Mike Christian's Profile

Mike Christian's
Title:
Director Finance
Company:
in-between
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Education

University Degree Start Date (Year) End Date (Year) Activities and Societies
Kellstadt Graduate School of Business (at DePaul University ) MBA 1980 1984
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign BS 1973 1977

Experience

Company Dates Title Job Description
CVS/Caremark
 
07/2000 - 12/2010 Director Finance Led and directed all aspects of financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting and analysis for $400M Operating Plan as well as $175M IT Capital Plan for complicated IT Organization, including 1400 employees, 300 contingent staff and outsourced labor. Partnered with CIO and leadership team to determine and implement strategic direction. Responsible to Capital Project Committee to ensure Application Development Project Portfolios remained on schedule. Finance lead of senior team defining strategic platform costs for key product lines. Responsibilities also included Finance lead for $40M e-Business/Physician Connectivity and $10M Enterprise Initiatives groups. Responsible for direct staff of 5 Professionals. Leader in Asset Reporting.
CDPI, IT Consulting
 
08/1998 - 03/2000 Account Manager Managed territory consisting of existing and prospective clients. Responsible for sales planning, account management and executions of plans. Provided solutions to client needs through crisp understanding of requirements. Assisted in recruiting process. Relationship management with Clients and Business Partners.
Tetra Pak Inc
 
12/1996 - 07/1998 Director Sales/Finance Administration P&L responsibility for $30M Filling Equipment Division, selling to overseas locations. Managed $40M in Contract Revenue. Developed strategic pricing model for $250M Aseptic and Pasteurized divisions. Managed procurement and resale for a new and strategically important product resulting in $3M of revenue.
Tetra Pak Inc
 
04/1992 - 12/1996 Director of Finance Responsible for consolidation, reporting and analysis of 7 manufacturing plants, 9 regions (spanning the contiguous 48 states), corporate headquarters and the technical division of this $450M U.S. affiliate. Developed budgeting, forecasting and profitability modeling. Liaison to Global Finance Partner in worldwide Swiss headquarters developing policies and reporting. Strategic planning related to Accounting Department professional development. Customer profit and loss statements and analytics. Integrated two acquisitions into Tetra Pak ledgers and organization
Tetra Pak Inc
 
05/1988 - 03/1992 Regional Controller Key mentor and partner to Regional General Manager, sales and technical staff regarding finance, administration and sales during a period of rapid growth from $10 to $50M. Responsible for treasury, legal, A/R, A/P, G/L, analysis and contractual negotiation.
United States Can Company
 
03/1984 - 05/1988 Budget Manager Direct responsibility for complete expense budget coordination and development of Sales Plan.

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Expert's Bio
Mike joined CVS/Caremark in 2000 to support the ever expanding and increasingly complicated IT organization as their Director of Finance. After several acquisitions and mergers, the IT spend rose to $400 Million. Mike also sold IT Consulting Services and was Director of Finance at Tetra Pak Inc.