Denver, CO CFO

Elizabeth has over 20 years of diversified financial experience from companies ranging in size from start ups to multinational Fortune 100 companies including Northwest Airlines, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Western Union and Diageo. With this background, Elizabeth brings the large company CFO skill set to small businesses.

Elizabeth works with business owners to provide insight on how business decisions impact profitability and cash flow, and help develop plans for profitable growth. Elizabeth's expertise includes budget management, strategic planning, new product launches, acquisitions, bankruptcy avoidance, debt restructuring, contract negotiations, and banking relations. This wide range allows her to understand your business, quickly identify areas where opportunity exists, and come up with a comprehensive and practical plan for business owners to achieve their goals.

After receiving her MBA from Cornell, Elizabeth landed at Northwest Airlines where she worked on the bankruptcy avoidance plan. When the company went public in 1993, she moved into financial operations and focused on saving the company millions by renegotiating contracts with aircraft hardware vendors (reduced costs and improved service levels), and developing a cost accounting system for improved inventory tracking and costing for aircraft engines. At Bristol-Myers Squibb, Elizabeth was responsible for the financial performance of women's health care OTC brands which included developing an alternative distribution strategy in response to increased competition. In addition, she supported the business development projects including the launch of a new skin care line in Eastern Europe, the acquisition of an antacid brand and factory in Mexico and an herbal company in China. As VP of Finance at Diageo, Elizabeth led the creation of the financial analysis department for North America after a corporate restructuring. She created a financial reporting process which focused on business unit profitability, led all financial budgeting and strategic planning activities, reduced expenses, and improved cash flow. After moving to Denver, Western Union hired Elizabeth to analyze the return on investment of the company's global marketing spend and the CRM / Loyalty programs in the US. She also modeled the cost-benefit analysis of rolling out CRM / Loyalty programs internationally.

Elizabeth resides in Denver, Colorado and is active in the community by serving as the Treasurer for the Colorado Cancer Research Program, and as the Treasurer and CFO for The Historic Elitch Gardens Theater Foundation in North Denver.

Elizabeth received her MBA from Cornell University in Accounting and Finance, along with a BS in Mathematics and Economics from Union College in Schenectady, NY.

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