CARL A. MEGOW
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Trophy Club, Texas 76262 ********@*********.***
CONTRACTS/FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Self motivated team player with an extensive managerial, contract management, purchasing, financial, business, and analytical background with Fortune 100 companies. Proven record of achievement in contract management, systems analysis, and purchasing large quantities of products and services.
• Four years managerial experience with full line P&L responsibility. • Team leader that developed cost and pricing marketing strategies.
• Negotiated and administered Federal, state, and local government contracts. • Experienced Program Manager.
• Extensive experience in researching large financial databases. • Certified ISO 9000 Lead Internal Auditor.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Northwest Software Inc. 11/2009-11/2010
Contracts Analyst (Consultant to Hewlett Packard) Plano, TX
• Analyze contracts, amendments, addendums and other original agreements between Hewlett Packard and their subsidiaries.
TXU Energy Retail Company, Irving, TX 2007-2009
Financial and Contracts Analyst
• Pre-bill and Post-Bill auditing of all commercial business contracts.
• Developed and negotiated commercial business contracts with the legal, sales, and risk management groups.
VERIZON CORPORATION, Irving, TX 1997-2006
Contracts Manager
Originated or amended telecommunications contracts between Verizon Corp. and their affiliates, conducted contract negotiations, and managed the contracts.
• Researched and compared hundreds of contracts to identify preferred negotiation positions. Prepared a negotiation issues matrix summarizing the identified issues for stakeholder’s comments. After legal review, prepared the final contract for executive signatures. Summarized all contractual obligations, owners and due dates then distributed to stakeholders. Continually managed all subsequent operational and contractual inquires.
• Trained and counseled Verizon employees so that their groups were ready to complete the ISO-9000 Certification process.
• Negotiated and administered ILEC and CLEC agreements and amendments between Verizon, Sprint, MCI, SBC and six CLECs
Financial Analyst
• Provided high level in-depth financial planning, budgeting, accounting, and analytical support at department, group, and executive level.
• Developed long-range forecasts and initiated reports, plans, processes, and procedures.
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Billing Analyst
• Provided accounting and billing research and financial analysis, using very large databases.
• Conducted daily and monthly long distance billing and account settlements with five telecommunications companies of revenue more than $1 Million per month.
AT&T CORPORATION, Dayton, OH 1982-1996
Contracts Manager/Purchasing Manager/Senior Buyer/Senior Business Analyst
Managed all of the contract management and part of the purchasing activities for a major division ($300 million in revenue) including responsibility for government contracts.
• Successfully managed a contract management and purchasing team with a $1.5 million budget with full-line P&L responsibility. The team consisted of from three to nine associates and up to five electrical construction consulting companies.
• Negotiated and administered multi-million dollar contracts with such diverse companies as US Government, AT&T, Exide, North American Van Lines, Federal Express, Airborne Express, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, CompuServe, and more than twenty others.
• Coordinated contract management with legal department, financial groups, product managers, marketing groups, customer service and sales forces.
• Negotiated and administered US Army and USMC contracts, in excess of $17 million annually, for installation and service of electrical equipment at 100 world-wide bases.
• Administered $4 million GAO contract of assorted products.
• Effectively purchased electrical products (in excess of $30 million annually) for both domestic and international organizations resulting in obtaining high profit margins.
• Analyzed need for, researched suppliers, and purchased $400,000 annually of office supplies and capital equipment.
• Conducted contract negotiations with more that 25 vendors nationwide, resulting in obtaining best prices, terms, and conditions while ensuring contract compliance, reconciling orders, and resolving financial/contract issues.
• Qualified vendors and their processes, procedures, and products at their manufacturing plants and offices ensuring that they met industry standards.
Program Manager
Additional ad hoc projects undertaken while performing daily work activities.
• Team chairperson of a managerial/employee nation-wide bonus/incentive program covering 1,200 managerial, professional, and hourly employees. It was funded at $1.5 million annually.
• Team leader of a cross-functional team that developed software based marketing strategies and marketing materials, which resulted in higher profit margins for our sales forces.
EDUCATION
BA, Business Management, Capital University, Columbus, OH 1996
• Graduated cum laude.