Rolf Lorentzen, Mba, Pmp, Cbe, Cee Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Dayton, Ohio, Us

Support the Seattle leadership team bringing Centric Solutions to the West Coast clients. We pride ourselves on our people first approach in delivering solutions across the organization. Including business strategy, change management, technology expertise, AI awareness/adoption/model fine-tuning, and ERP implementations."Enjoy the people you work with, have fun, and do great work"

Dayton, Ohio, Us

Support the Seattle leadership team bringing Centric Solutions to the West Coast clients. We pride ourselves on our people first approach in delivering solutions across the organization. Including Business strategy, change management, technology expertise, and ERP implementations."Enjoy the people you work with, have fun, and do great work"

Seattle, Wa, Us

Contract through Populus Group as a Program Manager IV on the Financial & Business Integration team for Payments Accounting, to drive business partner launches of Amazon’s global business initiatives in AWS, Retail, Digital, and Seller Services from a payment instruments perspective. Manage and drive program quality experience across program and projects to deliver a standardized and consistent experience for our internal an external customers who we partner with for our payments expertise. Created accounting requirements documents based on the business requirements documents, created test plans based on applicable platform use cases, created end-to-end journal entry transaction mappings, validated use case test entries through User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and provided project launch recommendations.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Contracted through Populus Group as a Program Manager on the Financial & Business Integration team for Payments Accounting, to drive business partner launches of Amazon’s global business initiatives in AWS and seller services from a payment instruments perspective. Manage and drive program quality experience across program and projects to deliver a standardized and consistent experience for our internal an external customers who we partner with for our payments expertise. Create accounting requirements documents based on the business requirements documents, created test plans based on applicable platform use cases, created end-to-end journal entry transaction mappings, validate use case test entries through User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and provided project launch recommendations.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Contractor through Wavsys: Works across many groups and products in the eCP Platform to deliver large, complex technology initiatives. Meaningful role supporting the Technology Strategic Delivery team and the broader Platform Foundation & Strategy group. Influences and Shapes future of eCommerce Platform by bringing a blend of product, strategy, and program management competencies to key high visibility initiatives. Cross-functionally collaborate across multiple teams that develop and run Expedia Group eCommerce Platform to envision and deliver solutions.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Contracted through Aditi Consulting and Served as a Program Manager II on the Financial & Business Integration team for Payments Accounting, to drive business partner launches of Amazon’s global business initiatives in consumer products, foreign currency payment products/hedging, retail initiatives, digital initiatives, seller services, operations and payments. Managed multiple complex, simultaneous projects impacting the global accounting organization. Identified, cultivated, and launched new relationships with international payment providers, 3rd party banks, 3rd party Pay-by-Invoice, and payment networks. Partnered with the business teams, global financial systems teams, accounting operations teams, and business finance groups, to develop strategic solutions to support Amazon’s hyper growth targets through: launch methodology design and training, creation of accounting tools to support new launches, and design inputs for long-term platform development. Completed a risk assessment of the payments project lifecycle and inserted best practice internal controls to reduce cycle time and minimize waste. Trained new TPMs and PMs on Payments Accounting projects through a quarterly boot camps and offering a standardized process, tools, and templates. Created accounting requirements documents based on the business requirements documents, created test plans based on applicable platform use cases, created end-to-end journal entry transaction mappings, validated use case test entries through User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and provided project launch recommendations. Researched and identified the latest Fin-tech solutions and their application to emerging markets to infuse innovation with the international business expansion to enable first-mover advantage.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Contracted through Sumbridge and managed Expedia global payments projects from end to end for system integrations (Payroll, ERP) and alternative forms of consumer payment, currencies, and payment platforms (Large Global IT Integration Project Management, Traceability Matrices, Business Requirements Gathering and Documentation, UAT Plans, UAT Testing, Parallel Testing, Test Cases, Consulting, Client Management and Prioritization)- Working knowledge of managing projects with Waterfall and Agile project management methodologies- Manage projects with enterprise tools, such as: JIRA, MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Slack, and Trello- Capture business requirements for Accounting for new consumer forms of payment and payroll integrations.-Cross-functional collaboration with technology teams for scrum meetings, and keep stakeholders informed of development milestones.- Gather approvals for key stakeholders from Accounting to ensure consumer payment innovations don't break downstream Accounting and Financial Reporting Systems.

