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ENGIESenior Business Development Manager
Feb. 2024Buffalo, New York, United States
Johnson ControlsSenior Account Executive
Nov. 2021 - Feb. 2024Sustainability Infrastructure, North America
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineAssociate CFO/Controller
Jul. 2020 - Nov. 2021Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Erie Community CollegeExecutive Vice President for Administration and Finance
Jan. 2018 - Jul. 2020Buffalo/Niagara, New York AreaMember of the executive leadership team responsible for the oversight and management of Finance, Budget, Human Resources, Information Technology, Facilities, and Safety and Security. SUNY Erie serves 20,000+ students on three campuses and has an annual budget of $110 million. Key accomplishments: ♦ Managed operational spend in first year to avoid the use of $1.25 million dollars in budgeted reserve funds while still supporting new initiatives ♦ Worked with the county and state to reconcile capital fund balances with the college records, and created a process by which lingering residual capital funds were consolidated to address deferred maintenance issues in the amount of $7 million. These recouped dollars have been put to use in updating significant deferred maintenance needs as well as updating community spaces to serve the needs of our students. ♦ Created the first balanced operational budget in 5 years, leveraged the institutional strategic plan to prioritize and fund budget requests, implementing a rolling 3 year budget planning cycle. Overhauled the institutional budget process to be inclusive and transparent. ♦ Provided executive sponsorship for successfully managing a fast-track implementation of Workday Finance, HCM, and Payroll with skeleton tech staff. These modules went live one year after project kick off, and the project stayed within budget. ♦ Drove significant cultural and process change within the college in the areas of student service and support, financial and operational management, communication, strategic analysis, and data driven decision making. Led the search for a new Provost who is an integral partner in executing on these, and all academic planning related strategies. ♦ Led the Steering Committee for Academic and Facilities Strategic Master Plan which will provide the operational blue print for the next 8-10 years.
Richard Bland College of William & MaryChief Financial Officer
Sep. 2015 - Dec. 2017Petersburg, VirginiaWorked as part of a dynamic team toward an aspirational goal of 100% student success. As the only residential junior college in the state of Virginia, and identified as one of a handful of nationally recognized sites for academic innovation, RBC is uniquely positioned to deliver wrap around student support that continuously provides feedback to generate more effective interventions to students at risk of non-completion. RBC has over 40 academic program transfer agreements with 4 year institutions to ensure that the credit hours taken at RBC will transfer seamlessly and keep students on track to a timely and successful completion of their bachelors degree or higher. As a member of a very lean and fluid leadership team, I was responsible at different times for the management of finance, financial aid, human resources, and information technology units. Key Achievements:
♦ Identified critical revenue stream issues; stabilized revenue for the short term and implemented long term procedures. Averted negative impact of approximately $2 million. ♦ Successfully managed nine key vacancies in a finance, human resource, and IT staff of nineteen. Leveraged professional accounting/administrative staff for short term resources; developed appropriate staffing model for finance and conducted successful searches to fill the old and newly defined positions. ♦ Identified and obtained key personnel and resources to mitigate Banner ERP functionality issues and revitalize the Banner finance and financial aid modules. ♦ Moving college and foundation financial transactional processes and data management from manual paper and spreadsheet intensive to robust and more sophisticated technical solutions.
Virginia Community College SystemAsst. Vice Chancellor for Tech Administrative Services
Jan. 2014 - Dec. 2015Richmond, Virginia AreaIn this role, I developed and implemented technology strategies that prepared Virginia's 23 community colleges and 40 campuses to meet the increasingly complex technical needs of its 375,000 students. By blending technical, strategic planning, and relationship skills, I catalyzed the creation and modification of a system-wide IT strategic plan that takes into consideration the concerns of students, faculty, and administrators, as well as the potential future direction of educational technology. Key Achievements: - Led the creation of an enterprise wide IT Strategic Plan that effectively supports the overarching VCCS plan and coordinates the technology efforts of 23 colleges. - Conducted an in depth functional analysis of the enterprise technology administrative services unit that resulted in a reorganization to drive effectiveness and collaboration. - Drove improved business processes and better defined technology decisions by building cross-functional relationships. - Removed barriers to the timely and successful completion of numerous projects by serving as formal and informal project sponsor/director. - Performed analyses of recurrent VCCS expenses. Identified and recovered over $200,000 in fraudulent or incorrect charges.
