Management Project

JAY M. TREDWELL, CPA, MBA, CPIM

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Franklin, Michigan 48025 Email: abnmse@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER SUMMARY

Financial leader with unique combination of both strategic and hands-on financial management

skills. Team player who thrives on driving organizational success and shareholder value.

• Broad and deep financial leadership experience

o Profit and cost management

o Cash management and financing

• Focus on both reporting and driving business performance

o Drive to get at root cause issue and solution

o Understand how to drive productivity and agility

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Trowbridge Partners, LLC: Shared CFO Services Jan-Present

• Provide financial management for multiple closely held business:

o Cash management, revenue/profit analysis and forecast, business acquisition

o Manufacturing, telecommunications, employee leasing, biotechnology

Anomatic Corporation, Cosmetic Container and Anodizing Specialist 2008

Chief Financial Officer

• International financial leadership (China, France, and US)

• Drove reduction in cost and cash usage across enterprise

• Managed Finance, Accounting, Purchasing Logistics and Human Resources

Robert Half Management Resources 2007-2008

• Interim CFO, $50M Building and Utility Services Firm

• Project leader, Cost and inventory system implementation for biological manufacturer

Growth Management Systems, Inc., Business Consultancy, Southfield, Michigan 2002-2008

Founder and President

• Chief Operating and Financial Officer, Best Express Foods, Inc.

Led 5X improvement in operating margin and working capital

• Restructured supplier debt, drove reduction in inventory and accounts receivable

• Implemented profitable pricing aligned with capabilities

• Drove operational improvement and achievement of customer objectives

• Implemented managements systems: ERP, commodity and operational reporting

• Multiple Interim CFO projects:

o $50M Building and Utility Services Firm

o Interim CFO/COO, Frozen food manufacturer:

• Multiple process and performance improvement projects

o Assessed and implemented internal control processes for multi-national mfg

o Reengineered and monitored operating companies for multi-business owner

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The Hackett Group (Answerthink), Business Process and Strategy Advisor 1997-2002

Senior Director, Business Transformation Services

• Business planning and reporting process for automotive OEM

• Business requirements design and documentation for SAP/Oracle projects

• Financial process streamlining and realignment:

o Procure to Pay (Purchasing and Accounts Payable including T&E)

o Billing/Accounts Receivable/Credit

General Ledger and financial reporting

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Allied Signal Automotive, Southfield, Michigan 1995-1997

Director of Lean Enterprise Cost Management

• Drove cost reduction in both plant and business units:

Drove project selection and reporting for Six Sigma and Lean initiatives

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o Implemented activity based costing at multiple plants in both US and Europe

• Led Sector-wide initiatives

o Selling General and administrative process streamlining and consolidation

o Led working capital reduction project (Project Zero)

KPMG Peat Marwick, Management Consulting, Boston, Massachusetts 1992-1995

Senior Manager, World Class Finance Practice

Drove cost, speed, and relevance improvements in client financial processes including:

• Highly successful Activity Based Management project for large chemical company

• Comprehensive financial process overhaul for health care insurer/management company

Digital Equipment Corporation, Hudson, Massachusetts 1983-1992

Progressed through increasingly responsible accounting and financial roles:

• Activity Based Management(ABM) Semiconductor Group Leader

• Semiconductor Group Materials Controller

• Product Business Unit Analyst/Disk Engineering Controller

ARTHUR ANDERSEN & COMPANY, Big 6 CPA firm, Seattle, Washington 1981-1983

EDUCATION

Masters in Business Administration, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO -1989

Bachelor of Science, Accountancy Major, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio - 1981

ACCREDITATIONS/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• CPA (Certified Public Accountant)-1983

• CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management)-1989

• Adjunct Instructor, Baker College, Accounting/Finance undergraduate program, 2007-Present

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