Arthur Knesbach, CFP®

Current

Systems Analyst/Project Manager at Synagro Technologies

Past

Financial Planner at Purdential
Owner at Knesbach Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)
Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young

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Education

University of Houston
Temple University
La Salle University

Northeast High School

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Connections

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Industry

Environmental Services

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Arthur Knesbach, CFP®’s Summary

Great Plains and SalesLogix Consultant. Project Manager Business Systems Analyst. Financial Analyst, Financial Planner, PMP Candidate

Arthur Knesbach, CFP®’s Specialties:

Financial Analysis, Project Management

Arthur Knesbach, CFP®’s Experience

Systems Analyst/Project Manager

Synagro Technologies

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; sygr; Environmental Services industry)

August 2003 — Present (6 years)

Project Manager
Great Plains and SalesLogix Consultant
Financial Planner

Purdential

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; PRU; Financial Services industry)

June 2000 — December 2001 (1 year 7 months)

Certified Financial Planner
Owner
Knesbach Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

March 1991 — April 2000 (9 years 2 months)

Provided consulting services to the following
Houston Sports Association (Astrodome & Houston Astros Baseball Club)
* Tracked budget versus actual expenditures; analyzed variances and made recommendations for cost savings; conducted analysis of revenue, gross margin, expenses and capital.
* Recommended purchase and coordinated installation of all 200 computers used throughout the Astrodome. Maintained all hardware and software, provided technical help, and trained users. Installed and supported the Astrodome's Local Area Network.
* Developed baseball attendance, parking, and comp-no-show applications for Astrodome USA's Ticket Office.
* Developed database systems to analyze all types of demographic marketing data.

Coca-Cola
* Designed, developed, and implemented a PC-based system for comparing productivity to reduce operating expenses among all juice plants.
* Interviewed and worked with personnel in nationwide plants to develop system. Program saved Coca-Cola over $7M.
Senior Consultant

Ernst & Young

(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Accounting industry)

March 1984 — March 1991 (7 years 1 month)

• Designed complex financial models that provided quantitative data for firm's litigation support services for a number of large bankruptcies. Primarily focusing on cash flow forecasting and analysis using NPV and IRR.

• Developed and coordinated Ernst & Young's Houston office in-house computer training sessions for more than 500 professionals. Effort involved developing courses, training instructors, scheduling classes, and conducting training sessions.

• Chief programmer for Revchek, Ernst & Young's oil and gas royalty verification system. Application enabled Ernst & Young's auditors to find over $5M in royalty underpayments for one client alone