Languages

English
German
French
Dutch

Experience

Independent Financial Executive Management Consulting
Senior VP / CFO and Independent Consulatant
7/2004 - Present
1. Main role: Chief financial officer for a community-based banking and insurance concern in Belgium.
2 Various other consulting missions as time allows - financial and operations projects in the merger & acquisition valuation, manufacturing, IT, chemical, construction, and food products fields.
General Electric (GE) Capital Operations
Finance Director, Europe
4/2003 - 6/2004
Responsible for 400 Million Euro balance sheet of GE's medical leasing unit, with direct reports centered in France and at a shared service center in India. Led financial due diligence efforts on acquisitions of companies and loan portfolios; spearheaded reconciliation of historical unreconciled accounts r4om before my time, implemented Oracle financials, oversaw all bank and cash management activities.
Engelborghs N.V. Corporate Strategy & Development
VP Finance & Operations
12/1999 - 4/2003
Same bank/insurance firm for which I'm currently working as CFO. Increased revenues by 17.4% p.a. while reducing back office expenses.
Electronic Data Systems (EDS, now part of HP) Operations
Finance Director, New Business & Pricing
6/1996 - 12/1999
EMEA Finance Director, EDS Enterprise Solutions - Directed staff of 11 indirect reports performing all financial planning & analysis for an EDS / ATKearney ERP consulting startup unit. Implemented country-specific costing and labor optimization systems.

Global Finance Director, New Business & Pricing - Led 5 senior analyst MBA's in pre-sale profitability and risk analysis for EDS/Xerox global IT engagements ($450 Million / year)
Kloeckner & Co, AG Corporate Strategy & Development
Business Development & Controlling
12/1992 - 12/1995
Led activity-based costing / activity-based management implementation, resulting in profit increases > $7 Million. Provided M&A and investment recommendations on deals/projects up to $45 million.
US Army Reserve Other
Engineer Corps Officer
6/1987 - 6/1995
Lieutenant leading platoon of 45 US Army Reserve Soldiers.
Raytheon Company Operations
Engineer, Production Support
12/1987 - 6/1989
Analyzed printed circuit board manufacturing for defense radar systems. Implemented bar coding to track materiel movements and processing time. Left to pursue full-time MBA.