Manager Engineer

MUSTAFA BOOTWALA, MBA, Carnegie Mellon University

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Senior Finance Manager successful at building and leading cross functional/geography teams to create value and manage risk for a global semiconductor company with annual revenues of $40 billion. Expert at driving business process improvements leading to reduced cost, increased profitability, and better risk mitigation strategies.

Professional Experience

Rambus, Sunnyvale, California – Jan 2011 to Present

Financial Planning and Analysis Manager: Lead financial planning and analysis for Semiconductor Business Group. Prepare quarterly financial forecasts, plan variance analysis, monthly close support, ROI analysis, Board and CFO presentations, earning release script and other internal and external reporting packages.

• Developed expense forecast model and streamlined budget tracking processes to help budget owners manage their respective budgets and meet the quarterly targets.

• Revamped financial metrics to help management align business decisions with its long term strategic objectives.

Fruityfy Inc, Fremont, California – 04/2010 to 12/2010

Co-Founder, Principal: Co-founded a fruit Juice business catering to local taste and preferences, and offering consumers with a healthier, farm fresh alternative to the juices and smoothies available at Jamba Juice.

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, California – (10 Years) Mid 2000 to Mid 2010

Senior Finance Manager, Sales and Marketing Group, 05/2006 to 05/2010

Managed a global team of senior analyst and managers to complete quarterly Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements and clean year end attestation of $40B Revenue. Developed and implemented risk mitigation strategies for Channel Distribution business with over $8B in annual sales. Partnered with IT and Operations on large companywide initiatives, such as a major divestiture and critical system implementation projects, to assess risk and develop controls to mitigate risk.

• Oversaw effectiveness of over 100 controls being operated in 5 geographies and during a period of major restructuring. No significant deficiencies were noted during annual testing completed by Internal and External auditors.

• Developed and Implemented Segregation of Duties (SOD) policy and a framework to actively monitor and resolve SOD conflicts resulting in overall 90% reduction in SOD violations and 100% reduction in serious violations.

• Completed end-to-end business process assessment to identify unmitigated risk and control redundancies. The efforts drove over 15% efficiency in meeting SOX compliance requirements while maintaining the level of assurance.

• Partnered with IT on key systems initiatives, including a major SAP re-implementation project, to evaluate and mitigate financial and operational risks.

• Project Managed sourcing and implementation of a system to manage Corporate Charitable Contributions. The project had been stalling for over a year before I re-ignited the efforts.

Audit Area Manager, Internal Audit, 05/2004 to 05/2006

Managed planning, fieldwork, communication, and post audit consulting for SOX, Operational, and IT audits covering many functional areas. Specialized in construction audits but also developed extensive expertise in demand forecasting, revenue recognition, inventory management, customer rebate, procurement, and human resources audits.

• Revamped construction audit program and test strategies resulting in multi fold increase in audit findings and overall improved controls across construction projects.

• Delivered solid results from multi site Inventory audits leading to improved scrap management, accurate inventory reporting, and better site security.

• Based on audit findings, influenced changes to demand forecasting processes of a major business unit resulting in revision to its valuation and future investment.

Strategic Finance Manager, Technology Manufacturing Group, 07/2002 to 05/2004

Led various strategic projects such as Capital Affordability, Industry and Economic Analysis, Competitive Benchmarking, and developed recommendations for Management.

• Influenced senior management to significantly lower annual capital expenditure ($2.6B in '02 and another $1B in '03) to align capacity with demand and improve profitability.

• Standardized Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) models used across business groups to drive critical investment decisions, including $600M goodwill impairment charge for one of the business groups.

Senior Strategic Analyst, Flash Product Group, 06/2000 – 06/2002

Supported several strategic activities such as Long Range Planning, ROI analysis, and numerous ad-hoc analysis targeted at influencing the business unit’s strategic direction.

• Spearheaded competitive cost benchmarking and Economic Value Added (EVA) analysis. Developed a highly interactive, easily updateable, EVA model.

• Developed data driven recommendations to exit a major line of business.

New York State DOT, Albany, New York – 11/1992 to 08/1998

Senior Civil Engineer: Directed and reviewed efforts of a team of five to ten engineers and designers in the production of contract plans, specifications and estimates for highway bridges.

• Designed an award winning bridge (awarded by two national professional engineering associations.

• Recipient of NY State Department of Transportation’s “Excellence in Engineering” award.

Technical Skills:

Monte Carlo Simulation, Advanced Excel, Access, SAP, Hyperion/Essbase, MSTR Reporting, Oracle, IBM Cognos

Education

Master of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Master of Science (Civil Engineering), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Bachelor of Architecture, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

Certification: Certified Internal Auditor, Professional Engineer

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