Engage in entrepreneur and development activities as a franchise partner of Unicity BiosLife for Switzerland; also serve as a freelance financial consultant for Fairvesta, a German private equity company that operates closed investment funds and generates returns by acquiring and selling German real estate. Establish base for growth with co-partners of Unicity BiosLife during its pre-launch phase (official launch scheduled for October, 2008), and advise prospects and clients in Europe on investment opportunities at Fairvesta; also continually apply personal growth and development techniques to further unleash potential through appropriate coaching, training and literature.

In charge of managing business support activities in a $50 million region of Lifescan, a $2 billion medical devices company. Supported the General Manager CEE, and five Sales Managers by conducting business planning and forecasting, monitoring country level and consolidated P&L, provided variance analysis to Sales Managers, and drove improvements to processes, structures, and supply channels; also managed contracts, finance, accounting and compliance processes and procedures, approved spending, and handled general accounting balances and financial closings. Served as a proactive strategic partner to the General Manager CEE and the Finance Director EMEA, and continually performed analysis to facilitate decision making. Directly supervised one Financial Analyst, and oversaw five Country Controllers and three Logistic Customer Service Representatives. Member of the CEE Management, EMEA Finance, and EMEA Compliance Boards.

Reduced cycle time of planning, monitoring, and reporting by 90%, and set the base to achieve a solid three-year CAGR of 16% in top line and 70% in net income after tax for CEE through focusing on strategic and business plans, business cases, integrated management tools, business process improvements, and coaching of Controllers.

• Business Planning
– Completed business plan process for the 2005-2008 period, and rolled out integrated management tools to conduct the business planning process and provide timely monitoring.
– Developed business cases to drive business growth 100% in Poland, Switzerland, and new EU countries in three years.
– Presented and defended business plans to EMEA management, and received approval for implementation.
– Led the development of integrated business planning tools to conduct a bottom-up business plan process for the CEE region.
– Improved planning, reporting, and business support by conducting benchmarking and leading meetings.
– Introduced process excellence in business communications via adoption of e-room and dashboards.

• Business Process Improvement
– Proactively visualized and implemented business process improvements.
– Built partnerships to provide CEE with logistics, financial, legal, technical, and shared service support.
– Implemented and streamlined commissionaire, distribution, and shared service contracts across CEE.
– Rolled out commission structure in three countries, transferred logistics in four countries from local to direct distribution, lowered CEE tax rate from 25% to 16%, and rolled out central demand planning across CEE.
– Achieved healthcare and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance through effective procedures, controls, and monitoring.

• Hiring, Developing & Coaching
– Hired, developed, and coached a Financial Analyst, and also coached Country Controllers to inspire them to take ownership of operational tasks and improvement projects.

Completed internships that were focused on corporate finance, post-merger integration, and operations management. Supervised and mentored by Honeywell’s CFO, Deutsche Post World Net’s Director of International Consulting Projects, and Deutsche PostBank AG’s Director of Operations/Finance. Consistently gained great appreciation for accomplishments from all three companies, which submitted attractive hiring offers upon completion of MBA (declined based on opportunity with Johnson & Johnson).

• Econometric Model
– Managed on-time development of an econometric model to forecast changes in market size and sales orders for Honeywell. Presented model to EMEA Management Board, achieved their buy-in, and rolled out the model to all lines of businesses and countries, and trained FP&A team on the use of report.

• Post-Merger Integration Support
– Created guides and tools based on PMI external and internal best practices to assist Deutsche Post World Net manage future integration projects. Coordinated feedback and buy-in process, designed Intranet roadmap, and contributed to defining the role of the Post Merger Integration Support Unit.

• Cost Savings
– Contributed to generating 40% cost savings at Deutsche Postbank AG by developing and delivering a process-based management methodology.
– Gained approval from senior management to adopt the methodology to help achieve cost savings.
– Led cross-functional team to allocate process costs to bank products and analyze implementation issues.

Managed and supported the implementation of business solutions for major clients of this IT and business services company; Computer Sciences Corporation provides business transformation and IT consulting, systems integration and professional services, enterprise application development and management, application software for the financial services industry, business process outsourcing, and application and IT infrastructure outsourcing.

• Data Warehouse Project
– Negotiated and drove implementation of a $400,000 SAP data warehouse project on time and under budget for a leading manufacturer of electron devices.
– Led four consultants in customization, and coordinated feedback and buy-in process.
– Provided on-time visibility on value time, improved decision-making, and reduced information cost by 25%.

• Finance & Controlling Solution
– Delivered customization of SAP Finance and Controlling solution on time for a market leader in life science distribution.

• Risk Audits
– Conducted and completed full audit of risks on time associated with a Euro conversion program for a leading mass retailer.

Senior member of the corporate finance organization with significant functional accountabilities at this international financial institution. Coordinated controller activities with a team of three other controllers; responsible for strategic and business planning, financial reporting and controlling, and investment opportunity analysis.

• Savings & Earnings Improvement
– Provided recommendation to the Board on a $20 million investment project that generated 13% savings and increased earnings 40% in four years.

• Credit Lead Time & Overhead Reduction
– Reduced credit offer lead time 33% and overhead 6%.

• Model Development, Financial & Operational Metrics
– Developed model to solve financial and operational metrics of a $50 billion merger with Artesia Bank.

• Financial Reporting & Controlling
– Communicated and monitored business drivers by implementing financial reporting and controlling tools.

• Strategic Planning
– Developed and implemented a new strategic planning process to align corporate strategies with business lines.

• Corporate Business Model & Performance Measures
– Guided cross-functional teams in the design of a new corporate business model and key performance measures.