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Kenneth John Kulaga

Kenneth John Kulaga

Financial Executive & Transformational Leader

Accounting / Finance

Bradenton, Manatee

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About Kenneth John Kulaga:

MBA (Finance), BS (Finance), award-winning Senior Financial/Operational Executive, with more than 20 years of senior  leadership experience in translating business issues into risk mitigating actions by building internal controls, implementing corporate business strategies and optimizing profitability options for organizations ranging from small privately-held companies to 'Fortune 50' corporations.

 

Most recently Chief Operations Officer Solved By Tanna, previously as Consulting CFO/COO BlitzScale Consulting and CliftonLarsenAllen for several startups and middle market companies (Private Equity, High Tech, Semiconductor, Aerospace, Electric Vehicle, Transportation and Logistics, Construction, Legal, Food and Beverage, Healthcare  and Cannabis Distribution Firms) Focus areas have included Business Strategy and Optimization, ERP Implementation, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Budgeting, Cost Improvements, Internal Controls/Risk Management as well as Cash Management

Experience

Most recently Chief Operations Officer Solved By Tanna, previously as Consulting CFO/COO BlitzScale Consulting and CliftonLarsenAllen for several startups and middle market companies (Private Equity, High Tech, Semiconductor, Aerospace, Electric Vehicle, Transportation and Logistics, Construction, Legal, Food and Beverage, Healthcare  and Cannabis Distribution Firms) Focus areas have included Business Strategy and Optimization, ERP Implementation, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Budgeting, Cost Improvements, Internal Controls/Risk Management as well as Cash Management.

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  • World Class Financial Planning and Analysis
  • GAAP and Financial Reporting Expert
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  • Business Consulting – Strategy, Ops and Finance
  • World Class Treasury and Cash Management
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  • Business Performance Management
  • Auditing Financial/Operating Processes and Procedures
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  • Private Equity as both Investor and Investee
  • World Class Financial Transformations
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____________Career Highlights____________

 

  • Closely collaborated with CEO and CTO to develop business initiatives which contributed to revenue growth of approximately 100% per annum from $50 million to $100 million by utilizing rigorous business case process that focused on next generation product development, supply chain management and targeting international markets.

 

  • Delivered a wide-array of profit performance solutions during challenging turn-around and growth modes. Consequently, improved profitability of a business unit by approximately $1 billion (from a loss of $1.2 billion to a profit of $125 million) within a 2-year period on significantly declining revenue ($3.2 billion to $700 million) for Lucent Technologies Optical Networking Group.

 

  • Drove business transformation processes at Boohoff/Alonso & Alonso Law leveraging upskilling staff, establishing best in class processes and fully implementing complex management systems. The result of these efforts increased both firms from low single digit millions to over $10M within 1 year. Developed a cadence for the business by establishing strategic planning, budgeting, results analysis and forecasting processes to support the up scaling of the business. Focused on data cleansing within the case management systems to support data driven metrics which improved the velocity of the cases with improved quality. Received significant salary increases as I demonstrated overall improvements in key operational and financial metrics.

 

 

  • Built at Mubadala and GLOBALFOUNDRIES, finance teams formally recognized for best-in-class financial reporting and FP&A business partner support. Recognized by the ICAEW, IMA, IE Group, Association of Financial Professionals, Thought Leaders Global, Salvo Global and Executive Enterprise Institute as having driven significant finance transformations and implemented a 'Best in Class' financial planning and budgeting processes by leveraging ERP systems.

Education

MBA, Finance

Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey

 

BS, Finance

Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey

 

Certified Treasury Professional (CTP)

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