I have completed nearly ** years of what will be a 50 year career. During these years I have gained experience in both the corporate business and non-profit environments with progressively increasing responsibility:

12 years Site Controlling

5 years non-profit leadership

6 years systems development & programming

4 years Materials & Plant Management

5 years SAP project implementation

2 years international experience working in Geneva, Switzerland

The thread that’s woven through my career has been “things change” and someone needed to lead and manage through all of the systems, process and organizational issues related to those changes. That’s what I have done and that’s what I would like to continue to do in the next 10-15 years of change and progress that’s ahead of us.

Ingersoll Rand 2014 – Present

Plant Controller - Residential Services - HVAC

Vidalia, GA As Plant Controller I lead a team of 4 in the coordination of the monthly close, product costing, analyzing variances, measuring actual cost, insuring proper inventory valuation and maintenance of the financial management and cost accounting systems. We provide timely, accurate and insightful reporting while monitoring operational trends and performance. I am the financial representative on the plant leadership team with involvement in the everyday activities of the plant. Our team also insures compliance with all company policies and procedures insuring proper adherence to our Standards of Internal Control and SOX.

Givaudan 2002 – 2014

Givaudan is an international chemical manufacturer of Fragrances and Flavors with revenues in excess of $4 billion employing more than 8,000 people in 46 countries. Corporate Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. North American headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Operational Accounting Manager – Givaudan 2011 – 2014

Devon, Kentucky In this “Site Controlling” position I was tasked with finance support of the operations team at the Devon site as well as assisting with regional reporting and harmonization of key financial performance data. I also supported the transition to a new mode of operation as we capitalize on our common platform for finance operations worldwide through the stabilization of SAP and implementation of standard processes.

Business Analyst / Stream Lead – Givaudan 2006-2011

Geneva, Switzerland / Cincinnati, Ohio

The Outlook Project is a company wide development and implementation of SAP software. My wife and I were located in Geneva, Switzerland for 2 years. My role on this project was to work with my colleagues from around the world to develop a costing and controlling system that would provide accurate, harmonized and consistent reporting data used in evaluating costs and profitability for a variety of business needs and cultures. After kernel development and support of implementations in France, Switzerland and Germany I was chosen to lead the Americas Finance project team (North and South America) with several locations going live in 2010 and 2011.

Manager, Operations Accounting, Savory – Givaudan 2005-2006

Devon, Kentucky

I was responsible for the Financial support of the Devon, KY, New Milford, CT and Oconomowoc, WI plants for all Income Statement and pertinent Balance Sheet items including inventory reporting, cost reporting and detailed yearly budgets and forecasts. This was done by efficiently directing, implementing, maintaining and accurately reporting information to plant and corporate management on a monthly basis by constantly developing systems and people to provide accurate and timely data. We utilized Excel and Showcase queries in conjunction with BPCS software on an AS400 mainframe.

Site Controller – New Milford, Connecticut 2002 - 2005

I was responsible for costing and controlling at the New Milford plant for Income Statement and pertinent Balance Sheet reporting, inventory reporting, cost reporting and detailed yearly budgets and forecasts. We successfully transitioned from being an acquired company to blend into the Givaudan culture by fully implementing all procedures and transitioning from Adage software to BPCS general ledger, standard costing and inventory systems as part of the BPCS implementation team.

Pliant Corporation – (Purchased by Berry Plastics in 2009) 2000 – 2002

Pliant Corporation was headquartered in Schaumburg, IL with total company sales of over $800 million per year with 3,000 employees.

Plant Controller – Pliant Washington, GA

Pliant Corporation, Washington, GA is a manufacturer of plastic packaging films for the medical, personal care, food and agricultural industries with sales of $75 million per year employing 230 people. I directed a staff of 4 to implement, maintain and report all pertinent financial information to plant and corporate management on a monthly basis.

We were responsible for the income statement and balance sheet forecasting and reporting, justification and tracking of capital projects, accounts payable, payroll, general ledger (JD Edwards), production, waste, inventory, sales and cost reporting, detailed yearly budgets. We utilized Excel, Access and Winspool in conjunction with JD Edwards software on an AS400 mainframe.

Compression Polymers Group, Scranton, PA 1993-2000

Compression Polymers Group is a $100 million PVC sheet manufacturer providing products to the food and construction industries.

Systems Specialist

I was responsible for designing, writing, implementing and maintaining applications to interface with MACOLA software. I was able to design, develop and implement several key computer systems (sales quotations, production reporting, shipping documentation, customer service, 401k reporting) utilizing Excel, Access and Visual Basic on a Novell LAN network.

Elmdale Independent Bible Church, Lake Ariel, PA Pastor

From 1997 to 2000 I performed all the duties of Senior Pastor while working full time at Compression Polymers Group.

Emmanuel Baptist Church, Bloomington, IN 1990-1993 Associate Pastor

I was responsible for the youth ministries and developed ministry programs utilizing an allvolunteer staff.

BF Goodrich, Akron, Ohio 1977-1990

Goodrich is a Fortune 500 company with over 10,000 employees

Off Highway Braking Systems, Bloomington, IN 1980-1990

BFG Off Highway Braking systems was a plant of 200 people with sales of $25 million per year.

Materials Manager - 2 years

I directed 9 professionals and together we were responsible for planning, scheduling, purchasing, receiving, warehousing and shipping activities utilizing Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) software from IBM.

Plant Management Group - 2 years

I was the financial representative of a 4 member team responsible for all plant management functions. In addition to managing our own departments, this group functioned as the plant manager and included a Production Manager, H.R. Manager, Quality Assurance Manager and myself.

Accounting Manager - 3 years

I managed a staff of 4 professionals and 4 accounting clerks. We were responsible for cost accounting, income statement, balance sheet, accounts payable, payroll, sales accounting and accounts receivable. During this time we implemented new purchasing, financial reporting, standard costing, accounts payable, general ledger and payroll software.

Supervisor of Cost and Analysis - 3 years

I was selected to be on the plant start up team and implemented and maintained systems for cost, inventory, sales, income, variance analysis, capital projects and coordination of all tagged physical inventories.

World Headquarters, Akron, OH 1977-1980 Jr. Accountant, Cost Accountant, Cost Analyst - 3 years

I started my career with responsibility for monthly reporting of the retread aircraft tire business with later responsibilities for the new aircraft tire department. I maintained standard costs, reported production and inventory and provided cost and variance analysis for the monthly close. Later I managed the production reporting system for the entire complex consisting of 18 manufacturing costs centers.

Education

Akron University, BS in Accounting 1972-1977

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