Partnered with CEO to develop and execute strategy, including significant crisis management (inflation, COVID, destructive hurricanes, recessions, unstable governments). Led transformations, finance, IT, e-commerce/DTC, category management, marketing, and logistics. • Played key role in achieving 6% compound average annual revenue growth from 2013 to 2020. Increased net margin by 25%.• Immediately restructured balance sheet, including loan pay downs and new terms. Cut borrowing costs 50%. Created financial capacity for strategic investments. • Managed acquisition and integration of 2 retailers. Added 3 categories and 11 stores (25% revenue growth). Beat accretion targets. • Drove process improvements and operational effectiveness via ERP, POS, and logistics systems implementations. Moved IT infrastructure to the cloud. • Increased speed and quality of management decisions with PowerBI and Tableau. • Sourced and negotiated new 3PL relationship. Accelerated order-to-delivery from 3 months to 3 weeks. Enabled 50% inventory reduction. Cut freight and distribution center costs 50%. • Offset COVID-driven store shutdowns by launching e-commerce sites within 6 weeks. Retained 25% of brick & mortar revenue. • Introduced new incentive compensation plan, increased sales 20%+.• Built agile organization (leaders, systems, processes, training) that successfully executed growth strategies, crisis responses, and new business models.

Company: 7-figure, 80-employee, VC-backed (3TS Cisco Growth Fund) general interest media group (BSE: IN4). Content and ads reach 70% of Bulgarian online audience. Acquired by Bloomberg in 2013. Recruited to CEO role by Board to execute expansion and exit strategy. Led 80-person team, 8 directs. Reported to Board.• Raised USD$1.5 million in placement offering on Bulgaria Stock Exchange.• Increased revenue 20% in 18 months. Cut operating costs 40%.• Sold company for 10X revenue. Beat investors’ expectations.

Company: $181 billion, Global Fortune 100, multinational oil & gas company (LSE: RDSA & RDSB). Took over troubled Finance ERP implementation for enterprise CFO organization and 120 service subsidiaries. Managed 100-person, matrixed team, 10 directs, consulting firm relationship, and $250 million, 3-year project budget. Reported to Controller, Global Service Companies. • Restructured project management team and narrative, including scope and projected impact. Inspired Finance stakeholders to re-engage.• Clarified and negotiated Finance’s deliverables with project manager and enterprise PMO.• Directed new, inclusive process and accountabilities to define stakeholder requirements. • Guided development of Finance change management plan, including process automation/ consolidation, internal controls, stakeholder communication, training, and follow-up. • Monitored IT and Finance progress against milestones. Resolved escalations. Presented status reports to Finance Steering Committee. • Drove simultaneous “go live” to all entities on time, within budget, and with zero significant operating issues.

Managed financial planning for $500+ million budget Central Finance organization. Led global consolidation, process standardization, and offshoring of financial operations. Met/beat targets to cut costs, accelerate production schedules, and reduce errors.

Closed fund with 9X, 5-year return to investors.

Member of start-up executive team for US-based, technology company. • Raised US$1 million from private investors. • Led development of commercialization strategy. • Built framework of financial controls and systems.

Company: 8-figure revenue joint venture of US-based Citizens Communication and Hungary-based TeleDanmark (ASE: HTC).Spearheaded key elements of USD$200 million restructuring. • Increased EBITDA USD$10 million.• As chair of the Telecom Association Interconnect and Tariff Committee, lobbied Hungarian government and negotiated tariff and interconnect fee reductions. •Negotiated cost savings across all subsidiaries.• Responded to due diligence requests.

Seconded to act as an advisor to the Transylvanian Private Ownership Fund, a Government-established fund which managed the privatised assets of 25% of the Romanian population.