MICHAEL A. CARTER
202-***-**** • ad5oqh@r.postjobfree.com
TOP-PERFORMING CHIEF FINANCIAL/ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
CFO • Chief Administrative Officer • Chief Operating Officer • Director of Operations/Administration
Continuous Improvement • Performance Management • Contract Management • Cost Recovery• GAAP• Revenue Enhancement •Bond Refinancing
WORK EXPERIENCE
District of Columbia Government, Washington, DC 2022 – 2023 (Retired)
Interim Director, Department of Public Works
●Supported large municipal operations with 1,500+ employees through providing exceptional management, owning responsibility for a $184M operating budget and $140M capital budget.
Deputy Director of Operations, Department of Public Works 2018 - 2022
●Streamlined workflow via managing all aspects of the day-to-day operations of Solid Waste Management, Fleet Management Administration, Parking Enforcement, and Waste Diversion.
City of New Haven, CT 2014 - 2018
Chief Administrative Officer
●Optimized $200M in departmental budgets via driving formulation while managing 12 direct reports, 7 department heads, the Manager of HR, and Benefits, and 1,000 indirect reports.
District of Columbia Government, Washington, DC 2006 - 2014
Deputy Director of Operations, Department of Public Works
●Generated $22M in revenue for fleet enterprise fund by effectively running the department with surplus of $1M, supervising 7 direct and 1,400 indirect reports, and directed customer service.
District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, Washington, DC 2002 – 2006 Procurement Director
●Responsible for the procurement, award, and compliance of $300M in goods and services contracts for a large utility; awarded capital budget contracts of $400M annually. Acting Assistant General Manager over 4 departments.
District of Columbia Government, Washington, DC 1997 – 2002
Deputy Director for Mission Support, Department of Public Works and Transportation
●Captured $5M in additional funds from the DC Control Board to purchase new equipment. Set performance measures and tracked performance of FHWA funded highway and bridge projects.
City of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 1993 – 1997
Chief Financial Officer/Assistant Administrator for Finance, Solid Waste Division
●Refinanced debt service on the Resource Recovery Bonds and obtained AAA rating. Saved the City $12.5M over the bond life. Managed Competition of city trash routes saving $15M over a 5-year period; doubled division revenue in special accounts.
Prior Experience: Budget Planning Analyst (Municipal Utility), Marketing Analyst (Gas & Electric) and Training Administrator – AT&T/Bell Telephone Laboratories.
EDUCATION
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Master of Business Administration
Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Master of Arts, Economics
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Bachelor of Arts, Economics
TECHNOLOGIES, CERTIFICATIONS, & AFFILIATIONS
Technologies: Salesforce, Oracle, SAP, Microsoft Office Software Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Certifications: Finance for Executives Certificate, Kellogg Business School; Enhancing Corporate Creativity Certificate & Performance Management for Nonprofits, Harvard Business School
Affiliations: Government Finance Officers Association; American Economic Association