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Senior International Finance and Operations Executive

Senior International Finance and Operations Executive

Work Experience

Technologies
(Publicly traded spin-off of Hewlett Packard with annual revenues of $6 billion.)

Senior Manager Finance and Operations, Electronic Measurement Group and EMG Group Six Sigma Champion. Morges, Switzerland. July 2006 to Present
Responsibilities include mergers and acquisition evaluation, due diligence and integration, control Group’s infrastructure spending and Group’s Six Sigma Finance Champion. Report to the Group Chief Financial Officer.
• Successfully completed an acquisition of a high-technology manufacturing company based in Switzerland
• Generated long term strategic and short term tactical plans on worldwide geographic office footprint

Controller and Operations Manager, Computing and Networking Solutions Business Unit, Electronics Measurement Group and EMG Group Six Sigma Champion. Morges, Switzerland. 2003 to 2006
The top finance executive of a worldwide operation (US$500M+ annual sales) with profit & loss responsibility through product development, marketing and manufacturing activities of product lines serving semiconductor to telecom customers. Responsibilities included managing a global team of 15 comprised of finance controllers, managers and analysts in delivering financial planning, reporting, consolidation, and various financial and operational analyses for investment decisions. Worked collaboratively with extensive shared services functions in the accounting transaction processing, treasury, credit and collection areas. Simultaneously reported to the Business Unit Vice President and the Group Chief Financial Officer.
• Restructured a money-losing business unit to stable profitability in one year through rigorous portfolio decision making and monitoring processes. Dramatically improved financial planning processes for clear financial transparency and accountability resulting in increased credibility of the Business Unit by Corporate Executives.
• Implemented Sarbanes-Oxley compliance for the Business Unit, specifically in the areas of segregation of duties, revenue recognition and inventory reserves.
• Created an economic ecosystem model for the Business Unit to identify and track opportunities for each region.
• Established a rigorous financial process to capture savings for the Six Sigma program.

Controller and Operations Manager, Multi-Industry Business Unit, Electronics Products and Solutions Group. Geneva, Switzerland 2001 to 2003
The top finance executive of a worldwide operation (US$1Billion+ annual sales) with profit & loss responsibility through product development, marketing and manufacturing activities of product lines serving high technology industries. The Business Unit comprised divisions with different business models: from software to OEM hardware business models and the distribution channels from direct sales to distributors and manufacturing representatives. Responsibilities included managing a global team of 40 comprised of finance controllers, managers and analysts in delivering financial planning, reporting, consolidation, and various financial and operational analyses for investment decisions. Worked collaboratively with extensive shared services functions in the accounting transaction processing, treasury, credit and collection areas. Simultaneously reported to the Business Unit Vice President and the Group Chief Financial Officer.
• Restructured a money-losing business unit into a highly profitable business unit in 1.5 years through portfolio adjustments, downsizing and shifting resources.
• Restructured international finance and operations teams for 25% improvement in efficiency.
• Implemented Oracle Enterprise Reporting Systems finance modules for the entire Group


Controller, Worldwide Sales & Marketing, Electronics Products and Solutions Group. Geneva, Switzerland 2001
The worldwide controller for a 3,500 people worldwide sales and marketing organization with an annual budget of US$500M and sales of more than US$3Billion. Responsibilities included managing a global team of 17 comprised of finance controllers, managers and analysts in delivering financial planning, reporting, consolidation, and various financial analyses.
• Restructured sales and in-bound marketing organizations in line with the reduced business volume following the telecom bust of 2000.

Operations Director, Customer Services Center- Europe, Middle East, Africa & South America. Geneva, Switzerland 1999 to 2001
The top regional customer administration executive of an operation responsible for quote to cash process for EMEA and South America regions. Responsibilities included managing a team of 300 in providing customer quote, order management and cash collection for both goods and services.
• Consolidated customer services activities of Agilent’s Medical, Pharmaceutical and Life Science/Chemical Analysis Instrumentation businesses in EMEA to the Barcelona hub.
• Consolidated customer services activities of Agilent’s total Measurement businesses in South America to the Barcelona hub.


Hewlett-Packard Company

Finance & Administration Director, Test & Measurement Organization (TMO) - Europe, Middle East & Africa. Geneva, Switzerland 1998 to 1999
The top regional finance and customer administration executive of a US$1Billion sales, support, services and marketing operation. Responsibilities included customer quote, customer contracts, order management, regional products distribution center based in the Netherlands and cash collection for the EMEA region through managing a team of 280, and financial planning & reporting for the organization through managing a team of 20.
• Planned, organized, and implemented the consolidation of 15 European customer services operation sites into a centralized operation in Barcelona, Spain and reduced cost by 30%.
• Deployed a new quotation, order entry and order management application, which also linked to a CRM database, and achieved 50% reduction in manual entry in the quote to order process.

Controller, California Semiconductor Test Division. Santa Clara, CA USA 1995 to 1997
The top finance manager of a US$100M product division responsible for development, manufacturing and marketing of semiconductor test equipments. Responsibilities included financial planning & reporting, product costing & pricing and analysis supporting management decisions.
• Managed Strategic Alliance activities with both internal and external parties and developed a DRAM testing business plan.
• Transferred manufacturing activities to internal contracts manufacturer to reduce production cost by 30%.

Finance Operations Manager, Test & Measurement Organization (TMO) & Microwave Communications Group (MCG). Santa Clara, CA USA 1993 to 1995
Responsibility included financial planning, consolidation and reporting of US$2Billion worldwide electronics instrument business by managing a team of nine financial analysts.
• Deployed a new planning and reporting system.
• Coordinated and developed the TMO/MCG Business Strategy Summary.

Finance Operations Manager, Japan Test & Measurement Field Organization. Tokyo, Japan 1991 to 1993
Responsibility included financial planning and reporting, interfaced with HQ finance in the US, directly supported the Japan sales VP and the function team for electronics, medical and life science/chemical analysis instrumentation businesses.
• Participated in the formulation and implementation of a restructuring plan.
• Facilitated the Business Strategic Review process.

Finance Specialist, Intercontinental Operations. Palo Alto, CA 1988 to 1991
Responsible for legal and management reporting, consolidation and trade pricing.
• Solved the gray marketing problem between the US and Canada for hardcopy products

G.S. Steel Co., Ltd, Bangkok Thailand
(Thai-Japanese joint venture steel products manufacturer, then listed on the Thailand Securities Exchange.)

Director of Finance 1984 to 1986
Managed treasury, controllership, purchasing, and warehousing functions. Lead a team of 108 employees out of 650 in the total company.
• Lead multi-function team in making $1M capital equipment investment decision

Financial Reporting Manager 1983 to 1984
Managed all aspects of financial planning and reporting activities, both internal and external (Thailand SEC) reporting. Managed a department of 20 people.

Financial Analyst 1982 to 1983
Generated and analyzed financial statements.


Education

Training:
1. Six Sigma White Belt Certification 2006
2. Six Sigma Champion Training 2005
3. Remote Management 2003
4. Running Reports on Business Intelligence Enterprise Data Warehouse 2002
5. Running Cross-Boundary Organization Program 1997
6. Change Management Consulting 1994
7. Project Management Fundamentals 1989

Masters of Business Administration, Finance concentration, University of California, Berkeley CA USA 1988.

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Menlo College, Atherton CA USA 1981.


Skills

Ability to establish a robust business management processes based on Six Sigma discipline.


Languages

Native Japanese speaker, fluent in English, fluent in Thai, basic French

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