➥ Conduct domestic cargo flight operations on behalf of Amazon Air under FAR Part 121. ➥ Collaborate with the Captain to review and verify the legality of flight plans, weight and balance calculations, and maintenance logs.➥ Experience conducting ILS CAT II/III approaches to reduced weather minimums with attention to situational awareness and crew resource management.

➥Contract Citation Ultra First Officer based at the Tri Cities Airport. ➥Conduct pre-flight inspections, including aircraft systems checks, to guarantee airworthiness and compliance with regulations. Assist the Captain in flight planning, navigation, and monitoring aircraft performance in flight. ➥Complete post-flight reports and shutdown checklists upon landing.

➥ Provide consulting services to private and private equity-backed healthcare and manufacturing companies, including Wellpath Health, HealthyMD, and Langmuir Systems. Execute ad hoc analytics projects to support strategic financial decision-making. ➥ Develop and implement dynamic P&L statements, dashboards, waterfalls, and other analytical tools using Power Query and Power Automate. ➥ Established a monthly forecasting and analysis process at Wellpath Health, significantly improving cost scrutiny and financial oversight.

➥ Provide comprehensive flight and ground instruction to Private, Instrument, Commercial, and Flight Instructor candidates.➥ Conduct mock checkrides, ensuring students meet ACS standards.

➥Oversaw the daily operations of the Tri Cities branch, including maintenance coordination and instructor onboarding.➥Achieved a 93% pass rate while providing dual instruction for Private, Instrument, and Commercial students.➥Spearheaded the development and submission of multiple successful large hangar bids to the city of Greeneville, driving the expansion of our flight school into this new market.

➥Provided strategic P&L leadership to the executive team, overseeing forecasting and long-range planning for the total business P&L.➥Developed and executed comprehensive strategies, processes, and communications, leveraging industry insights to interpret the financial impacts of operational initiatives and overall financial forecasts.➥Led quarterly operations review preparation, collaborating with sales, marketing, and product management to craft the business narrative for quarterly earnings calls.➥Orchestrated the annual strategy quantification five-year planning process, encompassing sales impact modeling for current products, new initiatives, and associated costs.➥Conducted financial analyses related to growth strategies, new product platforms, plant expansion options, and other business scenarios.➥Designed a Power Query model to generate variable margin and EBIT-level Vol/Mix/Price effect waterfalls at a product/customer/market level.➥Leveraged BPC and Power Query to create an interactive P&L file that dynamically pulls the latest system data, offering line-by-line drill-down capabilities and dynamic comparison views.

➥Conducted ad-hoc analysis for the CFO in preparation for board meetings and quarterly earnings calls, including validating new business opportunities and modeling for economic downturn scenarios.➥Prepared monthly and quarterly consolidated financial presentations for CEO, CFO, and Board of Directors review.➥Designed a variable cost model, enhancing the accuracy of EBIT projections on day one of closing.➥Developed dashboards to assess variable margin contributions and annual investments by manufacturing site.

➥Managed capital project evaluations, inventory and material variance forecasting, standard costing activities, internal control testing, and offered comprehensive financial guidance for John Deere's two Augusta, Georgia factories.➥Spearheaded a cross-functional team to devise and execute a new order strategy, resulting in a substantial $1 million reduction in planned air freight costs for 2019.➥Contributed to the successful SAP implementation, preparing the finance function for operations within the new system.

➥Provided financial support for 180 internal and OEM R&D projects, prepared federal and state R&D tax credits, and facilitated monthly R&D-related closing activities.➥Supported budget reviews, grant submissions, and audits for Department of Energy-sponsored R&D projects.➥Developed dashboards using Tableau and Power Query to enhance leadership and project teams' understanding of engineering hours, department budgets, and overall R&D spending.

Embarked on a developmental role within my finance career, taking on the position of Production Supervisor.➥Provided leadership in safety, quality, delivery, and productivity while managing an average of 30 production specialists.➥Developed a lot size analysis tool that calculated the ideal manufacturing lot size, factoring in the average total cost impact of work-in-progress (WIP) inventory holding and setup costs. The first four implementations of this tool resulted in a substantial $300K reduction in WIP.➥Pioneered the development of a comprehensive method, complemented by Tableau dashboards and a dedicated website, aimed at generating and tracking cost reductions related to operations. This initiative, carried out during my tenure at JDES, yielded substantial savings, exceeding $1M.

➥Executed Deere and Company's short-term funding strategy, issuing an average of $180 million in commercial paper daily.➥Oversaw the daily investment of Deere and Company's $3.4B in U.S. cash through a money market fund portfolio, optimizing returns and conducting risk analysis. ➥Maintained a global cash forecast to safeguard liquidity levels.➥Collaborated with external auditors during financial audits, ensuring transparency and accuracy in financial reporting.

➥Reconciled monthly cost changes for the Construction and Forestry division, while maintaining the direct material cost forecast.➥Designed a cost reporting web-page with embedded dashboards for streamlined data access, resulting in a 1 FTE's worth of monthly reporting work saved.➥Led a three-day, cross-functional value improvement event with 200+ attendees, generating cost and quality improvement ideas for current products.➥Managed cost reduction projects for the service parts organization and the Articulated Dump Truck product line, contributing to financial efficiency.

➥Acted as the primary budget consultant for John Deere's Canadian private trucking fleet.➥Managed financial forecasting for half of the line items in the John Deere Canadian service parts P&L.➥Conducted month-end closing activities, prepared journal vouchers, and performed account reconciliations.

➥Warranty administrator for hydraulic, casting, machining, and metal fabrication supply councils.➥Successfully negotiated settlements with suppliers for outstanding warranty claims.➥Developed and implemented standard operating procedures for the John Deere Dealer part return process, conducting training for dealer employees.