Experience

Arabian Horse Association

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Director of Finance and Administration

  • 2009 - Present

  Manage finance, accounting, and business functions for a not-for-profit equine breed association and registry. Develop budgets and produce income statements. Manage finance, accounting, and business functions for a not-for-profit equine breed association and registry. Develop budgets and produce income statements.



Optima Batteries, Inc.

• Controller

  • 1993 - 2009

  Managed finance, accounting, and business functions for a manufacturer of automotive batteries. Produced financial statements and developed budgets. Optima Batteries is a division of Johnson Controls. * Successfully negotiated the financing package for a start-up facility, including $5M bank line of credit, $9M Industrial Development Revenue Bonds, and $18M equipment leases. * Developed and maintained full product line bills of materials (BOMs) and related standard product costs, which reduced materials usage variances. * Developed a customer pricing program which standardized product line margins and adjusted for commodity price changes. * Developed and implemented procedures and controls for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. * Provided direction to operations that decreased scrap and increased throughput consistently year over year. Between 2004 and 2008, scrap reduced by 35% and productivity was improved by 40%.



Johnson Controls

• Ireland
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Controller

  • 1993 - 2009

  Johnson Controls is the parent company of Optima Batteries. Johnson Controls is the parent company of Optima Batteries.



KDVR-TV Fox 31

• Controller

  • 1983 - 1993

  Managed accounting and business functions for a television broadcaster. Produced financial statements, developed budgets, and prepared income tax work papers. * Reduced long-term debt by 50% over 5 years, through analysis of long-range market conditions, product revenue potential, and commercial inventory control. * Implemented cost controls which held operating expense increases to 5% per year during 11% per year revenue growth (7 year average). * Developed computer models for sales management which increase commercial inventory utilization by 10%.



Daniel Geophysical, Inc.

• Senior Accountant

  • 1981 - 1983

  Prepared financial statements, analyzed capital and operating budgets, and managed cash flow for an oil & gas exploration service provider. * Produced interest expenses savings of $105K over 15 months through implementing cash management systems. * Reduced average age of accounts receivable from 90 days to 45 days. Prepared financial statements, analyzed capital and operating budgets, and managed cash flow for an oil & gas exploration service provider. * Produced interest expenses savings of $105K over 15 months through implementing cash management systems. * Reduced average age of accounts receivable from 90 days to 45 days.



Marathon Oil Corporation

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Accountant

  • 1980 - 1981

  Analyzed payables, receivables, and drilling costs for a fully integrated oil & gas firm. Prepared state and local oil and gas tax returns. Assisted in developing models to analyze return on investments. Analyzed payables, receivables, and drilling costs for a fully integrated oil & gas firm. Prepared state and local oil and gas tax returns. Assisted in developing models to analyze return on investments.