Chesbro Bridge Advisors improves corporate performance by providing proven practices across the corporate enterprise including financial, transactional, and business operations. Chesbro has been uniquely successful in its ability to apply "tried and true" processes to successfully complete critical strategic initiatives while garnering organizational trust and buy-in.Our seasoned professionals each have 15-plus years of experience across diverse fields and industries that provide an exceptional knowledge and value to our clients.Our service offerings include: Mergers & Acquisitions including Integration; Financial Process Transformation; Internal Audit Compliance & Enterprise Risk Assessment; Business & Financial Systems Advisory; and General Accounting Advisory Services.

I was appointed to turnaround a severely underperforming Project Management Office and its staff of eight, taking on responsibility for divesting the ADT and Flow Control business units, and integrating the operations of the remaining $4B entity. This entailed significantly strengthening PMO governance and resources, while driving IT, accounting and supply chain projects to replicate the efficient systems, processes and functions from Tyco. Along with crafting complex Transition Service Agreements (TSA’s) and governance documentation and processes to facilitate the divestitures, I led the renegotiation of leases, logistics planning, and personnel relocation. I was successful in achieving two key deliverables….• Created two new publicly-traded companies, meeting shareholder and all other stakeholder expectations.• Reduced operational footprint and consolidated back-office of remaining companies, including reconfiguring 120 field offices.

Promoted to transition money-losing $500M Latin American region to profitability, I led a team of 12 direct reports with oversight for budgeting, forecasting, accounting and strategic planning. I partnered with region president to develop strategic five year growth plan, developing robust KPI’s for growth, profitability, ROIC, working capital and customer retention. I designed and implemented employee engagement and career advancement initiatives, as well as directed IT, supply chain, and HR. I also provided financial oversight of a $40M Brazilian joint venture.With the support of my terrific team I…• Drove the doubling of revenue in the region.• Reduced the close process from five days to three and established an operating review cadence.• Acquired five companies and divested two country operations, and a non-core Chilean business.• Implemented Oracle ERP Financials.• Obtained multi-million-dollar insurance settlement for Chile earthquake damages in an unusually fast timeframe. • Reduced customer attrition from 18% to 12%.• Achieved zero turnover of direct staff.

With a team of ten, I led global SOX compliance programs for worldwide HQ locations. By applying best practices culled from prior success in Fire and Security Division, I strengthened strategy, execution, reporting, and alignment with SEC guidelines.Additional achievements included…• Implementing the company’s first-ever enterprise-wide risk assessment, leading to major reduction in controls.• Eliminating excessive external audit fees yearly.

As part of a cost reduction and efficiency improvement initiative for payroll and A/P, I was appointed to identify and implement strategies for the creation of a shared services capability. I recruited and developed a team of 50, consolidated and standardized processes, sourced and implemented software tools, established a highly efficient infrastructure and provided ongoing leadership for the department.We made an immediate and significant impact…• Enabled yearly processing of 2.7M invoices, saving millions annually.• Generated payroll for 50,000 employees with seven-figure cost savings.• Created a scalable, sustainable framework for global implementation of shared services capability.

I was promoted into this role to prepare and equip the company to meet SOX compliance audits for company’s largest global division, which was widely dispersed and inconsistent. I oversaw a team of 60 compliance professionals in implementing financial policies, procedures and testing controls.My team and I…• Achieved no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in first year of SOX and every year since.• Received Tyco Chairman’s Award for Financial Excellence.

I was elevated from director to VP in 2000 after building a team of more than 60 global auditors to support rapid organic and acquisition-based growth of company. As VP and reporting directly to the board of directors, I provided ongoing leadership for our internal audit function, ultimately auditing $40B worth of businesses globally.Over these years we successfully…• Identified and remediated operational and financial deficiencies, preventing misstatements and impact on asset loss.