Privately owned veterinary emergency and specialty hospital group with 24 locations in twelve states.Joined organization as the first Chief Financial Officer- Lead the Finance and Accounting teams- Member of the Leadership team- Revenue grew 550% from 2013 through 2019- Locations grew from 5 in 2013 to 24 in 2019- Employees grew 400% from 2013 through 2019- Actively involved in acquisitions. Completed 35 transactions since 2013.

Privately owned general contractor focused on water and wastewater treatment plant construction. $50M to $75M in revenue with 150 employees.Joined organization to improve financial results and transition to second-generation leadership from founder and current President. - Made changes in management, policies and processes - Substantial improvement in profitability

Industrial mixing equipment manufacturer with sales of $50M. Based in Dayton, OH with facilities in OH, MA, UK and Canada. Sales offices in Mexico, China and Singapore. Owned by Robbins & Myers since 1994.Led organization worldwide with full P&L accountability. Charged to turnaround business.- Stopped the 50% orders decline.- Kept the business profitable through quick action to reduce costs.- Introduced Lean principles to reduce costs, inventories, and shorten production cycle times.- Grew the business 50%.- Sales improvements included new sales leadership, changes to sales channel and sales organization, new sales strategies, new promotional material and one new product line.- Changed sales culture from passive to aggressive through performance measurements, setting targets and holding people accountable for results.- Worked on three efforts to sell the business to competitors.- Maintained organization's focus on improved performance during this period.- Instilled financial disciplines to get proper budgets, forecasts and actual results.- Implemented SOX compliance procedures and controls.

NYSE-listed business ("RBN") with sales of $400M. Owned diverse portfolio of industrial equipment businesses that operated in North and South America, Europe and Asia.-Guided business strategy that included several acquisitions as a member of the Senior Leadership Team.- Reviewed and evaluated business units to improve performance.- Set financing strategy and drove needed actions for a highly leveraged business.- Financed a $110M acquisition with private bond placement.- Communicated to investors including banks, investment bankers, bondholders, stockholders and outside financial analysts.- Created new financial reporting process to get faster budgets, forecasts and actual results.

NYSE-listed business ("RBN") with sales of $400M. Owned diverse portfolio of industrial equipment businesses that operated in North and South America, Europe and Asia.

Glass-lined steel equipment manufacturer with sales of $200M. Based in Rochester, NY with operations in the UK, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, India and China. Owned by Robbins & Myers since 1994.Promoted from Eagle to lead Pfaudler financial function. Needed to restructure business for profitable growth.- Led teams that developed strategic plans for future growth. Actions included acquisitions and cost reductions that led to substantial profit growth.- Led separate cost reduction projects in US, UK, Germany, Mexico and Brazil.- Restructured financial function to reduce costs and improve decision-,making.

Owner of industrial equipment businesses that started in 1987 with 7 acquired businesses and through subsequent acquisitions grew to $1.5B in 1989 with 25 separate businesses including Chemineer and Pfaudler. Based in Chicago, privately held with publicly traded debt. Businesses were sold off in 1990's.- Lead financial analysis on several acquisition teams.- Prepared SEC filings and did Road Show for a successful $300M bond offering.

Led audits of large publicly held and medium sized companies and organizations. Focus was on manufacturing businesses.