Responsible for managing all of the financial aspects for this family held growing business. Work with the senior management team to determine the strategic direction of the company. Provide leadership, management and vision necessary to ensure that the company has the proper financial and internal controls, systems, administrative and reporting procedures, and personnel capability in place to ensure the company’s financial integrity.

Provide entrepreneurs from ethnically and economically diverse groups with the financial education that will allow them to understand the power of numbers and how they can assist in better decision making and help grow their business. Taught a Financial Literacy Seminar entitled Unlocking Profitability with Accounting encompassing the balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement, break even analysis, and key financial ratios

Managed a staff of ~ 4 employees within Northeast Shared Services Accounting that supports Inter-Organization Transfers for two Raytheon businesses; Integrated Defense Systems & Network Centric Systems which generate $9B of annual revenue and employ ~ 24K employees. • Received achievement award for building a strong and productive Accounting team and partnership with the SAP Core Team• Implemented processes improvements and automated/streamlined processes which allowed reduction of the monthly closing cycle by one full day.• Provided SAP systems guidance to staff and customers thus improving overall system knowledge.• Served as primary Accounting liaison to Raytheon’s Financial Shared Services and Internal Audit, along with Defense Contract Audit Agency, and PWC Control Excellence, resulting in no findings. • Reduced overall unbilled inter-organizational balances by 12% which resulted in expediting the movement of costs to prime contracts and the recovery of cash on external billings.• Developed and maintained appropriate process/accounting standards and controls which increased overall efficiency of the team.• Dealt professionally and effectively with diverse peer group and large customer base; Financial Planning & Analysis, Program Finance, Financial Shared Services, SAP Competency Center, Cash Management, Supply Chain, Corporate Tax, and counterparts in other accounting/business groups which strengthened relationship with Northeast Shared Services organization.

Led and directed finance staff of up to 10 employees in a $55M Global Marine Electronic division of a Fortune 500 company. Ensured proper financial/operational procedures and controls were followed and resources were utilized effectively. Contributed to both strategic and tactical direction of division and played a fundamental role in the corporate acquisition and integration processes. Directed Materials, Quality, HR and IT functions concurrent with Finance responsibilities as division grew. • Directed yearly strategic planning, budgeting, quarterly financial reviews and forecasting activities ensuring that overall targets and timetables are met. • Managed all phases of selection and implementation of a new Enterprise Resource Planning system in less than 12 months; Extended Systems-Infor (formerly Point.Man, Mapics).• Oversaw monthly close activities including preparation of financial statements and a comprehensive management-reporting package. Successfully reduced the monthly close processing time from several days to a matter of hours, which was highlighted in Sept. 2000 “start” magazine article. • Created and implemented written policies and procedures to ensure testing and monitoring were in compliance with Sarbanes Oxley. • Improved inventory accuracy from less than 80% to 99.8% and increased inventory turns by 50% within 12 months.• Successfully contained health benefit costs to single digit increases when the overall industry was experiencing double digit increases. • Reduced telecommunications cost by approximately 40%.• Implemented an effective cost-based pricing program resulting in significant improvement in overall gross margins and product/business decisions.

Managed financial staff of 6 and provided support and guidance to various manufacturing and distribution groups. Oversaw monthly accounting for all manufacturing and distribution inventory activity from receipts through Cost of Sales, (~ $210M). • Initiated several MIS enhancements that increased efficiencies including realized labor cost savings and increased accuracy. • Developed inventory accounting controls, policies and procedures including drop shipments, subcontract, scrap, obsolescence and excess.• Led implementation of Activity Based costing methodology within Distribution, which improved the knowledge of product distribution cost.• Managed Freight analysis and payment process with ~ annual value of $20M.• Provided guidelines and assistance in the development of expense budgets and ongoing review of actual results to improve knowledge of spending and future budget planning, ~ $55M. • Determined staffing requirements and provided training, motivation, and development of staff during stringent workforce reductions.• Supported ISO 9000 implementation within Distribution, which led to ISO certification.• Developed and provided detailed cost and margin analysis/reporting which enhanced product profitability knowledge.• Managed the weekly payroll processing and check distribution for entire Manufacturing/Distribution operations, ~ 750 people.• Led Implementation of worldwide product cost standards with reduction of implementation schedule by 50%.• Evaluated and analyzed new capital proposals. Coordinated and maintained WIP and capital inventories which ensured accuracy levels of 98+%. • Coordinated sale of equipment to employees to reduce company excess equipment.• Interfaced with outside audit firm, E & Y, to provide required information for cost and inventory audits.