St Paul, Minnesota, United States
I’m Tom Halverson, a CFO and I’m not afraid to tackle the toughest issues. Life is about making positive change and through my vast experience creating value transformation I’m equipped to do so. I've driven results for value-added initiatives such as company restructuring of its food distribution network, transforming brand and manufacturing asset portfolios and implementation of ERP systems. As the CFO of QualiTech®, we develop new techniques to formulate specialized combinations of ingredients resulting in high-quality, cost-effective Animal Nutrition, Plant Nutrition and Food Ingredient solutions. LEADERSHIP DRIVES STRATEGIC COLLABORATION AND CHANGE: Through collaborative leadership, I provide value added solutions to optimize end-to-end business process control integrations. As a skilled project team leader I encourage all points of view and drive results through strong financial partnerships and business control integration. STRATEGIC VISION TO IMPLEMENTATION: Created financial strategy to lead half billion distribution network restructuring of a domestic food manufacturing company this resulted in an 11% annual cost reduction. RELATIONSHIP BUILDING LEADING TO WIN-WIN RESULTS: Through listening, learning and leading, served as the catalyst for an investment risk strategy re-prioritizing $400 million of existing funding to a pavement preservation program mitigating safety, asset sustainability and financial issues for a government transportation agency. FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP DRIVES GROWTH: Lead the repositioning and strengthening of brand marketing presence for major CPG companies through acquiring & divesting businesses. SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION REDUCES COSTS: Designed systems integration structure to ensure executive line of sight to $1.6 billion in annual costs. Created logistics productivity and measurement tools with financial reporting. PASSIONATE About: Ballroom dancing, transformed me mentally, physically & emotionally. Specialties: CFO, Controller, Finance Director, Supply Chain, Financial Management, Financial Reporting, Project Management, Innovation, Turnarounds, Business Process Integration, Transformation, Leadership, Mergers & Acquisitions, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Manigustics, I2, Red Prairie, Business Risk Assessment, Strategic & Financial Planning, Line of Business Analysis, Investment & Capital Return Analysis, Debt and Financing, Accounting & Tax, GAAP, IFRS, Internal Control, Food, CPG, Manufacturing, Retail
Driving strategic planning, investment and banking strategies and shareholder return optimization for a privately held food ingredient and animal nutrition company.
Provides end to end financial and supply chain consulting services to consumer products and retail organizations in need of bold change management initiatives.
A $2.6 billion public leader in transportation, committed to upholding public needs and collaboration with internal and external partners to create safe, efficient and sustainable transportation systems for the future. Reported to the Deputy Commissioner. Directed accounting, budgets, forecasts, Minnesota’s PeopleSoft Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) agency implementation, innovative financing, debt and cash management, reporting and control. Catalyst for an investment risk strategy re-prioritizing $400 million of existing funding to a pavement preservation program mitigating safety, asset sustainability and financial issues. Championed a successful “Tone at the Top” control assessment engaged 80 associates to validate attributes critical to enhancing public trust, transparency and accountability. Provided change management solutions on emerging statewide ERP implementation risks related to security, segregation of duties, post go-live requirements, fixed asset and grant financial controls.
Senior manager over at large teams providing change leadership for readiness and implementation of PepsiCo’s SAP applications. Engaged in 2005 by senior supply chain leadership to develop enterprise cost performance reporting, planning and analysis metrics for logistics decision support. Lead development of sustainable process improvements to resolve user security access issues, segregation of duties violations, transaction interface errors and user testing resource gaps. Designed logistics productivity algorithm and measurement tools aligned with financial reporting to evaluate logistics performance of $1.6 billion annual costs generating 2.5% annual savings.