Colby Johnstone - Finance Director, CBRE

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Work Background

CBREFinancial Director

Nov. 2022Sunnyvale, California, United StatesThe publicly traded and world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm with more than 100,000 employees serving real estate investors and occupiers through more than 450 offices world-wide. Ascending from an initial Senior Finance Manager – Client Project Management role, I successfully: • Established the vision and strategic direction of the at-risk Technicians on Demand program, turning around operations and achieving a state of profitability. • Improved invoicing and accounts receivable activities resulting in an 80% reduction in turnaround time and achieving a 15% increase in invoice profitability. • Renegotiated SLAs and contracts with over 20 enterprise clients, resulting in taking the program to a break-even point from $3 million in annual losses within 12 months. • Provided advice and counsel to internal stakeholders on SG&A cost optimization and resource utilization and headcount allocation, reducing the overall spend by 65%. • Served as a business partner to a senior executive leadership team, verifying the delivery of accurate and actionable forecasts, FP&A analyses and financial reports. • Collaborated with a key client to restructure the pricing of a major $350 million Project Management contract, overseeing the transition from a Reimbursement to a more stable Fixed Pricing model.

CBRESenior Finance Manager

Feb. 2020 - Nov. 2022

Marvell SemiconductorSenior Finance Manager

Aug. 2017 - Feb. 2020Santa Clara, CAWith broad responsibility for Worldwide Sales and Business Operations, key accountabilities and impact revolved around: • Working closely with the CTO to oversee over $150 million in IP, hardware and license procurement. • Providing leadership to a five-person support team helping structure the operations of the global Busi- ness Operations, Central Engineering, and Sales functions. • Articulating best practices around pricing, distribution, customer and sales analysis. • Uncovering opportunities for improvement throughout the contract approval and pricing value chain. • Enhancing contract administration and accounting operations through guiding a transition from FASB ASC 605 to 606

Marvell SemiconductorFinance Manager

Nov. 2016 - Aug. 2017San Francisco Bay Area

Electronic Arts (EA)Senior Financial Analyst

Dec. 2014 - Nov. 2016Listed on the NASDAQ, one of the world’s largest game developers with a vast portfolio of iconic titles and a growing range of digital distribution platforms where I was responsible for: • Driving brand awareness and demand generation through design and launch of marketing programs and audience engagement activities. • Assessing overall marketing ROI for individual EA game franchises, assessing results against anticipated KPIs. • Overseeing music title acquisition and developing licensing agreements. • Mentoring a team of 6 Vice Presidents, providing guidance on establishing sponsorship relationships with soccer celebrities and influencers. • Coaching internal teams on business development, mobile business management and product launches.

Maxim IntegratedFinancial Analyst (BU Finance)

Nov. 2012 - Dec. 2014San Jose, California

US ArmyBattalion Adjutant

Nov. 2011 - Nov. 2012

US ArmyTactical Director, Battle Captain, and Platoon Leader

Jul. 2009 - Nov. 2011I help plan and direct patriot missile operations, I assist the Operations Officer in planning and executing operations, and I am the Platoon Leader for 4th Platoon Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4-3 ADA Battalion.