Longwood UniversityAssociate Vice President and CIO of Information Technology Services
Jan. 2012 - Dec. 2014Farmville, VirginiaBy coordinating the efforts of 45+ IT staff and leveraging a $5M budget, I supported Longwood University's vision on the technical end by optimizing and leading the Information Technology Services Department. One of my major accomplishments within this role was to boost efficiency, reduce downtime, and enhance productivity through technology. I accomplished this goal by delivering several strategic platforms, including a new learning management system, degree audit system, and business intelligence platform. These systems minimized the amount of time and effort required to obtain information so that students, staff, and faculty could focus on using that information - not gathering it. Key Achievements: - Sparked the completion of a critical educational application in four months that had languished for two years by implementing Agile project methodology. - Led the development of a joint technology-faculty committee that developed visions for innovative learning and teaching environments and served as technology liaisons to the institution's faculty and academic leaders. - Supported university goals and mission by developing and realigning staff, improving system access/uptime/functionality by completing infrastructure projects, and enhancing savings and quality by renegotiating vendor contracts.
Longwood UniversityAdjunct Professor
Jan. 2010 - Dec. 2014Taught Auditing and Fraud Examination courses in Longwood's School of Business.
Longwood UniversityDirector of Internal Audit and Institutional Compliance
Jan. 2010 - Dec. 2012Longwood UniversityBy leading a team of five, I positioned the university for success by ensuring that all processes and methods were contributing to the institution's overall visions and goals. My risk assessments and audit endeavors were heavily focused on technology, compliance, operational efficiency, and security. I made numerous recommendations to executive management based on the results of my analyses, which resulted in overall university improvement. Key Achievements: - Mitigated risk organization-wide by coordinating the implementation of a robust enterprise risk management framework, leading executive management to identify top risks, and determining solutions to nullify these risks.
The Woodland, IncDirector of Finance and Administration
Jan. 2008 - Dec. 2010Comprehensive Retirement and Rehabilitation CenterIn this position, I was given the opportunity to drastically improve operations by creating new methodologies, departments, teams, and processes. I delivered on this opportunity, leading 20+ staff to make exceptional contributions in the areas of technology, finance, and administration while serving as a member of the corporate executive leadership team. Key Achievements: - Improved operations and cut costs by establishing a dedicated IT Department and Human Resources Department after consolidating people, processes, and technology across organization. - Streamlined patient billing and stabilized revenue flow by creating staggered billing process based on information availability and payment turnaround. - Dropped turnaround time on Medicare B claims from six months to two months for 60% of claims and from six months to three months for 20% of claims while improving coding through innovative process design.
Longwood UniversityDirector Internal Audit
Jan. 2006 - Dec. 2008Farmville, VirginiaBy leading a team of five, I positioned the university for success by ensuring that all processes and methods were contributing to the institution's overall visions and goals. My risk assessments and audit endeavors were heavily focused on technology, compliance, operational efficiency, and security. I made numerous recommendations to executive management based on the results of my analyses, which resulted in overall university improvement.
Longwood UniversityInterim Financial Controller
Jan. 2005 - Dec. 2006Farmville, VirginiaSelected to serve as Interim Controller during a crisis period, and provided successful leadership of 20+ cross-departmental financial employees while creating an innovative financial reporting unit and detailed desktop procedures. Successfully generated two years worth of financial statements resulting in unqualified opinions.
Longwood UniversityDirector of Internal Audit
Jan. 1998 - Dec. 2005Farmville, VirginiaBy leading a team of five, I positioned the university for success by ensuring that all processes and methods were contributing to the institution's overall visions and goals. My risk assessments and audit endeavors were heavily focused on technology, compliance, operational efficiency, and security. I made numerous recommendations to executive management based on the results of my analyses, which resulted in overall university improvement. Key Achievements: - Grew department from a single person to a five person unit consisting of three full time auditors and two student interns. Worked collaboratively with the campus to position internal audit as a valued campus partner, invited to provide advice in decision making up front instead of serving only to catch problems and make recommendations after decisions were executed.
United States Air ForceSargeant
Jan. 1987 - Dec. 1991Langley AFB, VirginiaWeapons System Specialist - F15 Fighter Jet
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