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Name Charles
Phone 847-417-1778
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $151K - $175K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Chief Financial Officer
B&B Electronics Manufacturing Co.
Illinois
(Communication Equipment)

Chief Financial Officer
Meyer Material Company
Illinois
(Ready Mix & Sand & Gravel)

Group Controller
AmSafe Aviation
Arizona
(Aviation Restraints)

Key Accomplishments Chief Financial Officer… Controller… Experienced profit-driven senior financial executive leading highly leveraged manufacturing and service businesses. Expertise in mergers & acquisitions, recapitalization, restructuring, operations and strategy.

Responsible for financial management during changes in company ownership. Sale of privately held business to private equity investors and subsequent sale to international public company.

Led process to select and implement a fully integrated ERP system, QAD. Redesigned the financial and reporting process, reducing month-end reporting from twelve business days to 24 hrs, improving accuracy and reliability of information reported.

Working capital improvement, i.e. reduced collection cycle from 65 days to 50 days, freeing $12 million in cash. Business controls, sound business systems, processes, evaluations and analysis. Utilizing continuous improvement.
Education / Skills Master of Business Administration, North Central College, Naperville, IL (1998)
Bachelor of Science: Accounting, Quincy University, Quincy, IL (1986)
Certified Public Accountant, IL


Name Edward
Phone 847-899-3984
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $175K +
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Chief Financial Officer
Infogix, Incorporated
Naperville, Illinois
(Software Company)

Chief Financial Officer
Visiontek, Incorporated
Gurnee, Illinois
(Computer Technology Mfg)

Corporate Contoller
Comark, Incorporated
Bloomingdale, Illinois
(Computer VAR)

Key Accomplishments Led increase in market value from $25 million to $130 million(valued by Duff and Phelps) within 60 months

As part of valuation strategy, jointly developed (with head of Sales) a term license revenue model in order to secure an annuity-based revenue and cash flow stream; annual revenue increased from $20 million to $34 million and cash from $3 to $20 mil

During tenure, selected to join Financial Executives International(FEI) committee, Committee on Finance and Information Technology(CFIT) as software industry financial subject matter expert, joining with Big Four, Microsoft, Walmart, HP and others

Expanded and restructured bank credit facility, and negotiated additional funding sources including $5 milllion in private equity funds, and floor planning and inventory financing through IBM
Education / Skills Chief Financial Officer- Top and Bottom Line impactor as a financial leader with domestic and global experience.
BS, Business and Operations Management from Purdue University Executive MBA, University of Notre Dame Class Valedictor
Certified Management Accountant(CMA) and member of the Institute of Internal Auditors(IIA) and IMA
Financial Executives International(FEI) member and member of its Committee on Finance and Information Technology(CFIT)

Name Confidential
Phone 847-508-3009
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $76K - $100K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? No
Recent Positions Controller

Wooddale, IL
(Cooling Equipment)

Controller

Northbrook, IL
(Stoneware manufacturer)

Corporate Treasurer

Arlington Hts, IL
(Labels & Bar Code Equip)

Key Accomplishments Revamped cost accounting system, resulting in the uncovering of errors from previous management having a P&L impact in excess of $1 million.

Developed systems and worked closely with global retailers such as Walmart and K-mart to integrate purchase orders, shipping and invoicing information electronically, allowing the company to increase revenues by $3,000,000.

Was insrumental in locating and acquiring a new manufacturing facility, including leading negotiations with local government authorities for tax relief programs.

Took over management of 115,000 sf office building, increasing occupancy by 33%, eliminating substantial management fees and vastly improving tenant relations.
Education / Skills Accounting & Financial Turnaround Specialist, with a successful track-record of departmental quality improvement.
CPA with increasingly successful, diverse experience in well-run, profitable manufacturing companies
Team leader with excellent interpersonal skills who develops and motivates staff to achieve departmental goals.
Rock-solid accountant who knows, understands and follows Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

Name Patricia
Phone 630.584.8825
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $76K - $100K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? No
Recent Positions Manager Financial Report
Trans Union
Chicago, IL
(Consumer credit reporting)

Manager, Corp Operations
Trans Union
Chicago, IL
(Consumer credit reporting)

Division Finance Leader
Trans Union
Chicago, IL
(Consumer credit reporting)

Key Accomplishments * Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting combining financial and operational management to maintain profits, improve efficiencies, and reduce costs. Created annual $42 million operating budget.

* Saved $456,000 annually in equipment costs by establishing procedures to monitor hardware usage. Created cost/benefit justifications for $5 million in capital acquisitions and lease commitments annually.

* Developed process to migrate billing functions to more efficient Access database resulting in a savings of $24,000 annually in labor costs.

* Worked with Internal Audit ensuring compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley for 6,000 annual billing transactions minimizing revenue loss gaps.
Education / Skills Lewis University, Romeoville, IL, MBA, Finance and Healthcare Management
Certified Public Accountant, State of Illinois
Penn State University, University Park, PA, B.S., Business Administration, major in Accounting


Name Gary
Phone 630-624-4748
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $76K - $100K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Mngr, Bus Unit Controller
Sears
Hoffman Estates, IL
(Major Retailer)

Snr Financial Analyst 3
Experian
Schaumburg, IL
(Direct marketing services)

Senior Accountant
Rigby / Reed Elsevier PLC
Crystal Lake, IL
(Educational publishing )

Key Accomplishments Sears - Uncovered $1.5mm in mis-expensed bad debt, and recovered amount to benefit Online P&L, helping to achieve bonus targets for 2009. Corrected over accrual of inventory reserve $3mm, helping achieve bonus targets for 2010.

Sears - assisted Full-Line Marketing management in achieving / beating budgets for 2006 - 2008, while cutting $46mm of expenses over that period, a 5% runrate savings. Managed cost allocation system of Adverting expenses for 800+ full line stores.

Experian - assisted SVP & VP's of I.T. in setting $40mm annual expense budgets and $15mm in capital budgets, and achieving / beating those budgets for 8 consecutive years. Saved $2mm in runrate expense by strategically choosing purchase over lease.

Rigby - submitted monthly full P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cashflow set to U.K. corporate using Hyperion. Created a report to enable affirmed A/R collection calls, which prior had not been possible. Supervised 4 professionals over Sales/Commissions/AR.
Education / Skills Northern Illinois University, B.S. Accounting 1981 Certified Public Accountant, State of Illinois 1983
Hardware - IBM desktop / laptop 30 years, 10-key 30 years, IBM mainframes 5 years, high-speed Oce laser printers 5 years
Software- MS Excel 2007 highly skilled, MS Word 2007 skilled, MS Powerpoint skilled, Oracle Financials highly skilled,
Peoplesoft GL 5 years, essbase 5 years, Hyperion 2 years, Lawson GL 2 years, Proseries 20 years, Quickbooks 20 years.

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