Strategic, hands-on financial leader, highly skilled in driving financial and operational initiatives in manufacturing companies with $85 Million to $4.5 Billion in revenue, with broad exposure and leadership in marketing, operations, and information technology. Proven track record of consensus building and operational improvement, working within challenging, fast-paced environments.

COMPANY	POSITION HELD	DATES WORKED
Ideal Industries inc.	Manager Financial Planning & Analysis	11/1999 - 6/2005
Tate & Lyle North America	(Confidential)	6/1998 - 11/1999
Fiskars N.A.	(Confidential)	1/1996 - 6/1998
Essex Group, Inc.	(Confidential)	8/1993 - 1/1996

SCHOOL	MAJOR	YEAR	DEGREE
Millikin University	Accounting	1991	Bachelor Degree

Highlights:

Created and drove a cross functional team to analyze and provide solutions to our organization’s ongoing product margin erosion. We identified opportunities and executed solutions resulting in a 1.25% improvement in product margins, leading directly to an annualized increase in operating income of $1.1 million. Solutions included surgical price adjustments where possible, lean design engineering events to cost-reduce high volume products, discontinuation of a limited number of products, and placing controls over pricing override ability. Integral in Dickey-john’s shift in strategic direction from an after market focus in our electronic sensor group to an OEM partnership focus. We provide innovative engineering solutions to our OEM customer’s most difficult issues and in return we have a clearer view on where the largest players in our industry are heading, enabling us to better position our proprietary analytical product lines. Commissioned an assessment of hardware and software capabilities, along with a critical needs assessment of IT infrastructure to address chronic IT under spending in the last seven years. Created a 5 year plan, along with the Director of IT, to address deficiencies throughout the function.

Financial Forecasting
Report Writing
Ecommerce Strategy and digital marketing channels optimization - SEO, SEM, email, affiliates - for high-profile accounts.
Technology Solutions
Requirements Analysis & Specification

• Strategic and Annual planning
• Performance reporting
• Mergers and acquisitions
• International and domestic banking
• Capital investment analysis
• Global risk management
• IT Management
• Growth
• Debt Financing Structure

Accountable for the leadership and development of the Finance and Information Technology functions. Challenged with making finance and IT key partners to the organization by providing highly relevant information and sound business guidance. Strategic partner with CEO in establishing and executing the business goals and vision for Dickey-John.