John Walles

Experience

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  AAR Corp

  Jan 1979 - Jan 1990

  Director of Operations

  Multiple positions in Accounting and Operations over 11 years working at AAR Corp. Director of Operations was my role for the last three years I worked at AAR Corp.

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  IITRI

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1993

  Vice President & Treasurer

  *Role was Senior Financial Officer of organization.*Managed 6 onsite DCAA Auditors*Re-submitted 3 years of Governmental Overhead rates capturing an additional $3.0 mil of revenue and profit.*Managed restructuring of 3 multi-million contracts.

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  GLS Corporation / Composites One

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2000

  CFO - Vice President

  *Responsible for Financial Reporting, Taxes, Treasury, IT, HR and M&A.*Implemented ERP System*Renegotiated $45 million Revolver: lowering interest rate and covenants.*Successfully claimed $1.5 mil on business interruption policy.*Lead multiple additional business expansion and cost saving initiatives.

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  SSA Global

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2005

  Executive Vice President & CFO

  *Headed acquisition and integration efforts of SSA Global. *Revenue increased from the $130 mil range to $800 mil range primarily through acquisitions. *Major acquisitions were Epiphany ($70 mil), EXE ($90 mil) and Baan ($230 mil). *Restructured organizations and set up reporting during integration process.Re-implemented Effective Financial Reporting, Cash Management and Revenue Recognition.*Financial organization managed though global staff of 50.*Re-implemented ERP System and implemented Business Intelligence package critical to successful integration of acquisitions. Show less

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  New Cub Foods; a Cerberus Investment

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  Chief Operating Officer

  *Lead Sr. Executive from Cerberus Investment Group. *Primary focus on maximizing sales value of company.*Achieved break even status immediately upon acquisition while maintaining 2,300 person organization during a 26 store business sale process to multiple purchasing entities over a 12 month period.

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  DecisionOne; A Cerberus Capital Management Company

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  Chief Restructuring Officer

  *Developed and implemented restructuring plan in May 2007, returning company to profitability by following Qtr. *Initially Executive Vice President - Sales & Marketing; May - June. Cleansed Pipeline & met with top 5 customers to explain restructuring. Sun & 3M were top 2 customers.*Executive Vice President - Business Development: July - December. Focus on Core Business Development and Acquisition Candidates leading to Anacomp Acquisition.

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  Tenex Capital Management

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2012

  Managing Director

  Focused on acquiring managing equity positions in underperforming organizations, with a focus on Technology Firms.

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  Complia Health

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2020

  CFO

  Senior Executive with Complia Health. Focus on providing the most effective software for customers to better serve their clients. I lead the team that measures and drives activities allowing outstanding organic growth through current customer growth, effectively integrating acquired organizations and maximizing future customers profitability with the outstanding, world-class software portfolio of products we deliver and support.

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  Self-employed

  Jan 2021 - now

  Interim Chief Financial Officer

  Worked with CEO of a Sports Venue organization to develop and kick off M&A strategy for company expansion.Worked with CEO of a tech enabled automotive product company to develop effective financial projections to drive sale of company.