Professional profile for Rahul Kushwaha with extensive international and senior executive experience in US, Russia, Europe and India. CFO, CEO, Business Development. Public and private organizations.

1. Rahul Kushwaha
Professional Overview

2. Career at a Glance
Overview
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• Extensive experience in dynamic public and private organizations in US and
overseas
− Corporate Chief Financial Officer Control Technologies Inc.
− Revenue & Returns Processing Director State of Vermont Tax Department
− Owner RK Consulting
− Chief Financial Officer, Russia & CIS Millicom International Cellular
− VP Finance & MIS; Country Manager Comec GmbH
− Finance Director & Dir. of Business Analysis US West International
− Independent Consultant Price Waterhouse
− Financial Controller Johnson & Johnson
• Proven leader able to drive growth and deliver results
− converting unstructured goals and visions into clear, executable and measurable strategy
− developing and implementing plans within time and budget goals
− creating and funding sustainable, profitable growth
− optimizing team performance to peak levels through astute organizational management
skills

3. • Technical excellence
– GAAP, IFRS, Financial Business Management Systems
• Broad-based business experience
– Global business manager – US, Canada, Europe and South Asia
– Career-long operational and financial management focus
– Having served in roles from Controller to Country Manager in a variety of diverse
situations, I understand the breadth of demands and challenges a team faces.
• Commitment to organizational excellence
– A ‘Roll-up the Sleeves’ leader with a record of success through focus, drive and
innovation
– A team player that builds a high performance group of dedicated professionals who
understand clearly the strategic context and imperatives they operate in
– A history of successfully adapting to new situations …Industry to Industry and within a
Company as responsibilities and situations change
– A clear understanding of how to walk the fine line of fiduciary responsibilities vs.
being an engaged business partner balancing interests of different parties involved
Career at a Glance
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4. Career at a Glance
Career Learnings
• Innovate or Die
– Never stand still! Your competition does not.
• Continuously Create Customer Value
– Better Product
– Better Price
– Better Delivery
• Finance Has to Create Value
– Create and distribute widely timely, actionable intelligence to the team
– Continuously improve business processes using following mandates:
• Simplify
• Standardize
• Speed-up
• Time is REAL money
– Move with deliberate fastidiousness or you will be mowed down.
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5. Core Competencies
Technical Excellence
• GAAP
• IFRS
• Financial Management Systems
• Business and Financial Analysis
• Strategy development & formulation
• Budgeting
• Cost Accounting
Financial Experience
• Public Company CFO
• Financial/SEC Reporting
• Monthly Closings
• KPI Analysis
• Planning/Budgeting/Modeling
• International/Domestic Tax/Treasury
• Cash Flow /Working Capital Mgmt
• Oracle and Microsoft (Navision) ERP’s
• MS Office
Executive Experience
• Business Strategy
• Business Development in domestic and
international markets
• Manufacturing Operations
• Sales/Marketing management
• Investor Presentations
• Board of Directors
• M&A and Turnarounds
• Change Management
• Quality Programs
Management Responsibilities
• Global market experience
• ‘Greenfield’ operations’ launch
• Provided executive-level strategic
planning, operations and financial
management advisory services to US
and international companies.
• Full P&L Responsibility
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Technical Excellence
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Commitment to
Organizational
Excellence

6. Achievements
• Improved profitability and cash flow
…Eliminated negative EBIDTA in underperforming joint-ventures in less than 3 months
…Dramatically reduced capital outlays for core business equipment – over US$5 million
savings
...Grew sales for the business while maintaining tight controls on the spending
• Improved and enhanced budgeting and financial planning systems
…Selected and implemented ERP class financial management systems
…Developed and implemented new budgeting processes and systems
• Raised and negotiated lines of credit and multi-million US$ loans
…Negotiating and closing multi-lateral lines of credit – US$100 million
…Negotiating vendor financing deals of almost US$1 billion
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Experience
Commitment to
Organizational
Excellence

7. Achievements
• Do more with less
…Reduced the size of returns processing team from 19 to 7 while increasing the variety of taxes
that are being processed in a newly standardized deposit process at the Vermont Tax
Department. Projected savings and productivity gains of over US$2 million.
• Developed strategies, business investment plans and M&A opportunities
...Develop, review, present and implement new business investments from US$3 billion to $20
million.
• Ensured that Finance function was Aligned with Business Development and
Growth Imperatives
…Review and put in place appropriate sources of funding continuing development and growth of
company operations – from US$10 million to about US$1 billion.
…Restructure finance teams to better meet operational needs of the growing businesses.
• Negotiate, structure and implement complex joint venture agreements
…Participated in high pressure negotiations to set-up and implement joint ventures overseas in
dynamic market and legal environments.
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Experience
Commitment to
Organizational
Excellence

8. Achievements
• Restructured a team of unionized employees that increased their
productivity at least 50%
…Reduced headcount from 19 to 7 while taking on new processing challenges
…Effectively integrated use of regular temporary staff to deal with un-anticipated spikes in
processing volumes
• Effectively managed joint venture partners’ conflicts in a manner that
addressed all parties’ interests in a fiduciary responsible manner
• Managed a team of Finance Directors to improve financial reporting,
transparency and reduced conflict among joint-venture investors across a
group of 14 joint-ventures
• Managed businesses through periods of start-up, development of financial
management systems, recruitment and development of financial teams
from ‘ground-zero’, creation of operating plans and advising top
management on financial management issues
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Technical Excellence
Broad-based Business
Experience
Commitment to
Organizational
Excellence

9. Contact Information
• Phone: +1 (802) 417-2485
+1 (802) 4-1-RAHUL
• E-mail: Rahul@Kushwaha.us
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