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Sunnyvale, CA

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Summary Risk management professional with extensive experience in global credit risk management. Successful track record of establishing procedures to streamline the credit review and approval process while reducing bad debt losses and serious payment delinquencies. Extensive experience in reducing DSO, improving working relationships between the credit function and its external and internal customers. Expertise in reducing delinquencies, clearing disputes, and developing processes and procedures that enable the credit and collection function to operate more effectively and efficiently. Recipient of the Credit Management Association's Instructor of the Year Award Recipient of the Credit Management Association's Individual Contributor of the Year Award Recipient of the National Association of Credit Management's Writer of the Year Award Specialties• Risk Management • Improving Operational Efficiencies • Credit Management and Risk Mitigation • Leadership / Team Development • Accountability & Attention to Detail • Strategic Planning / Tactical execution • Process Re-engineering • Project Management • Developing and Implementing Policies & Procedures • Staff Development / Training • Communication / Presentations Experience Global Staff Analyst Seagate Technology Public Company; STX; Computer Hardware industry September 2008 – Present (2 years 11 months) Cupertino, CA Monitor and manage global credit risk by evaluating new and active accounts to determine what credit limit and payment terms are appropriate. It also involves making recommendations to reduce the risk of default or serious payment delinquency in order to enable orders pending to be approved and released. It involves updating and evaluating individual accounts to reduce the chances that any bad debt loss will come as a surprise. Michael C. has 6 recommendations (1 co-worker, 1 client, 4 partners) including: 1st Laura Rothman, Account Executive, Credit Management Association 1st Mike Mitchell, CAE, President & CEO, Credit Management Association Director of Commercial Risk Management MGE UPS SYSTEMS, Inc. A Group Schneider Electric Company Machinery industry April 2005 – May 2008 (3 years 2 months) Developed processes and procedures to support the organization’s dramatic sales growth in North America by managing the legal services department --- which managed vendor and customer contracts --- as well as the credit and collection function. Other duties included managing the international trade and regulatory compliance function.

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