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• Key team member to help build a larger production site replacing the existing building. Wrote and
reviewed strategic plans for business to be transferred to the new production site.
• Worked closely with Program Managers to ensure timely launches and target profitability and capital
expenditures were on plan.
• Implemented QAD Mfg Pro system from local software and financials maintained in Excel.
• Actively managed cash flow to ensure supplier and capital expenditure payments could be met.
Worked with local banks to establish debt facilities at lower interest rates and competitive fees.
• Trained other departmental managers to ensure understanding of plant’s financials, budget, and
internal control procedures.
TRW Occupant Safety Systems Europe Division Alfdorf, Germany
Manager of Financial Analysis and Planning 2002 – 2004
• Responsible for consolidating financial results and analysis for 24 production plants and an
engineering center. Key liaison between corporate headquarters and the production plants.
• Implemented Hyperion for each of the production, engineering, and sales sites.
Business Support Center (Corporate) Cleveland, Ohio
Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis 2001 - 2002
Senior Financial Analyst 2000 - 2001
• Reviewed the Automotive Segment’s actual and forecasted results on a monthly basis versus plan and
prior year focusing on one-time items, cash flow, fixed costs, and cost reductions.
• Assisted in preparing Total Company Operating and Strategic plan evaluations and presentations for
upper management and the Board of Directors.
Mesa II (Occupant Restraint Manufacturing Plant) Mesa, Arizona
Financial Reporting & Cost Accounting Analyst 1999 - 2000
• Responsible for monthly unit cost reporting and plant spending variance analyses. Assisted in budget
development and monitored actual expenses and cost saving activities.
Internal Audit Mesa, Arizona
Senior Auditor 1996 - 1999
• Preformed comprehensive audits at primarily international manufacturing locations.
ALTSCHULER, MELVOIN AND GLASSER LLP Chicago, Illinois
Senior Auditor 1995 - 1996
• Specialized in audits of middle market manufacturing companies. Responsible for completing all
areas of a year-end audit and supervising staff.
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP South Bend, Indiana
Financial Reporting & Cost Accounting Analyst 1993 - 1995
• Involved primarily with an audit of a Fortune 500 multinational manufacturing corporation.
EDUCATION and CERTIFICATIONS
KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Evanston, IL
Masters of Business Administration December 2011
GOSHEN COLLEGE Goshen, Indiana
BA, Accounting May 1993
Certified Public Accountant – State of Ohio (inactive)