Functional Skills
Business Analysis
Business Development
Business Operations
Business Planning
Financial Management
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Strategy Development
Change Management / Org Design
Project Management
Process Design / Re-engineering
Risk Management
Real Estate Investing
Commercial Due Diligence
Commercial Strategy
Corporate Finance
Software Skills
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
Sector Experience
Aerospace & Defense
Agriculture
Consumer Goods
Financial Services
Real Estate
Languages
English
Case Study
Case Studies
Global Real Estate Transformation: $100M Balance Sheet Impact
Consumer Goods
Finance Transformation
Real Estate Investing
Operations Management
Building a Global Credits & Incentives Capability: Tripled Annual Benefits
Agriculture
Finance Transformation
Tax Advisory
Government Affairs
Global Business Consolidation: Portfolio Turnaround & Value Creation
Consumer Goods
Restructuring / Turnarounds
Performance Management
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Strategy Execution: Aligning Fragmented U.S. Businesses Around Growth & Margins
Agriculture
Growth Strategy
Performance Management
Operating Model Design
Supply Chain Planning & Profitability Enhancement
Agriculture
Supply Chain Management
Performance Management
Operational Efficiency
Experience
Cargill
Other
Vice President, Real Estate and Incentives
1/2022 - 8/2024
Hired to transform Cargill’s approach to real estate assets and the full lifecycle of its offices in the wake of COVID-19 and remote work. Global responsibility for team managing $35B corporate real estate assets, $200M/yr government incentives portfolio, and workplace experience in ~100 global office locations.
• Reduced annual costs by $15M through strategic, coherent approach to office footprint and workplace experience needs
• Improved balance sheet by $100M through rigorous portfolio reviews
• Consolidated 125 fragmented employees and activities from 5 teams into a single integrated organization
• Reduced annual costs by $15M through strategic, coherent approach to office footprint and workplace experience needs
• Improved balance sheet by $100M through rigorous portfolio reviews
• Consolidated 125 fragmented employees and activities from 5 teams into a single integrated organization
Cargill
Other
Director, Global Credits and Incentives
1/2020 - 1/2022
Led 30-person organization optimizing incentive benefit outcomes $3B annual CAPEX budget. Partnered with Tax, Law, and business leaders to maximize benefits while mitigating compliance and financial risks.
• Tripled annual government benefits received and maintained benefit-to-cost ratio over 30:1 through institutionalized approach
• Reduced professional service fees by >50% within three years through internal capability building
• Elevated visibility of incentives impact in enterprise decision making and capital allocation
• Stood up final regional team in LATAM
• Tripled annual government benefits received and maintained benefit-to-cost ratio over 30:1 through institutionalized approach
• Reduced professional service fees by >50% within three years through internal capability building
• Elevated visibility of incentives impact in enterprise decision making and capital allocation
• Stood up final regional team in LATAM
Cargill
Finance
FP&A Lead, Global Credits and Incentives
1/2017 - 1/2020
Selected to design, launch, and lead a global team responsible for securing and administering government incentives supporting economic development, innovation, and sustainability.
• Built and established regional teams and a centralized compliance shared service in North America, Europe / Middle East / Africa, and Asia
• Reviewed ~70 global CAPEX projects and additional 40 non-US government programs to solidify business case, key capability design decisions, and raise broad awareness of the opportunity
• Improved portfolio transparency and executive decision making by deploying digital platform Incentify to track the full incentive lifecycle
• Built and established regional teams and a centralized compliance shared service in North America, Europe / Middle East / Africa, and Asia
• Reviewed ~70 global CAPEX projects and additional 40 non-US government programs to solidify business case, key capability design decisions, and raise broad awareness of the opportunity
• Improved portfolio transparency and executive decision making by deploying digital platform Incentify to track the full incentive lifecycle
Cargill
Corporate Strategy & Development
Associate, Corporate Strategy and Development
9/2014 - 1/2017
Member of Cargill’s internal strategy consulting team, responsible for problem solving, executive recommendations, and driving implementation across global businesses.
• Designed and launched first FP&A performance cadence and scorecards for 5 global businesses, improving financial transparency and accountability
• Developed implementation roadmap and Program Management Office for U.S. protein customer first strategy, aligning stakeholders and execution plans
• Performed acquisition due diligence and financial modeling to inform M&A decisions and capital allocation
• Designed and launched first FP&A performance cadence and scorecards for 5 global businesses, improving financial transparency and accountability
• Developed implementation roadmap and Program Management Office for U.S. protein customer first strategy, aligning stakeholders and execution plans
• Performed acquisition due diligence and financial modeling to inform M&A decisions and capital allocation
US Department of Defense
Other
Counterproliferation Lead
1/2010 - 1/2012
Collected, analyzed, and reported intel that revealed intentions of foreign governments.
National Air and Space Intelligence Center
Engineering
Flight Chief
1/2008 - 1/2010
Managed 13-person engineer team responsible for all-source analysis and software model development of foreign air-launched weapon systems.
National Air and Space Intelligence Center
Engineering
Principal Intel Analyst
1/2006 - 1/2008
Team leader responsible for assigning projects, technical problem-solving, and inter-agency collaboration for air-to-air missile system software.
National Air and Space Intelligence Center
Engineering
Aerospace Engineer
1/2003 - 1/2006
Reverse engineered and analyzed all-source intelligence to develop software models of air-to-air weapon systems. Developed first stochastic air-to-air weapon model to accurately assess lethality and new technical limitations of unprecedented foreign weapon system.