Experience

• CMB Business Consulting Services

  Senior Consultant

  o Lessons learned: Do not confuse a credential with knowledge and wisdom. Organizational success depends on attracting and retaining a world class “pit crew” [regardless of educational background]. High performance organizations and “pit crews” require high performance resources and tools. Tech savvy leadership. Listen and learn from those closest to the work.
  • Working with general contractors, subcontractors, material haulers
  • Document/Troubleshoot project management/accounting processes throughout company
  • Encourage individual learning and process improvements throughout company
  • Recognize high quality performance [team and individual]
  o Design and maintain project management/accounting control systems
  • Develop/Improve Internal Controls/Project Management/Production/Job Cost
  o Project/Production Management Reports/Dashboards [POC,WIP,KPI,routine and ad hoc]
  o Evaluate current project management/accounting ERP utilization for process/performance improvement
  o Setup/configuration Project Management/Accounting ERP for Current and New Company including Production and Job Cost
  o Construction and Busines Intelligence Solutions: Microsoft Business intelligence, Excel (power pivot) Viewpoint/StreetSmarts, Sage 100 Contractor, Sage 300 CRE (Connector/Business Intelligence) Quickbooks (Enterprise/Online)

• CMB Business Consulting Services

  Senior Consultant

  Business consulting

• Dexter + Chaney

  Implementation Manager

  Implementation Manager - Spectrum v14 ERP

• John A. Logan College

  Business Department Chair and Professor - Accounting

  Lessons learned: Learned something new (related to people and subject) every day. Each new day presents opportunities for improvement and lessons to be learned. The best teachers love their subject and appreciate the struggle to learn. Communication is multi-directional with multiple media and follow-up. Lessons learned: Passing college level courses does not mean you can teach them. Bench strength is vital to building a world class “pit crew.”
  
  Department Chair: Business and Computer Information Systems (1996 - 2002)
  Team Leader (full time and adjunct): hire, schedule,evaluate, development, budget.
  
  Teaching: FinancialManagerial/Cost Accounting and Business Statistics (classroom and Internet using Blackboard), Payroll, Accounting Computer Applications (QuickBooks/Peachtree).
  
  Develop new courses and programs. Course and program evaluation.
  
  Student Advisement and Committees: Student services, financial aid, NCA accreditation (2 cycles - Strategic Planning/Environmental Scan: Electronic Surveys and Results Analysis).

• E. T. Simonds Construction and Materials Company, Inc.

  Controller

  o Lessons learned: Do not confuse a credential with knowledge and wisdom. Organizational success depends on attracting and retaining a world class “pit crew” [regardless of educational background]. High performance organizations and “pit crews” require high performance resources and tools. Tech savvy leadership.
  • Team leader for Accounts Payable, Payroll, Cost Accounting
  • Troubleshoot/resolve process issues throughout company
  • Encourage individual learning and process improvements
  • Recognize high quality performance [team and individual]
  o Design and maintain accounting control systems using MS Excel [Office]
  • GL Reconciliation: Cash, Accounts Receivable/Payable, Payroll
  • Develop/Maintain Internal Controls/Project Management/Production
  o Project/Production Management Reports/Dashboards [WIP/KPI: routine and ad hoc]
  o Ensure accounting data integrity for external audits and financial/management reports
  o Reconfiguration current software for process/performance improvement
  o Setup/configuration of New Company including Production and Job Cost
  o Project Management/Accounting Software: ViewPoint/Maxwell-StreetSmart for Heavy Construction, HCSS Heavy Bid
  o Evaluation and recommendation of new ERP for accounting/production/equipment management:
  Explorer Eclipse, Viewpoint - Vista, Dexter and Chaney - Spectrum