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Agawam, Massachusetts, United States

Waterford, Connecticut, United States

•Lead M&A divestment diligence effort culminating in Dec 2021 sale of business.•Managed accounting team of six to successful completion of three years of unqualified financial audits•Streamlined accounting department reducing month end close process time to 15 days from 60 days•Spearheaded creation of FP&A function producing weekly metric dashboards, monthly performance variance reports and department level forecasting tools.•Instituted overhead standard cost allocation review, establishing fully loaded sales channel profit models.

Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Area

Planned and administered $260M operating expense budget partnering with business managers.Cut $53M in expense through department restructuring and optimizing timing and levels of expenditures.Developed interactive budget tool allowing end user direct entry, real time review and improved iterative cycling.Overhauled month end reporting infrastructure, eliminating 80 monthly staff hours of manual report generation.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

Seized entrepreneurial opportunity to establish operations. Accountable for obtaining clients and completing projects on-time and within client budgets. * Led mid-cap organization through strategic and operational plan preparation resulting in multi-year plan and 1st year operational plan; facilitated workshops for executive team.* Designed and developed Time Driven ABC costing model measuring and reporting profitability at skew, product line, customer and territory levels for mid-cap medical device company.* Reorganized accounting function for non-profit charitable organization, established new accounting platform and formal annual budgeting process utilizing advanced Excel modeling and FileMaker Pro database development.* Conducted extensive multi-departmental process study producing detailed analysis of workflows and inter-departmental data exchange maps for mid-cap company resulting in 60% cost savings on process mapping component of MS Dynamics GP ERP accounting implementation project.* Developed emerging market investment strategy, conducted 10 in-country reviews on Turkish-based acquisition targets enabling 5 company rollup of building material manufacturers by US private equity firm.* Created 7 country Middle East market entry strategy for a U.S. medical device services business; developed build/buy strategy and identified suitable in-country acquisition targets.* Completed M&A due diligence enabling acquisition of India-based web and mobility application company by U.S. private equity investor.* Collaborated with client management and advisors to lead sell-side due diligence preparation for mid-cap medical device company; created data room repository covering all company information for use in M&A activities.

Chelmsford, Massachusetts; Chatswworth, California; Yoknum, Israel

Managed and oversaw all divisional finance, accounting, IT, and facilities functions across domestic and international locations. Managed $60M divisional budget and 27 department staff in finance, IT, and administration across 3 units. In charge of consolidating and restructuring autonomous business unit to return the business to profitability. * Raised net income $5.25M by eliminating $4M in redundant operating expense and $5M in closing 3 unprofitable business units.* Increased and improved accuracy in revenue forecasting to a 2.5% margin of error from 50% margin of error.

Monroe, Connecticut; Istanbul, Turkey; New Delhi, India

Held full P&L accountability for APAC and CALA regions, management of global contracts, HR, and facilities. Orchestrated corporate development and M&A activities.* Boosted APAC and CALA regional revenue to $4M annual revenue from $650K.* Led M&A discussions and reviews with external bankers resulting in investment offer.* Directed MS Dynamics ERP implementation project resulting in streamlined financial reporting reducing monthly and quarterly closing to 7 to 20 days.

Greater Atlanta, Georgia Area

Established formal commercial risk management function governing the underwriting, approval, and monitoring of all commercial transactions resulting in 100% profitability on all system sales and implementation projects.Prior experience includes VP Finance and Operations at Telenity, Inc. (1999 - 2003), Financial Project Consultant for RHI Management Resources (1998 - 1999), VP Finance and Operations at NewNet, Inc. (1994 - 1997).

Bachelor Of Science (Bs) In Agricultural Economics

Master Of Business Administration (Mba) In Finance