Kuk Yi, Finance Expert in Minneapolis, MN, United States
Kuk Yi

Finance Expert in Minneapolis, MN, United States

Member since August 18, 2020
Kuk is a strategic financial leader with in-depth experience working across the spectrum of value creation ranging from innovation to partnership and business development, M&A, and strategic enterprise initiatives. Kuk's created new internal capabilities by founding M&A/corporate development and venture investment teams. Although not a technologist, Kuk has a deep understanding and appreciation of the technology ecosystem and has led analytics and technology teams during his career as a result.
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Employment

  • CFO and VP of Technology

    2018 - 2020
    Transformco
    • Reduced the operating expense budget of an IT organization by 60% while maintaining service levels for the organization.
    • Built a plan for the organization to reduce expenses by a further 50% while providing service levels necessary for the enterprise in the future.
    • Led a Chapter 11 reorganization process for the technology organization. Mainly led negotiations with key IT vendors, including telecommunications providers resulting in an over 70% reduction of owed amounts.
    Focus areas: Budgeting, Capital Budgeting, Bankruptcy & Insolvency, IT Service Management (ITSM), Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Cash Flow, Forecasting, Business Strategy, CFO, Financial Modeling, Financials, Strategy, Partnerships, Business Development, Corporate Finance, Industry Analysis, Capability Assessment, Inventory, Accounting, Revenue & Expense Projections, Treasury, Cash Management, eCommerce, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft 365, Minority Investments, M&A Modeling, 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
  • Vice President | Corporate Development

    2004 - 2014
    Best Buy
    • 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

Certifications

  • CPA (Inactive)
    JANUARY 2003 - PRESENT
    State Board of Accountancy

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