BACKGROUND
I am a twenty-plus year industry professional specializing in residential / commercial / industrial contracting & service companies.
Experience highlights include:
• Construction CFO for the last thirteen years. Expertise in all managing all areas of accounting, relationships with CPA firm, banks and sureties, expert level budgeting, pricing, departmental financial management and of course in excel, accounting, job cost and service systems.
• CEO/President of a mechanical contractor and a mechanical/electrical/plumbing & fire protection contractor, both with over 200 employees.
• Top to bottom financial management expertise; expert level in budgeting, pricing, cost allocation, and report development utilizing a “roll up your sleeves” approach.
• Strong IT background with excellent understanding of job cost, service, CRM and accounting systems and expertise in data collection and report design. My understanding is both conceptual and technical, although not at a programing level.
• Experience with turnaround situations both as management and as a consultant.
• Experience with growth through acquisition strategies; as corporate management I was involved in operational due diligence of acquisition candidates, integration planning and implementation, and development of best-practice sharing programs across platforms and add-on acquisitions.
• Strong, positive, energetic, upbeat, consensus building leadership style.