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New York, Ny, Us

New Cumberland, Pa, Us

Outside Advisor to the President and Board of Directors on a part-time, contract basis.

New Cumberland, Pa, Us

Brought into this full-spectrum civil engineering and related services firm to establish and improve processes and profitability, and re-imagine and implement new organizational structure and core services. As an established MBE/DBE firm, Navarro & Wright has projects throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia.Provided strategic insight and strategic planning to grow the firm, introduced new financial, organizational structure and processes. Implemented a new ERP (BST Global) to enhance project management capabilities and reporting. Managed relationships with bankers, insurance and advisory firms.Divested non-core services by divesting of Drilling operations and participated in other M&A activity.Increased Profit, EBITDA and cash position significantly.Responsible for FAR Overhead Audit and FAR Overhead Strategy.Managed 401k and Healthcare for the firm.

Founded boutique-consulting firm to leverage experience in the AE&C and Water industries. • Provided business-capture strategy that resulted in $60M of multi-year competitive takeaways.• Developed strategic planning, forecasting and business development tools and processes. •Performed due diligence to acquire and operate the water system of a small nation.

Woodbridge, Nj, Us

Brought into firm to prepare the sale of this $100M engineering services firm focused on work for the Department of Defense. Made presentations to acquirer, documented valuation, produced analyses, worked with investment banker and participated in detailed negotiations during due diligence. Led all financial/accounting functions. Managed relationships with attorneys and accounting firms.• Drove M&A process that led to the firm's acquisition by Perspecta ($4B) in May 2020. • Secured Payroll Protection Program loan for subsidiary during COVID-19.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Business Unit financial leader for this $18B aerospace and defense company. Brought in to improve financial processes and accuracy, profits and strategy for the $250M business unit developing the next generation GPS for the USAF. Responsible for achieving P&L goals, FP&A, Strategic Planning and Program Finance. Ten direct program finance reports supporting major prime contractors on major DoD/USAF programs such as GPS III and OCX.• Drove transition to fixed price work resulting in year-over-year 80% increase in gross margin percent.• Restructured forecasting, budgeting and strategic planning processes to manage and drive results.• Led overseas acquisition’s integration and turnaround.• Utilized revenue recognition to increase business unit profits 33% above budget.• Supported company by negotiating accelerated cash position on major programs.• Designed Tableau sales and financial dashboards adopted nationwide. Utilized CRM and Hyperion Planning data.

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Recruited by the COO, and former Earth Tech executive, of this $250M water/wastewater firm with operations in ten states to prepare the firm for sale. Increased profits and revenues of the $100M operations and maintenance division significantly, leading to the firm’s purchase by JP Morgan. Led division financial and business management. P&L Management of Colorado office.• Drove a $4M profit swing in first full year by taking financial, operational and other actions.• Turned around money-losing Colorado office. Generated profit swing of $1.1M• Reformulated the budgeting process, saving three months in preparation time.• Presented to potential acquirers of the firm, including the eventual purchaser, JP Morgan.• Developed due diligence materials and analyses.

Irvine, California, Us

Managed west region finances of a P/E owned, leased medical diagnostic imaging equipment and services provider with $500 million in revenues. Responsible for P&L management along with the VP Operations. • In a declining market, increased revenues by 15% and profits by 100% through increased asset utilization, sales strategies and driving finance/operations partnership.• Instituted a new sales compensation plan and customer acquisition strategy that resulted in 40% new sales growth and reduction in turnover of 30%

Dallas, Texas, Us

Recruited by a senior executive, and former colleague, to join this $1.5B environmental engineering, construction, water services, and transportation company. Financial leader of the $600M Western Region. Business Partner to the SVP on strategic planning, business capture, operations and business and project management.This career position was with Earth Tech which was then acquired by AECOM after my departure. • Instituted management, sales, and business development actions that drove a 40% year-over-year profit improvement.• Established standardized business processes to create synergy across acquired companies. • Developed a nationwide process to minimize risks and maximize profits on new major projects. • Focused new business efforts on profitable services by analyzing data and achieving leadership buy-in.• Led the introduction of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance nationwide.• Spearheaded nationwide implementation of revenue recognition and percent completion policies.

Stamford, Ct, Us

Directed FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, for the Los Angeles region of a cable and internet provider. • Increased commercial sales by 8%/$500K on a critical company initiative.• Authored marketing plan on how to compete against satellite broadcasters while leading a geographically and functionally diverse team. Year-over-year increased revenues of 10%.

Irving, Texas, Us

Recruited by the CFO and other senior management of a $17B engineering and construction company to implement the management accounting module of a $350M global SAP implementation project. • Led the team responsible for the SAP profitability analysis and treasury modules.• Created a suite of core management accounting reports, executive dashboards and KPI’s to report financial and project analytics to management and functional levels throughout the company.

Provided financial and in-house strategic planning and management consulting to the President of the $200M environmental and quality control division of a $4B worldwide, architecture, engineering and construction company. Managed team of 14 division and program finance and human resources personnel. Responsible for all budgeting, forecasting, pricing, proposal go/no-go, program reporting and ad hoc analyses.This career position started with Ebasco Services, Inc which was then acquired by Raytheon Engineers & Constructors in 1994.• Designed and led development of a budgeting system that reduced budget preparation by 2 months.• Revised overhead costs that facilitated a profit increase by 30% in its first year.• Led Bid & Proposal Team for the pricing of a $200M Superfund project. Awarded project.• Turned around a $1M annual loss to profitability within a year for the Singapore and Netherlands offices.• Led integration of two businesses with 300 employees. Restructured organizations and processes.

Mba, Finance

Ba, Political Science