Manager Project

ROBERT BLOXHAM

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********@****************.*** Westerville, OH 43082 Cell: 614-***-****

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Financial executive with proven leadership and management expertise in Fortune 100, mid-sized, consulting and

entrepreneurial organizations, both at the corporate and divisional levels. Strategic partner and thinker who delivers

the financial information needed to manage the enterprise successfully and effectively communicates key insights to

boost organization functioning. A successful leader recognized for thriving in new settings and environments,

bringing a fresh perspective to every job, identifying opportunities to streamline existing processes and add value to

the organization’s operations. A compassionate, service-oriented leader who quickly earns the trust of his boss,

colleagues, employees and all key stakeholders.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

THE VALUE ALLIANCE, Westerville, OH 2000 – Present

Governance advisory firm, founded in 1999, with international and national recognition devoted to building a bridge

of trust between management, the board of directors, and all stakeholders. The firm has provided education,

information, and advisory services to directors and executives from hundreds of companies including Fortune 500

multinationals to smaller entrepreneurial start-ups, both publicly traded and privately held, for profit and nonprofit.

CFO & COO

• Designed and implemented all corporate accounting, planning, finance, information systems, regulatory and

marketing processes for the firm, growing the firm from an unknown start-up to international recognition.

• Streamlined the production process for a major web-based educational product which involved the filming,

editing and web hosting of over 800 video programs on governance, finance, and related topics, reducing

production time by 1/3 while attaining higher quality output (compared with previous production results by

our experienced, technical partner).

• Developed a unique, innovative analytical report called the “FACTS” report cited by a major institutional

investor as a valuable, detailed analysis of corporate functioning not available from any other major analytic

service or outlet, including investment banks and other corporate analysts.

• Edited a financial textbook in the prestigious Wiley Finance Series which was recognized and recommended

by Harvard Business Working Knowledge and is used in MBA programs and recommended to students in

universities world-wide.

VERTEX SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Columbus, OH 1998 - 2000

Financial and case management software development firm specializing in software for sheltered workshops, which

provide the opportunity for the mentally and emotionally challenged to obtain employment and independent living.

Navision Project Manager and Software Developer

• Built the vision and led first live client installation of Navision Financial software (now Microsoft) resulting

in smooth transition from the legacy system and creating a new product line for the software firm.

• Established a repeatable project plan process to make future installations of Navision turn-key for the Vertex

Systems developers.

GENERAL BUSINESS SERVICES, Westerville, OH 1993 - 1998

Business advisory service providing strategic, finance, accounting, tax, operations, and human resource consulting

for small to medium-sized businesses including technology, retail and manufacturing firms.

Owner and Business Counselor

• Led strategic reviews of business issues and opportunities and established specific working plans for clients

with solutions that allowed their businesses to generate additional revenues, save money, increase operational

efficiencies, address human resource issues, and catch up and meet tax liabilities on a timely basis.

• Developed and managed all client relationships and specific projects, including turnaround management;

streamlining operations; and implementing updated accounting systems and practices, internal controls,

strategic planning, budgeting and cash flow forecasting, tax planning and preparation, and employee

relations policies and procedures, that provided the clients with the education and tools to continue to make

their businesses more successful.

FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY (formerly part of Allied-Signal), Fairlawn, NJ 1984 - 1993

Strategic leader who provided counsel to the division head, and acted (later in my tenure) as second-in-command for

the over 200 employee Bioanalytical Systems Division, an $80mm (sales at that time) manufacturer, packager and

distributer of chemical including high purity reagents and standards for use in laboratory operations worldwide.

Director of Materials Management

• Sharpened, refocused and streamlined the operations of the contracts, purchasing, warehousing, production

control and inventory management functions which reported to me (including managers, supervisors,

professionals, clerical and members of the bargaining unit) using LEAN manufacturing and continuous

improvement techniques. Formulated strategy and policy and created KPIs / metrics for all key

accountabilities. Provided oversight for staff implementation of ISO 9002.

• Led strategic assessment and re-implementation of ERP / MRPII system for production and inventory control

to make the system effective and aligned with the division’s needs (after the implementation had been

installed for the previous director by MRPII consultants).

• Built the vision for a new production approach for the division and created a key vendor partnering strategy

which lowered lead times and reject volume and reduced costs by eliminating redundant quality testing.

• Increased customer service six percentage points to 96% while simultaneously reducing inventory levels

35% through re-engineering of the inventory, sales, and logistics forecasting and planning processes.

Manager of Financial Analysis and Management Information Systems

Manager of Management Information Systems

• Led a strategic review which improved the control structure, effectiveness and capabilities of the information

systems function, developing long-range and operating plans, establishing written policies and procedures,

streamlining operations, reducing staff, and enhancing capabilities through selection, and purchase and

installation of a new mainframe system.

• Performed detailed acquisition analysis for the corporation/division and participated in due diligence on a

potential target.

• Re-engineered the division’s capital budgeting and planning process and developed numerous financial

analyses, including the creation of an innovative variance analysis which solved a corporate and divisional

problem related to production volume decision-making.

Manager of Cost Accounting and Budgeting

• Established the first general ledger accounting and internal controls process for the division, including capital

asset ledger, inventory, responsibility accounting and variance analysis, and implemented the financials in a

new ERP system.

• Designed and managed the division’s annual budgeting and planning process, defined and implemented the

first cost accounting methodologies and designed the first personnel database system for the division.

ALLIED-SIGNAL CORPORATION (now Honeywell Corporation) 1977 - 1984

Promoted through positions of increasing responsibility at this Fortune 100, diverse, multi-national company.

Controller (Plant – Elizabeth NJ)

• Sharpened, refocused and streamlined the functions of this 20 person accounting department, reorganizing

the department, computerizing the budgeting process, improving short and long term planning, creating

models for plant shut down, developing analyses for optimal plant operating levels, establishing effective

working relationships with corporate staff and providing counsel to the plant manager.

Senior Accountant; Distribution Accountant (Corporate Office – Morristown, NJ)

Plant Cost Accountant; Intermediate Accountant; Accounting Clerk (Plant – Geismar, LA)

EDUCATION and COMMUNITY SERVICE

Dale Carnegie Leadership Course (1990)

MBA, Finance, New York University Stern School of Business (1990)

CPA, State of Louisiana (inactive status) (1979)

Post graduate study – Accounting and Business law (1977)

BS, Forestry and Wildlife Management, Louisiana State University (1975)

Director, NNEMAP Food Pantry, Columbus, Ohio

Volunteer: Friends of the Homeless, Habitat for Humanity, Christmas in April, Big Brothers Big Sisters

Eagle Scout

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