Member of the University’s leadership team. Spearheading financial and legal wind down of the university. Plays a significant role in reviewing, developing and implementing financial strategy. Provides leadership for the University’s financial accounting, budget and planning, bursar, facilities and contractual services, information technology, risk management, and human resources management teams. Serves as liaison to the Finance and Audit Committee and the Board of Trustees.

Member of the Executive Team. Oversaw the financial management and direction of the Urban Ecology Center. Led ecological and operations teams to meet the overall vision, mission and operating goals of the center. Strategic partner on capital campaigns, pandemic response and long-range planning. Provided leadership and direction to assure effective and efficient functioning of the Finance & Operations organization, which includes financial management and accounting, information technology, facilities management, land stewardship, research & community science and facilities rentals.

Partnered with Leadership Team and General Manager. Drove business improvements by highlighting connections and financial impact of daily decisions made at all levels of the organization. Improved productivity by analyzing product-line performance, regional trends, market performance and provided recommendations to drive improved financial results. Coordinated global results with regional partners to foster growth and efficiencies.

Served in critical role on business management team as a valued partner to Vice-President/General Manager. Collaborated with marketing, research & development, operations and quality team members to achieve double-digit growth for manufacturing business. Managed acquisition and financial integration of two companies.

Provided financial, planning and analysis support for entertainment business unit (gaming, music, movies, musical instruments and e-readers) generating approximately $4B in annual revenue. Performed group financial operations including annual budgeting, quarterly and monthly forecasting, weekly updates and ad-hoc reporting. Led a cross-functional team ranging from 3−6 staff members.

Designed a financial structure that aligned incentives across business groups for internal start-up business unit.

Analyzed financial performance and provided strategic guidance for computing hardware, an essential category for the company, exceeding $6.5B in annual revenue. Led a cross-functional team comprised of three staff members and several interns.

Analyzed financial performance and provided strategic guidance for product categories, including major appliances, small appliances, toys and commodities, exceeding $2B in annual revenue.

Constructed model, tested assumptions and analyzed results to determine fully-loaded investment dollars for multiple product lines to better evaluate profitability and ROI.

Assisted clients with consumer brand and crisis and issues management.