Vice President, Finance Controller NA, Europe, Emerging Countries
San Francisco Bay Area
Vice President, Finance Controller NA, Europe, Emerging Countries
San Francisco Bay Area
Information Technology Strategic Sourcing
Supply Chain Design
End to End Business Process Transformations
Forming and Leveraging Supplier Partnerships
Building & Refining Manufacturing Infrastructure
LEAN Manufacturing Processes
Six Sigma & Black Belt Trained
P&L Overhauls
Trusted Business Partnerships
Performance Management Metrics
Balance Sheet Metrics
Building Finance Infrastructure
SOX Implementations
As an Executive with balanced expertise in both Operations and Finance, I have a record of 21 years of accomplishments in General Management, P&L turnarounds, creating and leading Manufacturing organizations, and driving Business Alliances/Partnerships for small, medium and large organizations. Focusing on core Business Processes created reduction opportunities that have increased bottom-line profits by over $2 Billion over the past 6 years for CISCO and Solectron/Flextronics.
(Privately Held; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)
January 2008 — Present (2 years )
Hi-Tech. IT Software Services. Assisted in preparation of S1 for SEC filing of Initial Public Offering (IPO) as the North American and European Controller while also directing global FP&A and Corporate Treasury.
(Public Company; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)
May 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 9 months)
Hi-Tech. Network Services. Directed Vendor Management Services for Enterprise Software and Outside Services (India partners) responsible for cultivating and balancing senior relationships between global corporations such as IBM, SAP, Oracle, Accenture, Hewlett Packard, SAP, SalesForce.com, Agile, Wipro, Infosys, Tata, Satyam and over 300 others.
(Public Company; SLR; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
June 2005 — April 2006 (11 months)
Procurement Officer responsible for acquisition of $1.6 billion of goods and services required to support global operations.
(Public Company; SLR; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
June 2001 — June 2005 (4 years 1 month)
Business Partner for Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) and Chief Information Officer (CIO). Directed global finance team managing $10 billion in annual material procurements while also controlling $1.6 Billion in operational expenses.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
May 1995 — January 2001 (5 years 9 months)
Responsible for finance and most day to day operational duties. General Counsel, Community Spokesman and Secretary, Board of Directors.
(Environmental Services industry)
January 1993 — April 1995 (2 years 4 months)
Responsible for operations, finance, and international JVs. Managed the portfolio companies. American side exited VC partnership and relocated to the US.
(Aviation & Aerospace industry)
1991 — 1993 (2 years )
Hi-Tech. Private. Contract Mfr.- Created first Seattle area Aerospace DOD 2000/ISO 9000 series and Medical quality level manufacturer producing for Microsoft, Boeing, Physio-Control, Intermec, Hamilton-Sunstrand and others.
(Medical Devices industry)
1990 — 1991 (1 year )
Private. Hi-Tech. Mfr. Medical Devices Mfr. - Responsible for all Operations for this 5-year-old company that produced High Radio Frequency, Analog ElectroSurgical Generators for “bloodless surgery”. Failed second round financing.
(Public Company; CR; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
May 1984 — January 1990 (5 years 9 months)
Hi-Tech, Aerospace electronic military and commercial products and services. Corporate Engineering Product Configuration Manager responsible for the configuration control of all aerospace avionics products including NASA Space Shuttle and Top Secret programs.
(Government Agency; Military industry)
December 1974 — February 1984 (9 years 3 months)
Served on nuclear submarine USS Will Rogers (SSBN-659) as Supply Officer and USS Enterprise (CVN-65) as S-1 Contracting, Inventory, Logistics, Procurement, Contracting and Nuclear Supplies Officer. Honorable Discharge.
Certificate , Business Leadership , 2006 — 2006
MBA/LS , Finance and Juris Doctor Curriculm , 1985 — 1990
Supply Officer , Executive MBA level program Procurement, Business Mgt., , 1975 — 1975
BA , Military History, Naval Science , 1971 — 1974
Growing teams, Deep sea fishing, flying, golf.