Experience

Burkland

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consulting CFO

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Burkland gives startups a solid foundation to grow with confidence. Our fractional CFOs, accountants, HR advisors, and tax experts offer strategic guidance to ease a company’s growing pains and provide the financial insight and operational processes to scale. We provide the expertise that makes economic sense ranging from Pre-Seed to Series C. Burkland serves over 700 venture-backed startups in SaaS, Consumer, Fintech, and Healthcare across the United States. Learn more at - https://burklandassociates.com Show less



SPW, Inc.

• President

  • 2002 - Present

  Founded independent consulting and business opportunity generation firm to help clients solve their most complex challenges, drawing upon intuition, spatial thinking, and analytic reasoning to quickly develop solutions. ◊ Stabilized supply chain and fine-tuned channel strategy for $60M division of a multinational chemical company, increasing on-time delivery from 65% to 95% and altering power dynamic with channel partners to slow margin erosion with off-patent product. Founded independent consulting and business opportunity generation firm to help clients solve their most complex challenges, drawing upon intuition, spatial thinking, and analytic reasoning to quickly develop solutions. ◊ Stabilized supply chain and fine-tuned channel strategy for $60M division of a multinational chemical company, increasing on-time delivery from 65% to 95% and altering power dynamic with channel partners to slow margin erosion with off-patent product.



Best Burger, LLC

• President

  • 2004 - Present

  Built award-winning restaurant operation and quickly outperformed the flagship location with sales and EBITDA results at 80% and 120% above the industry standard. ◊ Achieved first-year profitability, and then sustained that profitability through a changing economic climate. 2013 was the second consecutive year of record-setting sales. Built award-winning restaurant operation and quickly outperformed the flagship location with sales and EBITDA results at 80% and 120% above the industry standard. ◊ Achieved first-year profitability, and then sustained that profitability through a changing economic climate. 2013 was the second consecutive year of record-setting sales.



Synergia Life Sciences

• Supply Chain Consultant

  • Sep 2020 - Mar 2022

  Managing operations and supply chain for the US market including logistics and 3PL relationship. Managing operations and supply chain for the US market including logistics and 3PL relationship.



MenaQ7 | Vitamin K2 | Gnosis by Lesaffre | Ex. Nattopharma

• France
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Jan 2018 - Dec 2019



Golden Seeds

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Aug 2011 - Oct 2013

  As Managing Director with Golden Seeds, an angel investment firm, served as Co-Deal Lead on $2M capital raise for Groupize, an SAAS travel technology company As Managing Director with Golden Seeds, an angel investment firm, served as Co-Deal Lead on $2M capital raise for Groupize, an SAAS travel technology company



Analytics Operations Engineering

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal

  • 1998 - 2001

  Consulted to companies in the aircraft/aerospace, healthcare, logistics, and consumer goods industries, providing guidance on improving supply chain management, operations, and distribution processes. ◊ Brought about a paradigm shift at Boeing that improved on-time delivery from 75% to 90%. Conceptualized and implemented system that transformed facility from reactive to proactive culture. ◊ Identified cost savings of up to 15% by conducting comprehensive manufacturing process assessment for Sensitech. ◊ Uncovered critical quality insights for Baxter Healthcare. Worked alongside personnel in Puerto Rico to collect data, refine the data collection process, and map product failures to discover a process failure. Show less



Epicor

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Systems Implementation Team Leader

  • Apr 1998 - Sep 1998

  Led implementation of Materials Resource Planning (MRP) system software at client sites with teams of up to five employees. Worked with client representatives to quickly understand the business and envision how to render existing processes in the system to achieve superior business results. Led implementation of Materials Resource Planning (MRP) system software at client sites with teams of up to five employees. Worked with client representatives to quickly understand the business and envision how to render existing processes in the system to achieve superior business results.



Lane Supply Company, Inc.

• CFO

  • 1995 - 1998

  Identified target company and then led $10M leveraged buyout of a $15M manufacturer and distributor of power transmission components and material handling systems. Developed proposed operational strategy and investor presentation to raise $10M in equity and debt capital. ◊ Reduced ineligible receivables 90%+ in 5 months by creating daily report in leveraged situation. ◊ Captured 3% EBITDA improvement by developing activity-based cost and revenue model. Identified target company and then led $10M leveraged buyout of a $15M manufacturer and distributor of power transmission components and material handling systems. Developed proposed operational strategy and investor presentation to raise $10M in equity and debt capital. ◊ Reduced ineligible receivables 90%+ in 5 months by creating daily report in leveraged situation. ◊ Captured 3% EBITDA improvement by developing activity-based cost and revenue model.



Booz Allen Hamilton

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • 1993 - 1995

  Consulted to clients in the operations management practice, leveraging innovation, problem solving, and process improvement skills to drive value within client organizations. ◊ Identified 30% duplication of staff by evaluating worldwide organizational structure of International Paper. ◊ Uncovered $30M cost reduction opportunity in a $900M cost base for Corning Glass. ◊ Enabled 50% inventory reduction and $6M decrease in scrap costs for Longmont Foods by developing production scheduling system. Show less