Experience

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  United states army

  Jul 2001 - Sept 2005

  Sergeant, e-5 - small extension node team chief | 10th mountain division

  • Made rank of Sergeant in 2 years. • Obtained countless certificates of achievements awards.• Maxed out my military training points for promotion. • Possess two ARCOMs and three Army Achievement Medals among other ribbons and medals. • Air Assault trained.• Distinguished honor graduate for the Primary Leadership Development. • Often soldier of the quarter and once made NCO of the quarter.• Managed a communications van and five soldiers through 13 months of significant peril in the Operation Iraqi Freedom II Campaign.• Attached to a civilian contractor to create hidden cameras and worked on power solution to run them, given the countries faulty electrical grid. • Built systems and cameras by day and in the evenings deployed with sniper teams to install these cameras that looked like power boxes in some of the most dangerous parts of Baghdad. • Implemented the sharing of intel to the Command. Show less

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  Nixon peabody financial advisors llc

  Jun 2008 - Feb 2009

  Financial analyst

  Summer Internship (2008) / Part-time Position (Fall 2008) / Spring Internship (2009) - Averaging 45+ hours per week / Hired as a Financial Analyst (until the creation of SFA)Responsibilities: Tax preparation for high net-worth clientele, investment recommendations, retirement projections, cash flow analysis, variance analysis, and investment research.

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  Seneca financial advisors llc

  Feb 2009 - Oct 2010

  Financial planning analyst

  Instrumental in the start-up of SFA. Responsible for the initiation and management of both the financial planning and client relationship management software. Analyze clientele’s full financial picture. Responsible for the preparation of individualized net worth, retirement projections, cash flow analysis, income tax projections, income tax returns, investment portfolios, and other specialized or specific analysis as a client’s situation may dictate.Participated in a breakout to join the start-up of Seneca Financial Advisors. Show less

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  Alfred state college - suny college of technology

  Nov 2010 - Jun 2022

  • Facilitate and function as the legal liaison for contractual issues and oversight for all departments. • Function as lead Audit contact for external audits• Oversee 130 employees across 12 Departments.• Responsible for administrative functions on campus as a $95 million annual operation. • Serve as consultant to solve problems and create solutions for departments.• Orchestrated and managed crisis response situations on campus during pandemic.• Served as the Logistics and Financial Lead for the incident response team. • Headed organizational procurements needed for supplies and distancing measures for campus safety.• Responsible for enacting measures and communicating actions taken to the college.• Went remote.• Created a distribution plan to help local hospitals and nursing homes when they were unable to access PPE. • Located and implemented testing solutions. • Major contributor to reopening plans and the plans required each semester, thereafter.• Managed the college through an external attack of critical business function, working towards business resumption, while maintaining various business interests.• Navigated the pandemic financially with mitigation of costs and utilization of stimulus and grant funds.• Created a spending reduction plan that saved the institution over $8 million during the height of the pandemic.• Responsible for a substantial portion of the campus’s current strategic plan, full Facilities Master Plan and prioritization of associated capital projects.• Writer of the college self-study requirements regarding the allocation of resources with Middle States. Show less Director of Business Affairs | Lead Financial Officer Reported to the Executive Vice President.Campus Leader, serving on the President’s CouncilBroke down existing barrier creating presentations and reports easily followed, explaining types of funding and business interactions.Tasked first year to create a zero-based budget process. Revamped budget process and created financial solvency.Moved the college from annual deficits to cash surpluses. Head of Capital Program Orchestrated and facilitated decisions on renovations, building system repairs of a capital nature, and the installation of academic labs.Managed, on average, $8 million in capital and $4 million in Dormitory improvements, each year.Leveraged bonded capital funds and state approval processes to maximize campus renovations.Decentralized the heating plant, finished a Student Leadership Center, completed generator projects for all buildings, many roof and curtainwall replacements, and revitalized many academic and student-centric spaces. Balanced needed infrastructure replacements with visible projects campus needed to create energy towards new programs and amenities for attracting new students.Led a design effort and the building of a cashflow model | setting a new standard for the campus. Project over $65 million, in its 3rd phase, with 60% of the complex renovation completed. Spearheaded the charge to revamp failing business operations to the college. Reorganized the College Farm and resolved a $250,000 deficit situation. | Generating surpluses over $250,000, currently.Authored a white paper on findings | presented a plan and recommendations. Implemented every recommendation.Implemented practices that are sustainable for the College FarmCompleted an Energy Master Plan and Implemented the first of three phases of Energy Efficiency Measures (EEMs) | a $3.5 million dollar project with projected annual energy and operational savings of $500,000. Show less

  • Chief Financial Officer

    Jan 2019 - Jun 2022

  • Controller

    Feb 2013 - Dec 2018

  • Payment Services Assistant

    Nov 2010 - Feb 2013
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  Lander university

  Jul 2022 - now

  Vice president for finance & administration