I help grow top and bottom lines for small to medium-sized healthcare companies using a proven predictable system and process to generate new patient leads, improve the back office efficiency, and improve profits with systems, programs, processes, implement alternative forms of consumer payments (i.e. PayPal, Bitcoin, and Crypto-Currencies), and strategies. Other sectors are well, with leading clients in the wholesale discount channel, online travel media space, and internet retail industry. Client list includes Costco, Expedia, Amazon, etc.

Denver, Co, Us

Focused and responsible for improving profit for 3 large Divisions through labor management, P&L management, and selectively improving return on investment on new and existing developments through managing price, cost per treatment, and prioritizing the strategic locations. Member of the group and divisional management teams that drive the 3-year strategic plan, forecasting, Denovo / Proforma modeling/evaluation process, retention and labor management process, and the annual budget process.- Acted as CFO of Division and covered other Divisions- Lead Finance for 3 Divisions for Group: Sierra Terrific, ORCA, and Hospital Services Divisions- Covering Pacific NW and Northern California, 100 hospitals, 170 clinics, with ~$1B in annual revenue- Leadership role in guiding and influencing divisional top and bottom line performance, through a strong partnership with Division Vice Presidents, Regional Operation Directors, Facility Administrators and the Group’s finance team- Created a 3 and 5-year strategic and annual plan, forecast, pro-forma modeling, retention dashboard, pricing strategy and implementation, analytics - Essbase and Tableau, competitive review, and strategic workforce planning and scheduling- Built Essbase tools (MDBMS) to measure performance to productivity standards, and identified focus areas and lead metrics targets to drive lag metric success, along with creating compelling dashboards to drive results- Created an integrated employee retention/talent mobility strategy which improved retention from 70% to 85%- Training of all new leadership in Operations/Finance prior to taking on a new span of control in clinics or hospitals- Lead path to profitability; reduced unprofitable hospitals from 50+ to 2 via contract renegotiation, netting $10M margin- Developed and led the Integrated Market Development Strategy for company and partner whitespace business development 3-year strategy and Denovo (SFDM)/ Proforma modeling for assigned divisions / SFDM

Family-Owned Bio-Dynamic Farm and Green Consulting Start-Up; Built an end-to-end sustainable agriculture and land management business model, which is pasture-based, beyond organic, local-market farm in the redemption business: healing the land, healing the food, healing the economy, and healing the culture

Tacoma, Washington, Us

Reported directly to the CFO, with a focus on projects/analysis that delivered revenue growth, cost savings, and cost avoidance. Created 5-year strategic and annual plan, forecast, capital modeling and ROI, analytics using SQL/OBIEE, competitive review, and business cases for innovation and think-tank ideas. Directly supported and influenced C-Level Executives that drove focus on their lead metrics (via 4DX), and created goals to drive lag success indicators through insightful and impactful analyses and joint initiative ideation/creation; Finance lead on all Kaizen Gemba walks and business process improvement (order to cash, Road-call maintenance, trailer assignment, trailer tracking, driver retention) - cost savings of projects netted $15M - $20M. Supported other areas: HR, IT, Legal, Maintenance, multiple Operations units, Pricing, Recruiting, and Safety.

Seattle, Washington, Us

Provided accurate financial reporting, insight, recommendations across brands, rigorous financial analytics and analysis across all business category lines, assessed opportunities, and worked to define problems and crafted solutions for the EVP and Directors of Onboard Revenue. Provided finance leadership and managed an analyst and 15 Ship Controllers. Generated $2M+ in savings.

