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A diversified technology company with annual revenues of $4.6B that provides engineered products and solutions for global niche markets including medical & scientific devices.Goal: Reporting to Group President to establish financial control and performance improvements in 7 companies across multiple geographies and industries. Annual revenue $200M+ 800+ employees EBITDA 30%+.Key Accomplishments:• Developed a high caliber team that delivered year over year financial performance improvements while also improving compliance and delivery.• Contributed to multi-million restructuring plan that netted savings by combining two businesses and reduced overall fixed costs across the business.• Recruited and drove restructured finance teams to improve Operating Profit Forecast accuracy.• Restructured IT to drive improved compliance and service to internal customers while also improving security and infrastructure.• Relocated two major manufacturing businesses delivering on budgeted revenue with virtually no impact to end users and customers.• Staff: 8 Direct Reports – 6 Company Controllers, IT Director and China Finance Manager – 57 total team

150-year old, $3.8B Company is a recognized global leader in the development of advanced medical devices, and has a presence in 32 countries.Goal: Enhance contract management practices, deliver financial improvements, and restore financial discipline for a $120M group with 260 employees. Key Accomplishments:• Contributed to a $10.6M savings by initiating the outsourcing of technical services to a third-party, and negotiating a multi-year $50M contract.• Established a new procurement-to-cash system that significantly improved the control and reporting associated with $30M in contract vendor expenses. Efforts accelerated cash flow management and supplier management.• Created and deployed a capital project reporting system that effectively controlled and reported information concerning $30M worth of IS projects to the CFO on a monthly basis.• Championed a robust financial reporting and forecasting model to accelerate financial accountability among employees in more than 32 countries.• Traveled to Switzerland and the UK to improve financial operations and institute new global process improvement practices.• Staff: 6 Direct Reports – Finance Managers, Project Finance Manager, Special Project Finance Analyst, and Contracts Manager

$1.2 billion, 150+ year old educational publisher of textbooks, instructional technology, assessments, and educational materials for teachers and students.Goal: Establish a dedicated financial team to support the CIT Division, regain financial control over IT spending, implement a monthly financial reporting package, and develop new business processes. Key Accomplishments: • Recruited and led the division’s first Finance and Procurement Team to support a $75M IT spending budget, handle related financial and budget issues, and ensure budget compliance.• Delivered $5.25M in cost savings by negotiating favorable deals with technology suppliers, creating cost saving opportunities across the organization, and implementing process improvement strategies.• Designed a successful project reporting and employee labor reporting system to effectively control $15M in capital projects and contribute to bottom-line performance.• Introduced a critical dashboard department reporting process, and decreased procurement process cycle by 2 days.• Staff: 5 Direct Reports – Director of Indirect Procurement, Purchasing Specialist, Senior Financial Analyst, Business Office Manager, and Executive Administrator; Budget – $75 M

A global leader and supplier of systems, software, services and instruments for industrial process automation and asset performance management.Goal: Turnaround cash flow problems for $150M North American Service Organization, financial stewardship for a $320M Global Service Operation. Key Accomplishments:• Created product line reporting systems to facilitate strategic planning and business and revenue forecasting.• Conducted a financial analysis and realized division was underutilizing its engineering manpower; effort pushed margins by $3.5M year-over-year. Designed monthly KPI reports for each region to track continuous process improvements and financial success.• Collaborated with the Asset Performance Team to create service product line go-to-market strategies that helped capture $2.6M in the first year and 35% gross margin.• Designed a service delivery model for a new global SAP system; implementation facilitated the downsizing of 15 global employees which saved $1.4M.

Goal: Decrease costs for the Facilities and Supply Chain Group by $2.5M. Recruit a financial management team to handle financial activities for a $225M Products Division. Key Accomplishments:• Finalized the start-up stage of a surface board company in Mexico that achieved nearly $1M in cost savings during the first year. Facility has evolved into a $70M organization with 45% profit.• Consulted with the Facilities and Supply Chain Group on financial issues, and supported outsourcing programs that triggered $2.5M in cost savings via energy improvement programs and staff downsizing events.• Pushed cash flow performance to $6M for the Corporate Overhead Groups by tracking cash flow performance on a weekly basis and conducting working capital management analysis. Delivered improvements in inventory reduction, supplier payment terms, price negotiations, and leasing opportunities.• Developed quarterly financial reporting package for each division’s management team to facilitate prudent financial and business decisions. Package lowered the review process from 3 days to 1.5 days.

• Enhanced balance sheet performance for England and France organizations by $1.6M. Effort was achieved by enhancing the revenue recognition process and launching an aggressive collections function. Staff’s efforts generated $5M in delinquent customer payments in 3 months.• Championed, implemented, and managed a $15M multi-phase restructuring initiative. Served as Interim Vice President of Finance for a $300M global division.• Initiated a planning and forecasting model to drive accuracy in financial reports used by all business units. Effort enabled senior management to focus on more important business activities instead of analyzing financial information.

• Managed financial activities for six operational units with global sales of $200M+. • Member of executive team that acquired a $25M company in Italy. Accomplishments included shutting down two redundant products lines that saved $3M, helping generate an additional $5M in sales, and expanding product offerings to customer base.• Founded a joint venture with a company in Israel which enabled Siebe to have a product migration strategy for a mature product. Joint venture generated $1M and became an integral part of a downstream oil and gas sector which represents $50M+ in revenue.• Key member of an M&A Team that performed due diligence for two additional acquisitions that pushed annual corporate sales by $65M. Helped outsource two key product line processes that saved $1.2M each year.