Experience

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  Boy Scouts of America Hawkeye Area Council

  • Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

  • Business Manager

    • Jul 2014 - Present
    • Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

    The Accountant/Business Manager gives leadership to all facets of Council business administration and accounting including: fundraising department; accounting department; computer operations; and general office operations. Business planning and forecasting, budget and audit development and oversi...

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  Rockwell Collins

  • United States
  • Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Sr Manager Pricing

    • Feb 2008 - Sep 2013

    Responsible for the developement of business financial plans for major programs. • Won $2B of new global business annually, increasing business margins 250 basis points over five years.• Created $7B intellectual property valuation in partnership with the Government of China.• Developed staff and established process and tools resulting in a 33% percent reduction of staff from nine to six.• Generated a white paper to support the use a leveraged balance sheet to enable additional programs that generated $3B of out of plan new volume while making Wall Street earning projections.• Reduced turnaround on customer requests for special pricing for multiple aircraft discounts by 96% from 24 hours to minutes.

  • Manager Acquisitions and Integration

    • Jun 2001 - Jan 2008

    Responsible for the complete financial cycle of an acquisition from due diligence, analysis, valuation, and negotiation through integration.• On-site integration manager in Salt Lake City, Utah for Visual Systems acquisition. Designed integration plan, utilized program skills to integrate this complex carve out acquisition on time, within budget, and realized $2M in synergies.• Manager, Acquisitions and Integration Cedar Rapids. Lead twelve merger and acquisition financial teams resulting in six acquisitions totaling $320M. • Lead multiple new market initiatives that resulted in $250M of annual new revenues.

  • Manager, Client Business

    • Feb 2000 - Jun 2001

    Responsible for oversight of all contractual and financial aspects of the business relationship. • Established winning capture plans resulting in $1.2B of new business with Fortune 500 customers.• Developed and provided post award analysis and kept development expenditures within budget.• Key member in the Lean Core Process Optimization team for pursuit, order, and capture. Saved $15M annually in pursuit costs and increased capture wins by 30%.

  • Manager, Financial Services, Financial Planning & Analysis, Pricing

    • Feb 1986 - Jan 2000

    Responsible for financial planning, accounting and pricing.• Created strategic financial plans, annual operating plans, monthly forecast and reported actuals that exceeded all expectations gaining the reputation as the best Rockwell Collins Financial Manager. • Enabled a regional airline customer’s idea to obtain spare units and repair on a hourly charge. Created the model to charge regional and major airlines by the hour. This service business continues to generate $300M in annual revenue each year.• Created the algorithms to accrue varying year warranty as the industry moved from standard warranty terms. This process has become standard practice within Rockwell Collins.• Early adaptor of e-mail, selling executive management of the merits, collaborated with e-business to be the first to adapt in Rockwell Collins resulting in all Division personnel to connect electronically.

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  Rockwell Collins, Business and Regional Systems

  • Melbourne, Florida

  • Supervisor, Accounting, Financial Planning & Control

    • Jun 1981 - Jan 1986
    • Melbourne, Florida

    Responsible for financial planning, accounting and internal control at this remote manufacturing location.• Developed and implemented automated accounting systems, such as the documentation and development of an automated accounts payable system which resulted in a 25% reduction of staff from 15 ...