SUMMARY Finance leader with extensive global experience in professional services and higher education industries working in private, public and private equity backed organizations. Adept at evaluating and integrating acquisitions to drive growth, with the capacity to streamline business operations and bottom-line profit. Able to analyze, synthesize and effectively communicate complex data to reduce risk and enhance decision making. Core competencies include: * Finance and Operations: More than doubled the revenue and profit of the Hospitality Division of Laureate and led the analysis and recommendations for all global capital investments. Reduced $30M of SG&A expenses at Manpower. * M&A: Concluded more than 10 acquisitions at Laureate including due diligence and integration in the US, Europe and Asia.