Greater Chicago Area GE 9 years 6 months VP - Wholesale Finance Operations January 2009 - May 2010 (1 year 5 months) 15-year career that spanned leadership roles across continents – North America & Asia. Consistently recognized as top talent within GE. Served as Executive Sponsor, Women’s Affinity Group and Asia Affinity Group. Key wins: ✅ Created centers of excellence (COEs) by consolidating dispersed operations, resulting in improved customer service and ~40% lower costs. ▹ Drove additional cost reductions through automation and offshore outsourcing of processes to India and Mexico. ✅ Accelerated revenue growth by applying Lean Six Sigma principles to front- end processes: ▹ Delivered 60% cycle time reduction in front-end processes. ▹ Led critical strategic initiative redesigning front-end credit processes resulting in a new $1.5B annual sales contract (showcased to GE CEO & Chairman as a financial-service best practice). ✅ Enabled Business Unit’s growth in net income ($50M+) through M&A activities: ▹ $26M contribution to net income and $2.4B in assets by completing business integration of a Bombardier Capital impacting 4,500 dealers, five business units, and 300 employees. ▹ $25M net income by integrating three organizations following the $5.3B Heller Financial acquisition and integration of a $200M Comdisco leasing portfolio. Vice President - Operations & Quality March 2004 - January 2009 (4 years 11 months) Integration Leader & Black Belt April 2002 - March 2004 (2 years) Vice President - Operations December 2000 - April 2002 (1 year 5 months) Page 4 of 5