Manager Accounting

KRIS KRISHNAN, M.B.A.

510-***-**** *************@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Finance Professional with extensive background in:

. Business Unit Controllership; Management Reporting

. Financial Planning and Analysis; Financial Modeling; Asset Valuation

. Cost Accounting; Activity-Based Costing; Cost Reduction and Process

Improvements

. Manufacturing and Technology - Public and Private Companies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Financial Consultant

Financial Advisory role 2008 -

Present

. Developed one-year and three-year plans for company seeking to raise

funding.

. Established policies and procedures for Finance.

. Managed monthly close and reporting processes.

. Set up cost accounting systems for gathering unit product costs.

. Implemented capital and pricing models.

FORM FACTOR, Livermore, CA (Semiconductor equipment manufacturer; $500M)

Finance Manager, Operations 2006 - 2008

. Managed cost accounting - SOX, audits, metrics - as company grew by 36%.

. Headed a cross-functional team, successfully implementing an Oracle cost

module within 5 months.

. Documented procedures and policies; rationalized operations reducing need

for headcount by 20%.

. Re-evaluated multiple product costs, working with Mfg. and R&D, in a fast-

changing environment.

K & S WAFER TEST, San Jose, CA (Semiconductor equipment manufacturer; $125M

Division)

Business Unit Controller 2004 - 2006

P&L responsibility for division with operations in Taiwan, Singapore,

China, France, U.K., and U.S.A.

. Supported SVP of Wafer division in strategic planning, capital

justifications, and reporting.

. Highlighted opportunities, presenting financial results to CFO and CEO;

MD&A for 10Q and 10K.

. Implemented world-wide inventory reserve policies and procedures,

resulting in 12% cost savings.

. Enabled division to be sold, while transforming gross margins from minus

5% to 22%.

Business Consultant 2002 - 2003

Consultant for Manufacturing start-ups.

. Developed business models and educated entrepreneur seeking funding for

start-up.

. Set-up accounting system for a small business.

LOGITECH, Fremont, CA (Computer peripherals manufacturer; $810M)

Sr Finance Manager / B.U. Controller 2000 - 2002

P&L Reporting, Planning and Analysis responsibility for two divisions.

. Aided divisional vice presidents in managing their mouse/keyboard

businesses.

. Developed and proactively managed departmental budgets, consistently

attaining targets.

. Appraised ROI of projects worth over $25M, including post-completion

reviews.

. Reported gross margins by region, customer, product line and channel.

WESTERN DIGITAL, Fremont, CA (Disk drive components manufacturer; $515M)

Planning and Cost Manager 1989 - 2000

. Developed an intricate model that aided CFO in advising the external

investor community.

. Evaluated acquisitions and joint ventures worth over $120M.

. Implemented and refined an ABC system and trained overseas personnel as

operations expanded.

. Benchmarked three sites achieving 15% cost-reduction in 6 months.

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WESTERN DIGITAL, Fremont, CA

Corporate Cost Accounting Manager

. Reduced, through continuous improvement, monthly close cycle times from 7

to 2 days.

. Managed physical inventories as company grew from 1 to 4 warehouses.

. Facilitated accurate pricing, analyzing unit cost impacts due to changes

in processes and volume.

EDUCATION

. MBA, California State University, Sacramento

. BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Madras, India

. Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (Finance Ph. D. coursework)

COMPUTER SKILLS

Oracle, Hyperion Essbase, TM1, Khalix, Lawson, Camstar, JD Edwards,

PowerPoint, Excel.

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