Hands on leader helping companies to sustainably grow by helping to develop, manage and optimize market facing activities and processes (sales pipelines, business development, GTM and partnerships strategy, pricing, IP strategy) and back office (fundraising, cash management, board management, cost optimization)

Provided leadership as a founder of an innovative software company offering security and data integrity for digital manufacturing and supply chain. Responsible for defining the business strategy, developing the value proposition, generating revenue, establishing partnerships, validating customer needs, and securing funding.
•Defined sales and business strategy for both direct sales and channel partners, delivering multi-year revenue growth and key distribution agreements with Fortune 500 companies.
•Led marketing activities that positioned Identify3D as a trusted brand delivering world-class software technology.
•Establish and led back office corporate functions such as finance, board management, legal, and HR operations.
•Co-authored white papers and invited to speak at multiple conferences. Key Achievements
•Led multimillion rounds of fundraising from pre-seed to successful exit (acquired by Materialise NV in 2022).
•Grew personnel 2 to 24 and delivered revenue growth from ince

Global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services
•Advised clients on a full range of hands-on, operationally focused support across the transaction life cycle including operational due diligence, synergy assessment and delivery, integration readiness, and post-merger optimization.
•Developed a new offering to EY Private Equity clients designed to increase value of portfolio companies through financial and operational performance improvement. Activities included go-to-market launch, methodology, business, and team development.

Leading independent global professional services firm, provider of turnaround, consulting, and interim management services.
•As part of the West Coast leadership team, responsible for leading engagements, closing new business, managing internal referrals, developing thoughts leadership, and recruiting talents.
•As Working Capital National Practice Leader, responsible for developing methodologies, branding A&M capabilities, driving marketing effort and formalizing knowledge base. Author of the bi-annual Cash Is King series which discuss cash flow trends of US companies.
•Conducted various financial and operational due diligence analysis to support the design of exit strategy for European PE firms. Key Achievements
•Acted as Transition Services Executive for Lehman Brothers Holdings in Asia, supporting the winding down of financial assets and rebuilding the infrastructure (office, system, people) needed for the liquidation process.
•As interim CEO reporting to the Board of Directors

Mid-sized global consultancy company specialized in delivering cash and cost improvements by implementing Best Practices in financial and operational processes for Fortune 1000 companies.
•Sold and/or managed more than 20 large-scale cross-functional projects at the senior executive levels, delivering measurable performance improvement in cost reduction, and working capital optimization.
•As Practice leader, responsible for sales support and global consistency in the delivery of Customer-to-Cash projects by providing technical expertise and quality assurance.
•Provided original research, white papers and expertise, which were quoted in WSJ, Business Week, Agefi, Financial Times, and other publication.
•Frequently invited to deliver speeches at conferences organized by CFO Magazine, Treasury Management Association and US banks. PRIOR EXPERIENCE

FRENCH EMBASSY ECONOMY DEP'T Abu Dhabi (U.A.E.) and Accra (Ghana) Trade Officer 1990 - 1992