Miami, Fl, Us

Managed strategic project support to improve results for operating company executives and Management Advisory Services through thought leadership, strategic guidance in decision-making, and data analytics in support of 10 operating companies, where each brand operates independently. Role combines strategy, finance, operations, and marketing to form/recommend creative initiative solutions.- Transformed future onboard cash management for each of the brands, which freed up $40M-$50M in cash reserves.- Tested and audited multi-brand fuel bunkering procedures to validate and report on a fuel spend of $2.2 billion; netted $22M (1%) in savings for warranty claims for oil shorted by barge operators- Benchmarked transactions across multiple card types, currencies, and interchange rates for 10 operating companies; led recommendation of adopting interchange optimization strategy - $15M of savings- 1-year project assignment with local Seattle brand, Holland America, to develop onboard revenue analytics, budgets, dashboards, and reporting

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Provided strategic project support to improve results for senior sales management through thought leadership, strategic guidance in decision making, and maximizing sales channel potential through analytical discipline and rigor; Balanced pure channel strategy with finance to dissect complex problems, derive conclusions, and deliver executive-level recommendations- Transformed future T-Mobile sales channel distribution strategy for Retail stores and Retail Partner Sales (dealer) stores, which reduced sales transfer by 10%, reduced store openings from 500 to 150, and recommended the redeployment of new stores capital to the cell tower network- Developed and present business initiatives that delivered on the distribution strategy for VP of Business Development- Galvanized financial models, tools, and financial hurdles that refined real estate site selection (minimized cannibalization)- Forged executive level presentations and present the complex analytical findings in clear, decision-impacting manner

Seattle, Wa, Us

Led the Real Estate Alliances analysis function, involved with evaluating the sites and leases of potential partner companies, acquisition targets, Malls, and developing site selection strategies- Spearheaded the real estate analysis, strategy, and business case models for lease acquisitions and coffee competitors; led M&A work of 2 acquisitions (creating/driving financial model, due diligence process, and recommendations)- Galvanized an acquisition filtering system to identify/recommend acquisition targets to the VP of Store Development- Benchmarked the retail industry for real estate and centers in support of kick starting a preferred developer program

Seattle, Wa, Us

Marketing Research Manager, Strategic Business Development (10/04 – Present)Led market research function for Strategic Business Development and Licensed Stores to include: Scoped/defined new research studies/market data, communicated research findings and recommended solutions for key business implications; created industry overview analyses to co-develop segment strategies; Partnered with International Business Development to leverage U.S. strategy- Transformed (U.S. & International) market sizes and redefined targeting criteria for tactical approach and strategic plan- Spearheaded primary research which uncovered KPIs of licensee satisfaction (via causal model analysis)- Site targeting via predictive model using regression analysis on existing portfolio; ROI modeling and targeting for new concepts- Led primary research creating the licensing Seattle’s Best Coffee value proposition and assisted in cross-channel strategy - Spearheaded primary research project that established Starbucks Licensed Stores as best-in-class licensing opportunity- Developed Cross-Channel Strategy market size/potential matrix with targeting and KPI metrics for Business Unit- Analyzed, developed, and prioritized market segmentation for both captive and non-captive business development markets.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Led market research function for Strategic Business Development and Licensed Stores to include: Scoped/defined new research studies/market data, communicated research findings and recommended solutions for key business implications; created industry overview analyses to co-develop segment strategies; Partnered with International Business Development to leverage U.S. strategy- Transformed (U.S. & International) market sizes and redefined targeting criteria for tactical approach and strategic plan- Spearheaded primary research which uncovered KPIs of licensee satisfaction (via causal model analysis)- Site targeting via predictive model using regression analysis on existing portfolio; ROI modeling and targeting for new concepts- Led primary research creating the licensing Seattle’s Best Coffee value proposition and assisted in cross-channel strategy - Spearheaded primary research project that established Starbucks Licensed Stores as best-in-class licensing opportunity- Developed Cross-Channel Strategy market size/potential matrix with targeting and KPI metrics for Business Unit- Analyzed, developed, and prioritized market segmentation for both captive and non-captive business development markets.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Responsible for analyzing financial performance, preparing business reviews, and financial projects for Finance Director - Created and drove the Foodservice Broad-liner financial model to outsource Foodservice distribution driving cost savings- Developed with business owners to build forecasts and budgets for Licensing and Foodservice- Collaborated with marketing and national account executives to co-develop strategies and control channel coffee pricing

Leadership And Strategic Management, Executive And Change Leadership, Business Strategy

Mba, Finance And Strategy

Bachelor Of Arts, Business, Finance & Accounting Double Major

Certificate, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Design Theory

Officer'S Basic Course, Quartermaster Corps