Bertram Winfield
Riverview, FL 33569
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
A hands-on professional with over 20 years of extensive business operations and accounting experience with the ability to sustain profitability through the implementation of successful plans and strategies.
Strengths include accounting, project management, operations planning and execution.
Able to establish and maintain long-term client and employee relationships through a high level of integrity, ability to set priorities and gain trust.
A leader in the development of teams and a team work environment through extensive training and day-to-day practice.
MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelors Degree
• Peachtree
• Goldmine
• Novel
• Cisco
• Project Management
• Nortel
AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS
• Verizon Chairman’s Leadership Award
• INS Operational Excellence Award
• Time Warner Executive Award
COMPUTER
• Word
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Peachtree
• Goldmine
• MS Project
• MS Visio
EXPERIENCE
MOTIVATION ADVANTAGE, INC. – Valrico, FL
Controller
• 2003 - Present
• Responsible for AR and AP
• General Ledger and Journal Entries
• Monthly Bank Reconciliations
• Weekly Financial Statements
• Preparation of Weekly Payroll
• Audit Expense Reports
• Customer Collections
• Cash Flow Analysis
• Trail Balance and Balance Sheet
• Budget Creation
• Inventory Controls
• Letters of Credit
• Lines Of Credit
• Interface With Financial Institutions
• Year End Tax Preparation
• Responsible for all human resources functions.
• Recruited, hired and trained all operational and fulfillment staff.
VERIZON – Tampa, FL
Network Engineer
• 1995 - 2003
• Managed network and communications systems.
• Network engineer responsible for Internal Verizon LAN Support.
• Wiring and cable management, Router, Switch and T-1 installations.
• On-call support 24/7.
• Responsible for securing and hiring contractors for a 1 ½ year project to roll out new email and upgrade infrastructure from FL to NC Project management.
TIME WARNER –
Vice President of Operations
• 1978 – 1995
• Warehousing and fulfillment for Warner Public Services consisting of 3 warehousing locations, 2 in US and 1 in Canada.
• Recruit, hire and train operational staff both internal and external for distribution centers.
• Automated data processing using OCR technology to streamline daily functions.
• Coordinated relocation of 200 operational employees from NY City Headquarters to Tampa, FL.