Manager Management

SUMMARY

CPA and Global MBA with a record of success building finance teams,

implementing processes and controls and driving business performance in

growing international businesses.

International accounting team Program management

leadership SOX Compliance and internal controls

International financial close and Internal Audit management

consolidation Standard costing

Budgeting, forecasting and performance Business level Japanese language

reporting ability

SAP and other ERP implementations

External Audit interface

CAREER HISTORY

Gibson Guitar, Nashville Tennessee April

2010--Present

International Controller

Implemented accounting systems, processes and controls in Gibson's

businesses in Japan, Europe and India.

. Designed consolidation and intercompany accounting process for European

operations.

. Eliminated exposure to Japanese tax penalties by reviewing and amending

prior year returns.

Nike Inc. Beaverton, Oregon June 1995 -

July 2009

Director Financial Compliance, August 2005 - July 2009

Directed all aspects of Nike's global Sarbanes Oxley program from risk

assessment through SEC disclosure requirements.

. Drove a risk-based rationalization of control activities and assessment

effort, resulting in an over 50% reduction in cost of compliance.

. Eliminated over 80% of initial internal control testing exceptions

through training, reporting on assessments and regular certification of

controls.

. Created the vision, business case and project plan to implement a web-

based workflow tool to manage internal control activities. Savings

exceeded the initial payback period and ROI expectations by over 25%.

. Led the successful integration of internal control activities for Nike's

acquisition of Umbro.

Controller, Asia Pacific Region, March 2001 - August 2005

Led financial and management reporting, accounting policy, internal

controls and balance sheet performance for Wholesale and Retail businesses

in the Asia Pacific region that doubled in size to over $2 billion in

revenues.

. Developed the regional controllership team of 60 to support a rapidly

growing business.

. Drove monitoring and management of balance sheet metrics such as days

sales outstanding and days in inventory to improve cash conversion cycle

by over 30 days and grow cash flow faster than earnings.

. Led the regional accounting and reporting function through a successful

SAP implementation.

. Led all aspects of the Finance function for the start-up of Nike India.

. Standardized controls and procedures over judgmental items, revenue

recognition, FX accounting, contracts and other complex areas to improve

the reliability of financial and management reporting.

. Drove successful SOX implementation, resulting in the strongest control

testing results among Nike's regions.

Finance Manager, Asia Pacific Region, August 1998 - March 2001

Led the budgeting and forecasting process for Wholesale and Retail

businesses in the Asia Pacific Region during a business recovery and rapid

growth in revenues and profitability

. Rebuilt finance reporting and processes from the ground up as Asia

Pacific Headquarters relocated from Hong Kong to Oregon during the

economic crisis of 1997.

. Drove profitability improvements in the Asia Pacific businesses working

with local and regional management teams. Improved pretax

profitability rate by over 8% of revenues.

Corporate Audit Manager, January 1996 -- August 1998

Managed Corporate Audit function for Asia Pacific Region from risk

assessment and annual planning through reporting to the Audit Committee.

. Led the Nike Sports Korea Finance team through six months of financial

closes and rebuilt processes and procedures to strengthen financial

reporting.

. Improved risk assessment visibility by strengthening relationships

between Corporate Audit and personnel in key markets, notably Nike Japan,

resulting in streamlined audits with more actionable findings.

Corporate Auditor, June 1995 - January 1996

Led operational audits of subsidiaries in Asia, Europe and Latin America

and in high risk areas such as Treasury and foreign exchange accounting.

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York

January 1989 -- May 1995

Internal Auditor, August 1992 -- May 1995

Conducted and led audits in Manufacturing, Treasury and overseas Sales and

Marketing subsidiaries.

. Developed standard audit programs and procedures for Manufacturing and

Treasury areas.

. Used language skills to improve the depth of findings in Kodak Japan and

Kodak France.

. Applied electronic auditing techniques to uncover and prosecute payments

fraud.

Financial Analyst, January 1989 -- August 1992

Managed budgeting, forecasting and standard costing in the Black and White

Paper Manufacturing Division.

. Built the business case and obtained corporate investment for a recycled

papermaking operation that utilized excess capacity and generated

profits.

. Wrote a complex standard costing program in desktop software that reduced

cycle time for developing standard costs, provided real-time modeling

capability and eliminated the costs of maintaining a mainframe program.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Japanese-English Translator

March 1981 -- July 1987

Started an independent translation business in Shizuoka, Japan to provide

Japanese-English translation, copy writing and language consulting services

to industrial clients. Achieved proficiency in Japanese language.

EDUCATION

Accounting and Business Law coursework, 1995 Saint John Fisher College,

Rochester, New York

Fulfilled CPA requirements GPA 4.0/4.0

Global MBA, with Distinction, 1988 Thunderbird School of Global

Management, Glendale, Arizona, Scholarship and assistantships based on

academic merit. Barton Kyle Yount award for outstanding graduate. GPA

3.9/4.0

Bachelor of Arts, Linguistics, 1980 University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa,

Dean's List, Phi Beta Kappa, GPA 3.5/ 4.0

Certificat de Langue Francaise, degre moyen, 1978 Universite de Paris V

(Sorbonne), Paris France

Achieved proficiency in the French Language

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Oregon Certified Public Accountant (active status)

Oregon Society of Certified Public Accountants President's award for top

score on the CPA exam

Japanese Language Proficiency Certificate, Japan International Education

Association

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