing effectiveness of their operational internal audit process.

Tinley Park, Illinois, US

• A billion dollar privately-held global manufacturer of infrastructure and power management solutions for industrial automation, data center and electrical projects across a variety of industries both large and small.
• Initially hired as Consultant and Interim-Director working directly for the CFO and with Grant Thornton Risk Advisory Services Team to transform the IAS function and deliver higher-value and best-practice risk.
• Developed the first IAS charter, altered the reporting relationship to be direct to the Audit Committee, overhauled and consolidated the team resulting in the hire of four new members in nine months.
• Implemented the first company-wide risk assessment with the input of more than 20 senior managers globally, 12-month audit plan, formalized policies and procedures for audit execution and manage an annual budget of.
• Advised on implementation of the ERM and compliance program, including new code of business conduct and ethics and conflict of interest policy. Member of ERM and Compliance Committees.
• Report quarterly to the AC on internal control and risk management status and resolution progress; trusted governance advisor to the Board and Senior Leadership Team.

• Independently and through partner consulting firms have worked on the following projects:
• Project lead on corporate governance audit of a $68.8B Federal Housing Finance Agency regulated financial institution.; including, Director and Executive Officer interviews, comprehensive review of Board oversight.
• Interim SOX IT Program Manager for an $18.8B NYSE-traded pharmaceutical company – providing oversight over management testing and relationship management with internal and external clients and vendors. Project lead on.
• Provide consulting services for $4.6B NYSE-traded U.S. provider of life, health, property and casualty insurance in the areas of third-party administrator services / oversight and SOX utilizing Teammate audit.
• Led multiple corporate-owned and owner/operator store-level financial and operations reviews in North America and Canada for multi-billion dollar, NYSE-traded and global fast-food company.
• Project Manager on a team of seven consultants for SOX compliance COSO 2013 program implementation at a NASDAQ-traded healthcare services company.

Northbrook, IL, US

A privately-held holding company, with more than 18 entrepreneurial and independently operated entities, provides a suite of strategic services to help companies, advisors and investors identify the value in business assets, monetize assets through acquisition or disposition and leverage assets to obtain debt or equity capital.

A start-up private-equity firm with three operating subsidiaries – a broker/dealer member of FINRA and SIPC, a registered investment advisor regulated by the State of Illinois and a niche consulting firm – providing value-added investment advice to individual and institutional investors, directing investment capital to small businesses and toward community.

Chicago, IL, US

An $800 million publicly traded company. A specialized consulting firm providing dispute, financial, investigative, regulatory and operations consulting services.

Chicago, Illinois, US

A $2.7 billion publicly traded company. The leading real estate services and money management firm, operating across more than 100 markets around the globe, a portfolio of 915 million square feet of property under management and $40 billion of investment assets under management.

Since 1998 served on a variety of community and not-for-profit Boards in leadership positions, including founding-President of a neighborhood organization, Executive Committee member, and chair of governance, human resources, legal and nominating committees.

Chicago, Illinois, US

Former subsidiary of Electronic Data Systems, Inc. (EDS), A. T. Kearney is a management consulting firm with annual revenue of approximately $1.0 billion and over 65 offices worldwide.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.) Commerce, Accounting

Certificate Of Completion, Internal Audit Leadership

Fundamentals Of Transactionalism Certificate, Transactional Competence

Diploma