CFO and proven Strategic Partner with significant Operations and Costing experience in private equity backed and public multi-plant, international companies, $100M and $1.5B size. Have led all finance functions, IT, purchasing, treasury, risk and BOD level communications. • A hands on, right arm to CEO in growth firms (e.g. Henkel chemicals, from $55 to $330M sales; SIG Sauer $330 to $600M sales), and in highly stressed businesses (semiconductor, automotive)• Developed metrics / targets / cost / margin impact for Operations undergoing factory automation, helping reduce labor by 40%, increase output 30% and raise gross margin by 420 bps• Led an ERP conversion to SAP; numerous cross functional team projects• Raised capital and executed two IPO's. • Increased credit facilities ($300M) to support growth • 26 M&A transactions Additional experiences:• Operations – Hands on / Engagement / Metrics (more hands on than most CFO's). Provided for COO: o Ops metrics – cycle time per machine, Utilization, Output, Gross Profit $ Impact o $ EBIT Impact - factory automation, robotics• Pricing (Pall Corp) – developed tools to assess price opportunities, 7 segments. Increased EBIT Margin by 140 bps• For Current Firm – Developed (from scratch) Individual Reporting (P&L's, Cash Generated) + variances for each of the firms Business Leaders (6 Business Units, 5 Product Lines, 4 Operating Plants) thus helping visibility and firm's increase in EBIT from 7% to double digit margins. • Working Capital Reduction – improved inventory turns from 2.8X to 4.3X. $30+M cash benefit• Significant International experience (Europe, German speaking) + Asia (13 plants). Expat 4 years) Background includes: CPA (Deloitte), Booz Allen strategic consulting, Harvard MBA, Georgia Tech undergrad with honors. US Army Corp of Engineers (2LT Hon. Discharged)