LEADERSHIP IS A LIFESTYLE

• STRATEGIC PLANNING - Developed strategic plans for different clients on a consultative basis, including leading strategic planning workshops and driving new corporate strategies & initiatives.
• TRANSFORM - Leading and implementing strategic development for finance, HR, IT, operational efficiency, employee benefits programs, labor cost management, employee retention & cost reduction strategies.
• TANGIBLE TARGETS - Through the setup of easy to understand, measurable targets, I provide clear & concise expectations to operations and finance teams, often time resulting in new feedback loops and communication channels previously not available.
• 90 DAYS - As CFO I operate and execute on strategy using impact oriented 90-day plans that are aligned with the corporate strategy. These 90-day plans drive my focus day to day to have high impact results in a short period of time.
• BDC - Consulted for BDC in providing strategic plan development & execution mandates for their customer base throughout Alberta, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories. Several of these companies have doubled in size due to my ongoing involvement and become long term relationships.

• FORECASTING - Built out intuitive forecasting models, incorporating financial performance, liquidity planning, operational benchmarking (KPI’s), and most importantly provide operational feedback loops to help dynamically update these models. My projections allow management to foresee operational impacts thanks to the ability to process dynamic updates, giving “real time” decision ability.
• FORECASTING - 75% of my consulting clients required the preparation of a forecast, for operational planning and lending purposes. These plans included divisional build outs, consolidated roll ups and detailed employee labor cost management. These forecasts have included upwards of 54 cost & revenue centers, 100+ employees, R&D development & IP management, large capital fleets, lending iterations and jurisdictions ranging Canda, USA & Europe.
• SOFTWARE BASED FORECASTING - I have transitioned companies from excel to software-based budgeting platforms that integrated with ERP’s (for example, Budget Maestro & Microsoft Business Central).
• FEASIBILITY - Development of project viability models with iteration management and “what if” scenarios.

• CAPITAL MANAGEMENT - Various capital management plans for companies with large concentrations “work in progress”, inventory, real-estate/land development and equipment utilization. 
• WORKING CAPITAL - Access to a broad range of banking products, funding avenues, lending relationships, and have created working capital deployment & recapitalization strategies for various industries.
• RECEIVABLES - Established succesful collection processes
• COVENANTS - Reporting on lending compliance requirements, and implications of covenants. These compliance items are integrated in forecasting processes to anticipate potential structure or activity concerns. Actively managing exposure to lending re-call risk.
• EDC - Using Export Development Canada (EDC) to mitigate international collection risks and to obtain increased margined lines of credit.
• CASH FLOW CYCLES - Expediting cash flow cycles through speeding up of invoicing cycles, collecting receivables and managing inventory and Work In Progress. 

• LARGE VOLUMES OF DATA - Managed large data “onboarding” projects where companies lacked active accounting systems and required reporting on short notice. This was done using Artificial Intelligence type tools that can process data with a high degree of accuracy.
• ERP SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATIONS – successfully managed a conversion from a legacy system to Microsoft Business Central (ERP)
• DASHBOARDS - Development of ERP based Dashboards and management reporting to provide management with access at their fingertips.
• STRUCTURE - Closing month ends within 15 days of month end and 2 months of year end consistently.
• BRASS TAX FOCUSED - Cost savings initiatives including insurance re-alignment IT acquisition costs (40% cost savings), setup of in-house recruiting functions (75% cost savings), in-house proposal writing and marketing processes as part of a utilization strategy.

• STRATEGIC EXECUTION - Implemented performance-oriented IT deployment & management strategies, including ticket-based services models and large IT fleet replacement programs.
• COST / ROI FOCUSED - IT Hardware Fleet updates to aligning power user with access to highest spec hardware.
• TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE - Technically fluent in managing IT requirements, critical infrastructure management, hardware and network requirements, including cyber risk management, implemented Multi-factor Authentication program, cyber risk insurance underwriting, secondary internet solutions and working closely with IT partners.
• OPTIMIZATION - Leading IT initiatives focusing on strategic cost management and hardware optimization.

• POLICIES - Established and re-written policy manuals in collaboration with HR consultants
• ORG CHARTS - Organizational structuring by establishing employee role descriptions, reporting structures and level appropriate KPI's 
• LABOR LAWS - Established labor & employment contracts across canada that fall within the laws specific to their jurisdictions  
• RECRUITING - Executed on recruiting strategies in collaboration with hr teams and external recruiters. Implemented hybrid in-house / recruiter strategies allowing for 60% cost savings in overal recruiting strategies.

• ORG STRUCTURE - Corporate ownership structuring for tax and legal optimization, private corporations, partnerships, Employee profit sharing corps, holding companies.
• CROSS BORDER - Setup of international ownership structure for multi-national bio-tech startup including legal and tax mitigation involving Canadian, USA & EU jurisdictions. Including income re-patriation strategies & transfer pricing.
• TEAMS - (Re)building of accounting teams to align skills with strategic planning demands.
• EXITS - Positioning companies for exit options, through internal and external buy out structures that include equity buy outs and cashflow oriented retirement trailers.
• EQUIPMENT - Worked with companies with large equipment fleets that require assessment for renewals, cost of ownership, lease vs buy, used vs new, or an overall acquisition strategy & analysis. I have built out cost analysis models to help facilitate these decision processes.
• IP & Patent management

• RISK MANAGED - Insurance risk assessment, defining risk-based activities and re-structuring them for better risk underwriting, generally resulting in reduced insurance costs with manageable attributes.
• TIMELY FEEDBACK - The most common challenges I’ve experienced in executing on a corporate strategic plan is the timely insight to operational & environmental changes that occur organically and un-anticipated risks due to lack of timely feedback. 
• COMMUNICATION - I work to establish strong communication channels and to define risk activities, quantifying them and generally “under-writing” them through ongoing process evaluation & improvements, the development of more in-depth reporting & internal controls, or with an appropriate 3rd party.
• BUSINESS ACUMEN - Comfortable with contract law, HR exposure management and corporate structuring. Have strong relationships with lawyers for corporate-commercial issues, litigation, IP& trademark management, tax structuring, and HR issues.

• EXITS - Assisted in several acquisitions & exits, where due diligence & integration planning processes were required. I’ve worked closely with the owners and have successfully acquired companies and am also currently working on exit strategies.
• PITCH DECKS - Development of investor presentation packages (pitch decks) including equity issuance strategies as part of fund-raising efforts. As a result, we’ve closed on $8MM USD funding.
• DUE DILIGENCE  - Performed Legal, Tax and operational reviews, including recreation of financial data with A.I. assisted data processing.

• METRICS - The ability to creatively identify operational metrics with limited data sets and turning those into “efficiency monitors” for labor pools, equipment pools, overhead, capital management and developing clearly identifiable benchmarks & triggers.
• MARGINS - Improved Margins through implementation of monthly financial reports, KPI’s, utilization management, job cost allocations. All through development of reporting that can identify issues pro-actively (cost over runs & dynamic data reports).
• ANALYTICS - Gross margin analytics modeling using real time data. Providing detailed reporting on divisions, branches, product lines, time periods, and job breakdowns.
• PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT - Coached and mentored management teams on goal execution, team building and performance management.
• ROADMAPS - “Employee to owner” road map development with clear role descriptions, defined responsibilities, KPI’s and performance bonus structures. 

Strong network of relationships throughout Alberta when it comes to;

• M&A
• Legal
• Banking & Finance
• HR & Recruiting
• Employee benefits
• Audit
• Tax
• Insurance
• WCB management
• Safety