✦ STRENGTHENING ORGANIZATIONS TO DRIVE GROWTH ✦As a financial leader and executive, I’ve had the opportunity to design and execute strategic initiatives throughout my career that have strengthened operations, improved financial performance, and facilitated growth. Implements processes and systems to effectively converting data into valuable business knowledge, developing processes, solving business problems, negotiating complex transactions, and engaging boards, investors and stakeholders. Notable areas of impact and value creation:Technical Expertise - Provides significant finance and accounting expertise, supporting reliable financial reporting and SEC filing compliance, budgeting/forecasting, financial planning and analysis, business process efficiency; and development and deployment of KPIs to measure progress toward strategic goals and drive accountable high performance.Capital Market Access - Develops and maintains relationships with investors, analysts and bankers; articulates value propositions, negotiates complex financial deals, and secures capital resources to fuel and drive growth. Raised millions through public offerings, preferred equity rounds and other traditional and non-traditional debt and equity issuances. Business Growth & Scaling - Strengthens operational infrastructure, implements scalable global processes and ERP systems, and builds and leads effective teams. Provided leadership for 3 pharmaceutical and medical device new products launches, and enabled 2X sales growth of a renewable energy industry manufacturer in one year. Risk Management and Governance – Provides a foundation for sustainable growth by ensuring effective internal controls, risk management and corporate governance. Orchestrated and/or consulted on implementation of several enterprise risk management (ERM) programs; instrumental in the first-year implementation of Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance for a Fortune 500 company.