RICHARD N. WINTER
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15 Radnor Drive, Austin, TX 78258,
Executive Summary

As either the leader or a principal team member I am a professional motivated by personal and team success. I have been responsible for both rapid growth and profit improvement in the companies I have served by understanding the interaction of strategic & tactical alternatives and possessing the experience and vision to see a path to success and the communication and management skills to implement the vision.

A versatile, senior executive with over 28 years of diversified financial and general management experience with public and private industries ranging from real estate sales/development, homebuilding, electronics and aircraft manufacturing to oil & gas.


KEY Strategic & Tactical PlanningChange Management
COMPETENCIESNegotiation/MediationHonest & Practical
M&A AnalysisFinance & Accounting


EXPERIENCE AREAS
26 years in manufacturing organizations, 14 years in Electronics, 9 years in Aircraft, 3 in misc
9 years in real estate / land development
3 years consulting in outsourcing/reengineering
Experience in multi-national operations, Mexico, Ireland, Brazil, Japan, Canada
Finance/accounting Financial analyst to CFO
small to large systems
private & public
Human Resources
Employee hiring/ compensation, relations, Stock Incentives
Insurance group/medical, workmens comp, HIPAA,
Facilities Acquisition/leasing, shut down, startup, renovate
Strategic IT structure/direction,
PC literate Microsoft office suite, plus many more apps.
MRP/ERP implementations ite, plus many more
Financial reporting systems and / planning system implementations
Quality initiatives ISO, Kaizen, 6 sigma, etc.
Manufacturing operations aircraft, electronics, misc industrial
Profit Planning & Control, Budgeting, variance analysis
Inventory Management Turn improvement, supply chain implementation, logistics & hubs

EDUCATION University of Texas, Austin - BS-Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas, Austin -MBA

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS FEI, Financial Executives International, member since 1990

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Turnquist Partners Realtors, Inc. Austin, TX
Realtor Broker - Representing both buyers and sellers of residential and commercial real estate
Negotiated acquisition and sale of Birds Nest Airport to a developer to create Austins new FAA reliever and executive airport.

Main Street Homes, - Austin, TX
Chief Financial Officer. - Main Street is the largest private homebuilder in Central Texas, building over 600 award winning homes annually. .Responsible for all management and bank reporting, costing of new homes, IT Systems and HR


Lancer Corp., San Antonio, TX
CFO - Lancer is a $139M Public international manufacturer of drink dispensing equipment for soft drinks, juices, frozen drinks and related equipment, selling to convenience stores, fast food restaurants, theaters and other similar places.
Responsible for all finance/accounting, information systems and human resources.
Directed multiple changes for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including establishing an Internal Audit function
Led a team successfully closing down a manufacturing operation in Brasil,
Developed a standardized chart of accounts structure for world-wide consolidation & reporting.
Worked with the global team to achieve the highest company sales and profits in its 35 year history.

SMTC Manufacturing Corporation, Austin, TX
SMTC is $800M public global Contract Electronic Manufacturer (CEM) , making electronic assemblies for computer, telecommunication and industrial customers worldwide.
CORPORATE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE- U.S. Operations, )
Directing the decentralization of site financial reporting and accounting from Corporate.
Hired and trained controllers and supervised SMTCs financial operations in five facilities in San Jose, Denver, Charlotte, Austin and in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Prepared monthly & quarterly financial statements, plans and budgets.
Interfaced with external auditors on quarterly and annual audits.
Transacted various real estate deals, including buying land, working with architects and general contractors to plat, permit and initiate build-to-suit manufacturing facilities, negotiated sale/leasebacks, leases for facilities.
Directed cost conversions from weighted average actual to standard cost, designed and implemented new corporate chart of accounts,
Performed strategic pricing studies for key customers.
Assisted the CFO in a successful IPO in July 2000. Directed the implementation and coordination of various corporate information system initiatives across multiple sites.

VICE PRESIDENT / GENERAL MANAGER
Directed the acquisition of the Austin site into the SMTC organization and the transition from its previous owner.
Directed the rapid integration of this acquisition into standardized SMTC systems and procedures.
Directed facility and line layout and work flow renovations.
Achieved ISO 9002 certification in 6 months.
Installed Max MRP II and Dynamics accounting software.
Using customer-specific teams, grew the business from $700K/month to over $10Million per month in three years.
Implemented Continuous Flow Manufacturing, line balancing and other cycle time reductions to achieve over 15% improvement in product assembly times.
Directed equipment capacity planning and analysis to provide guaranteed capacity to key customers during high growth/ high mix.
Led the expansion of SMTC into Mexico selecting a manufacturing site, development team, Mexican implementation partners, and brought a new, unfinished facility into readiness for manufacturing in 5 months.

XeTel CORPORATION, Austin, TX
VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE & PRESIDENT XeTel is a Contract Electronic Manufacturer, making electronic assemblies for computer, telecommunication and industrial customers. As VP/CFO Implemented Fourth Shift MRP II/General Ledger systems, improved banking relations and relations with Japanese parent company. Taking over as President in 1991, led the growth from $23M losing money to $58M in annual sales and improved profitability to company record levels. Groomed company for its successful IPO in 1995

CARROLL TOUCH, INC., Austin, TX
VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION - Responsible for the direction of all finance/accounting, EDP and Personnel functions for Carroll Touch an $11 million equity sub of AMP, INC. Carroll Touch manufactures touch input/control peripherals for computers. Implemented planning/budgeting at the manager level, Improved reporting response time and relations with parent co., Established engineering project reporting and cost systems to support government C.A.S requirements, prepared 1411 proposals, part of contract negotiation team, passed DCAA audits of progress billings and rates.

THE DEE HOWARD COMPANY , San Antonio, TX
VICE PRESIDENT/CFO - Responsible for the direction of all finance/accounting and EDP functions. Participated in definition of corporate strategy, strengthened cost controls and improved performance reporting for management of large engineering projects for a $45M manufacturer of aviation products and services. Worked with the owner to sell his business. Developed strategic business plans and Performa financials, Conducted presentations to potential equity investors, investment bankers and general banking lenders. Led to successful sale in 1987.

BRAZCO DEVELOPMENT, INC., Midland, TX
VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE - Directed the overall finance, accounting and administrative management of Brazco Development, and twelve other related corporations, trusts, partnerships and proprietorships in their oil and gas investments, raw land real estate development, turf farming and cattle ranching. Converted from manual to micro computer based accounting systems. Developed an accounts receivable system for tracking several hundred monthly paying land notes. Negotiated terms & conditions on oil & gas property sales and management contracts.

PIPER AIRCRAFT CORP., Lockhaven, PA
CORPORATE DIRECTOR-FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMS - Developed and implemented a financial planning/budgeting system for six plants, and over 100 cost centers. Developed monthly performance reporting for all levels of management. These systems helped Piper plan for and achieve growth from $100 million sales/negative profits to $450 million sales /10% net income. installed computerized general ledger/financial reporting systems, designed a manufacturing cost system for use with a company wide MRP II system.
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15 Radnor Drive, Austin, TX 78738,