Project Manager Engineer

ROBERT J. CLINTON

**** ********* ***** #*** 609-***-****

Los Altos, CA 94024 ***********@*****.***

Summary: Treasury Manager with more than 10 years of business experience in corporate treasury and as a

consulting engineer. History of providing innovative solutions to complex problems in areas

ranging from the implementation of a Treasury Management System to modeling the impacts of

acquisitions, divestitures and capital allocations decisions on earnings per share. Strong

communication skills honed through years of management and client interaction.

Experience: TYCO INTERNATIONAL INC.

2010-Present Treasury Manager – Tyco Treasury, Princeton, NJ

Manager in Global Liquidity department responsible for leading the phased implementation of a

Treasury Management System including the planning and implementation of an In-House Bank.

• Reengineered the FX hedging strategy to centralize trading between the business units

and a single corporate entity to facilitate internal netting.

• Configured and implemented all of the Capital Markets related functions in the TMS

system including FX, external debt, interest rate swaps, revolving debt facilities and mark-to-

market reporting.

• Redesigned SOX controls process for Capital Markets and Cash Management functions to

reflect system upgrades.

• Configured the deal confirmations and payments modules including an upgrade to the

Swift network eliminating the need for multiple banking platforms.

• Currently working on the conceptualization and planning of an In-House Bank to

decrease the number of physical bank accounts, trading and transaction costs.

• Upgrading payment reconciliation process for intercompany interest and FX payments to

facilitate the automatic matching of deal flows with externally netted payments.

2007-2009 Senior Associate – Tyco Treasury, Princeton, NJ

Senior Associate holding positions in Capital Planning, Asset Management, International Finance

and Cash Management as part of a treasury rotational program. Responsibilities included

preparation of the capital plan, evaluating leasing proposals, managing defined benefit assets and

preparing board, investment committee and rating agency presentations.

• Developed model for determining the EPS growth to facilitate capital allocation decisions

including share repurchases and debt repayment.

• Responsible for cash management, bank account administration and contingent liabilities

for the Americas.

• Monitored daily free cash flow and counterparty risk exposure as well as modeling free

cash flow forecasts.

• Prepared capital plan including investigation of liquidity, seasonality, WACC analysis,

peer comparisons of leverage, interest coverage and trade-off analysis of various credit

ratings.

• Analyzed several acquisition targets looking at key financial metrics and modeled

impacts to FCF and credit ratings.

• Redesigned lease versus buy model to develop a platform for business units and

evaluated multiple leases including fleet management programs.

• Reengineered hurdle rate methodology based on business line and sovereign risk

premiums.

• Lead multiple intercompany financing transactions including dividend repatriations,

intercompany loans and restructurings.

2003-2007 Project Manager – EARTH TECH, A TYCO INTERNATIONAL COMPANY, Chicago, IL

Held positions of increasing responsibility including: Interim Department Manager and Project

Manager in the engineering consulting industry. Responsibilities included managing client

relationships, preparing and negotiating project budgets and forecasting department’s operational

effectiveness.

• Managed a team of seven people with responsibility for developing staff, allocating

workflow, and ensuring product quality.

• Developed and maintained client and business partner relationships and marketed

department’s services to prospective clients.

• Managed multi-disciplinary teams for the design of large scale and architecturally

significant projects.

• Performed cost-benefit analysis for the long-term leasing of a major toll road.

• Technical expert for the development of bridge repair and replacement cost-estimating

software.

2001-2003 PATRICK ENGINEERING, INC. Lisle, IL

Structural Engineer – Transportation Division

Held positions of increasing responsibility including: Project Manager responsible for managing

client relationships, leading the design of construction projects and providing life-cycle analysis

for multiple construction projects.

• Prepared life-cycle cost analysis for assessing the benefits of rehabilitating or replacing

several bridges.

• Developed a methodology for analyzing piers subject to barge impact and multiple

analytical models for bridge design.

• Project manager for multiple projects for various public and private clients.

1998-2001 H.W. LOCHNER, INC. Chicago, IL

Staff Structural Engineer – Transportation Division

• Provided analysis, design and peer review for several large-scale construction projects.

• Provided inspection and project management on construction projects ensuring accurate

implementation of the intended design.

• Developed a technique for analyzing interaction between bridge superstructures and

foundations subjected to large temperature changes.

Education: Northwestern University - J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management Evanston, IL

Master of Management Degree in Finance and Marketing received 2007

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL

Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering received 1998

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with honors received 1996

Additional: Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Visual Basic, IT2, Bloomberg, CapitalIQ and multiple banking

systems

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