Susan E. Topel-Samek Email & Phone Number

Penfield, New York

I sold my first house in 1984 and have had my real estate broker license ever since. After many years of doing other things, I’ve decided it’s time to do what I love. And what I have always loved is helping people buy and sell homes.

Rochester, NY

Rochester, New York

• Recruited to assist CEO with establishing infrastructure to enable significant growth. Established financial and administrative infrastructure required to prepare the company for major new growth opportunities. This.
• Recruiting and hiring to increase skill at senior levels, including: COO, CIO, VP Operations & Supply Chain, Controller, VP Sales, VP Intellectual Property.
• Negotiating technology partnership agreements with major defense contractors.
• Restructuring debt on terms favorable to owners; improved bank relationships, fostering improved understanding of company and trust in its owners and management team.
• Developing and implementing a disciplined annual financial planning process.
• Conducting RFP process to identify and select new independent audit firm.

• Hired to bring professional, public-company financial disciplines, risk management, and accounting and finance infrastructure to a company outgrowing its systems and processes. Key accomplishments include:
• Co-lead acquisition and integration of two companies, representing two new product lines, in NY and CA.
• Reorganized finance and accounting function to focus on decision support by manufacturing location.
• Upgraded skill level in finance group consistent with public company reporting and increasingly complex management reporting requirements.
• Developed and implemented a disciplined annual financial planning process.
• Assessed and restructured employee benefits programs, resulting in improved benefits at lower cost.

Rochester, New York Area

• Responsible for establishing and implementing global treasury strategy and policy for the parent corporation and 70 subsidiaries, in 35 countries, throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia:In the midst of a crisis.
• One of eight senior executives who participated in early due diligence work with private equity firm considering acquisition of BOL.
• Worked with acquirer and banks to successfully issue $3 billion of debt in the difficult high-yield debt market conditions prevailing in October 2007.
• Following the October 2007 acquisition by Warburg-Pincus, managed the transition from a cash-rich public company to a highly-leveraged private company.
• During the 18-month delay before the company issued restated financial statements, managed the relationship with the lending bank group, achieving, among other things, the negotiation of multiple waivers of covenants.

• Responsible for global oversight of all corporate treasury operations, including cash management, foreign currency exposure management, and capital market operations for $2 billion eye healthcare company operating in.
• Achieved upgrade in all three of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch credit ratings from high yield to investment grade. This was accomplished by initiating a program of consistent, proactive communication with all three rating.
• Reorganized and upgraded skills in corporate treasury organization.
• Negotiated a five-year $250MM revolving credit agreement with a syndicate of eight banks in 2003; renegotiated that agreement in 2005, increasing the facility to $400MM and eliminating the Material Adverse Change clause.
• Developed and implemented a plan to repatriate $1 billion of foreign earnings under the American Jobs Creation Act of 2002, which necessitated negotiation of a $50MM term loan in Japan and a $375MM term loan in London..
• Managed three separate public debt issuances to retire $480MM of debt maturing during the period 2003-2005. New debt was issued as $150MM of 5-year bonds in 2002, $50MM of 5-year bonds in 2003, and $160MM of 20-year.

Rochester, New York Area

Appointed by the Chief Financial Officer to oversee restructuring actions around the world, developed and implemented a system of reporting which successfully managed accountability for 800 separate actions in North and South America, Europe and Asia. Delivered results within parameters established by the Board of Directors and ensured compliance with.

Rochester, New York Area

• Global responsibility for corporate real estate, employee relocation, risk management and insurance, environment, health & safety, and industrial hygiene functions. Managed diverse staff of sixteen professionals.
• Restructured the corporate insurance risk management organization to achieve $7 million annual cost reduction through the following actions: Negotiated 28% reduction in premium expense while maintaining or improving.
• Negotiated a global waste disposal contract with a sole-source vendor in exchange for significant price concessions and an enforceable indemnification for the benefit of B&L against any future liability associated with.
• While developing my successor in corporate real estate, expanded the reach of that function without increasing costs by negotiating a sole-source, worldwide brokerage and outsourcing agreement that encompassed local.

Rochester, New York Area

Other positions and B&L:Director, Corporate Real Estate and Relocation (1991-96)Manager, Corporate Real Estate and Relocation (1986-91)Manager, Corporate Real Estate (1984)Real Estate Specialist (1981)Real Estate Representative (1978)

Mba, Finance

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma

Bs, Business Management