Adjunct Professor in Utah State University's MBA program

Establish, grow and lead the Americas Finance SSC organization and provide strategic guidance and direction in carrying out Bard's shared services strategy.Challenge status quo and champion new ideas and a culture of continuous improvement, while providing best in class customer service.Build a high performance culture of engaged, motivated and happy team members.

Expatriate assignment in Panama City, Panama. Led a group of 72 professionals responsible for delivering best in class service to business partners through efficient transaction processing and innovative business process solutions.

Led a global internal audit practice with 29 professionals, including five direct reports. Under the direction of the Audit Committee and VP of Internal Audit, managed financial, operational, and information technology audits and risk assessments worldwide. Performed control-related due diligence reviews for company acquisitions in Europe and Latin America. Recruited high performing team members and managed external consultant relationships. Oversaw the implementation of Enterprise Risk Management, Sarbanes Oxley, and Continuous Monitoring frameworks.

Advisor to mid-market and Fortune 500 clients, assisting them with complex issues regarding Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), regulatory and compliance risk, Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), project management, information technology, and business process improvement. Simultaneously managed financial statement, operational and compliance audit engagements. Negotiated fees, managed project realization and budgets for a $2 million client portfolio. Recruited and managed high-performing college campus and experienced hire professionals.

Selected for an international rotation to Santiago, Chile to lead the formation of the Risk Advisory practice of KPMG Chile (2007-2010)Built the KPMG Chile Information Risk Management group through recruitment and management of 4 direct-report managers and 20 indirect-report audit staff. Oversaw growth of KPMG Chile’s Information Risk Management practice from 18,000 to 30,000 hours.Guided two Fortune 500 companies through the year one Sarbanes-Oxley compliance process.Consistently rated as an Exceptional Performer (EP). Recipient of “Make it Count” business development award for consecutive 2011 quarters.

Conducted risk-based operational, financial and IT audits of the company’s agencies and terminal operators in Latin America and the US East and West coasts. Provided PMO support and systems development lifecycle reviews for a major software implementation at APL Logistics in Great Britain and the Netherlands. Implemented the COSO and CobIT control frameworks across the enterprise.