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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs) In Agricultural Economics

Master Of Business Administration (Mba) In Finance