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Greater Omaha Area

Greater Omaha Area

CFO Systems provides financial leadership to middle-market companies throughout the midwest. We are experienced practical financial resources that partner wtih our clients to provide:1) Time-Share CFO/Controller services2) Interim solutions to help ease the transition during times of change at the Sr. Financial level.3) Outsourcing expertise with mergers, acquisitions, turnarounds and restructurings.4) Financial Project Management leadership from installing ERP solutions to improving day-to-day business processes.

Ankeny, Iowa

Managed process to evaluate profitability drivers and establish daily reporting metrics. Managing 15 separate projects to change processes, improve reporting and accountability, and implement daily transparent profit reporting to CEO. Project is improving cost structure, allowing for customer profitability analysis and helping to better allocate capital.

Omaha, Ne

Temporary Consulting position reporting to Controller. * Duties include month end close, financial planning, reporting and variance analysis.* Review, document and flowchart yearly budgeting process for new controller to highlight areas for improvement.*Perform complex reconciliation of accounting and forecasting systems and installed controls to keep them in sync.* Worked with AP staff and IT resources to document and fully train AP staff on proper void process to eliminate costly rework.

Director of Finance* Direct Administrative, Accounting and HR functions including staff of 5* Instituted a monthly operational reporting process to widen director level visibility and accountability* Priced all product into the retail grocery market* Improved the reliability and frequency of reporting on grocery sales promotions and deductions* Created customer level P/L statements* Created and instituted a new Safety Policy with the Maintenance Supervisor/Safety Manager

International manufacturer of consumer packaging for the food and packaged goods industries. Operations include paperboard milling, folding carton, paper bag, plastics, and label production in US, Mexico and Canada. As of February 2008 GPK includes the merged operations of Altivity Packaging, Field Container Company (FCC) and the consumer products division of Smurfit-Stone (SS-CPD).* Direct strategic pricing function for new and existing business* Manage Sales Reporting function for $2B division* Identify margin improvement opportunities and execute strategies to improve profitability * Manage contract compliance and complete pricing audits* Direct efforts of 3 pricing managers and one pricing analyst* Manage project to consolidate two sales and margin reporting systems into one consolidated system

reported directly to the CEO of legacy Field Container Corporation whose revenues totaled approximately $400MM. Created database of customer pricing used to ensure price increases were implemented timely. Developed customer pricing compliance reporting, working with COO and EVP of Sales. Business analysis projects supporting logistics, warehouse and operating decisions on selecting cost effective facilities to produce customer product.

Reporting to the Corporate Controller managed all facets of corporate accounting for organization with approximately $400M revenues. This position required direct input to/from executive management.General management duties for 2 staff accountants.Managed monthly close process and monthly financial reporting packageLead for annual external audit.Financial analysis and recommendation on major capital projects (+$5MM)

Reporting to the CIO. Responsible for projects to integrate Altivity's two disparate legacy companies. This includes coordinating resources and people across departments.Led design & development of consolidated customer sales & profitability database.Led development, in conjunction with CFO and Corp Controller, of consolidated profit margin definition across merged entities.Managed process and contract negotiations for new corporate office space for 100 people.Developed initial $20MM consolidated annual IT budget, including systems integration costs.Led cost saving project converting employees from lease cars to Runzheimer program saving $1MM annually.Member of the Pricing Committee chaired by CFO. Responsible for approving pricing levels on all significant new business. Led due diligence effort and analysis for two acquisitions totaling $600M.Led due diligence disclosure process when being acquired by Texas Pacific Group.

CONAGRA FOODS, INC., Schaumburg, Illinois 12/2002 – 8/2003Leading North American consumer food products manufacturer posting sales of $25+billion. Operational Budgeting Project – Developed Supply Chain operational, business unit budgets totaling $120+M. Worked with and supported Corporate VP of Supply Chain, VP of Warehousing Operations, and Director of Finance.Capital Project Analysis – Reviewed profitability projections of $300M supply chain initiative. Developed financial model to project transportation savings in new supply chain network. Presentation of current benefits and future savings opportunities to senior executives.TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS NORTH AMERICA, Lincolnshire, IL 9/2003-11/2003Pharmaceutical drug development, marketing and sales corporation with revenues of $2 Billion.Senior Analyst, Marketing - Developed $100M+ marketing budget for Director of FP&A via Excel based budgeting tool.

Relationship building and marketing responsibilities to corporate CFOs and Controllers.

Leading North American food service manufacturer and second largest retail food supplier posting sales of $25+billion. Reported directly to Corporate Controller * Created Access database to baseline planned results and measure actual results versus targets. * Communicated initiative results and impact on overall profitability to company presidents and senior corporate executives.

Master, Business Administration

Activities and Societies: MBA degree confirmed with Emphasis in Economics

B.S.B.A, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Honors Society, Beta Gamma SigmaGraduated Magna Cum Laude