Experience

Huntsville City Schools

• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Director, Business

  • Mar 2005 - Present

  Directs all business areas for the Huntsville City Schools. This includes Audit and Risk, Financial Accounting, Information Systems, Purchasing, The Child Nutrition Program, Operations and Maintenance as well as Construction. Directs the efforts of six direct reports for the management of a 430-support employee organization. Directs all business areas for the Huntsville City Schools. This includes Audit and Risk, Financial Accounting, Information Systems, Purchasing, The Child Nutrition Program, Operations and Maintenance as well as Construction. Directs the efforts of six direct reports for the management of a 430-support employee organization.



Missouri Department of Transportation

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Director, Business and Chief Financial Officer

  • Jan 2004 - Present

  Directed all business and financial affairs for the Huntsville City Schools. This includes Audit and Risk, Financial Accounting, Information Systems, Purchasing, The Child Nutrition Program, Operations and Maintenance as well as Construction. Directs the efforts of six direct reports for the management of a 430-support employee organization.; Directed all financial efforts involved with the acquisition and allocation of federal and state funds to highway construction and maintenance projects as well as to all other modes of public transportation in the State of Missouri.Directed the legislative and operating budget process for a $1.9 billion dollar operation. Managed the State transportation bond issuance process.Monitored cash flow. Directed a 20 person organizationDirected the efforts of 20 financial employees in 10 districts across the stateAssisted with the implementation of an effective performance management processDirecting the implementation of Advantage 3.0 business system Show less

• Resource Management Director / Treasurer

  • Apr 2002 - Mar 2005

  Directed all financial efforts involved with the acquisition and allocation of federal and state funds to highway construction and maintenance projects as well as to all other modes of public transportation in the State of Missouri.•Directed the legislative and operating budget process for a $1.9 billion dollar operation. •Managed the State transportation bond issuance process.•Monitored cash flow. •Directed a 20 person organization•Directed the efforts of 20 financial employees in 10 districts across the state•Assisted with the implementation of an effective performance management process•Directing the implementation of Advantage 3.0 business system Show less



Solutia, Inc. / Monsanto

• Manager, Financial Analysis

  • Jan 2001 - Jan 2002

  Responsible for all financial analysis and controls associated with the corporation's $100mil information technology operations. Participated on a team to select an Information Technology (IT) outsourcing partner for Solutia. Our selection resulted in annual savings of $3.6mil. Herbert Wheeler, Jr. page 2 of 3 Trained financial systems end users at the Director / Manager level on viewing their cost on-line, and understanding their cost by using a drill down process to obtain details from high level reports, reducing the need for clerical assistance. Financial Process Lead ( SAP / Process Maximization Show less



PS, AM

• Project Manager, Financial Redesign

  • Jan 1994 - Jan 2000

  for Business Redesign in the Finance and Production Operations areas. Developed the business case and appropriation request package for the Board of Directors approval of a global process redesign and implementation initiative. Worked as a member of a team to select a business integrations software vendor. Projected savings and revenue enhancements were in excess of $50mil per year. Directed the SAP implementation and process integration efforts of a global Financial (FI/CO) and Production Operations (PP) team. Improved inventory accuracy and accelerated the month end manufacturing accounting closing cycle by two days. Resolved SAP / process integration issues, and managed finance related configuration in various modules (CO Show less



Monsanto Company

• United States
• Farming
• 700 & Above Employee

• Plant Accountant

  • Jan 1989 - Jan 1994

  Implemented effective cost management processes, which resulted in reduced cost of goods manufactured. Managed the concurrent installation of a fiber optics network, e-mail, and a maintenance system. Responsibility included product costing, cost variance analysis, budgeting, inventory valuation, and management reporting. In this position, I was also responsible for purchasing, stores, and information technology. I had a staff of 10 direct reports. Implemented effective cost management processes, which resulted in reduced cost of goods manufactured. Managed the concurrent installation of a fiber optics network, e-mail, and a maintenance system. Responsibility included product costing, cost variance analysis, budgeting, inventory valuation, and management reporting. In this position, I was also responsible for purchasing, stores, and information technology. I had a staff of 10 direct reports.



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• Product Costing Supervisor

  • Jan 1987 - Jan 1989

  Supervised all product costing and management reporting activities for a facility in the chemical industry. Developed and implemented procedures for accurate plant-to-plant inventory transfers. Maintained value added internal financial controls. Herbert Wheeler, Jr. Supervised all product costing and management reporting activities for a facility in the chemical industry. Developed and implemented procedures for accurate plant-to-plant inventory transfers. Maintained value added internal financial controls. Herbert Wheeler, Jr.



U.S

• Weapon Systems Costing Supervisor

  • Jan 1981 - Jan 1987

  Supervised weapon system costing and budgeting for a major production facility in the U.S. weapons complex. Responsible for both tangible and intangible inventories. Managed cost-plus award fee process for the Monsanto / DOE contract. Developed weapon system life cycle cost. Supervised weapon system costing and budgeting for a major production facility in the U.S. weapons complex. Responsible for both tangible and intangible inventories. Managed cost-plus award fee process for the Monsanto / DOE contract. Developed weapon system life cycle cost.



Monsanto Company

• United States
• Farming
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manufacturing Accounting

  • Jan 1972 - Jan 1981