- Joined the company to start and lead the corporate development team and all the acquisition and investment activities from 2004 through 2014.
- Led the first controlling acquisition of a Chinese retailer by a foreign entity in 2006 as part of an overall assessment for international expansion.
- Developed an internal venture investment program for the company generating both strategic and financial returns. Based on the analysis done by an investment bank, the program was in the top quartile of funds.
- Oversaw the assessment of the company's operating model resulting in over $500 million in operating profit improvements.
- Coordinated an assessment of the company's services business resulting in over $200 million in operating profit improvements.
Focus areas: Corporate Finance, Strategy, Minority Investments, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Corporate Development, M&A (Buy-side), Post-merger Integration, Rollups, Cash Flow, Forecasting, Budgeting, Business Strategy, Growth Analysis, Growth Strategy, Cross-border M&A, Financial Modeling, Valuation, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Venture Capital, Financials, Partnerships, Business Development, Capital Budgeting, Investment Banking, IT Service Management (ITSM), Acquisitions, Industry Analysis, Capability Assessment, Inventory, Accounting, Revenue & Expense Projections, Treasury, Cash Management, eCommerce, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft 365, Due Diligence, DCF Valuation, M&A Modeling, Innovation, Investment Funds, Venture Investments, Corporate Venture Capital, IRR, Investments, Competitive Intelligence, Competitive Strategy, Value Chain, Technology Trends, Vendor Management, Consumer Trends, Economic Analysis, Asset Purchase Agreements, Share Purchase Agreements, Documentation, Comparable Company Analysis, Transaction Comparables
Strategic Acquisition | End to End
Long-range Planning Context for Enterprise
Investment Program | Corporate Venture Program
