Philip J.

May
Draper, UT 84020
801.230.4592 mayp1965@gmail.com

SUMMARY

Visionary Financial Executive focused on maximizing value through the hiring, training and mentoring of
strong management staff. Passionate focus on business results, employing measurement, benchmarking, and
accountability to ensure best in class performance. Big-picture leader who synthesizes economic, market,
financial, technology and organizational inputs to develop and execute strategic direction.
Experienced leader of acquisition, integration and divestitures.
Seeking an executive position requiring my broad leadership experience to shape and grow the company
through holistic strategy development, organizational development, and execution by application of best in class
systems, controls, and processes.

EXPERIENCE
2011 2014
Top 10 transportation broker and logistics service provider, privately held, annual revenue > $350 million.

England Logistics, Salt Lake City, Utah

VP of Finance & Corporate Development, Board Member (02/11 Present)

Responsible for leadership of Finance, Accounting, IT, HR, Recruiting, Training, Contract administration,
Facilities, and Analytics (staff total of 55). Responsible for M&A: strategy, target identification, negotiation,
and integration.
During tenure, executed:
Realized 15%-20% annual growth in revenue, 2.5x growth in profits; directly led departments $400K under
budget.
Stabilized back office departments by building a new leadership team, setting new standards and processes.
Reduced DSO from 56 days to 42 days, surpassing results of public peers.
Increased IT uptime from 88% to 99% through measurement and root-cause analysis.
Acquired and successfully integration of two companies.
Managed sale of two money losing divisions: asset sale in US, stock sale of international (China) divisions.
Implemented ADP Workforce 4 payroll, recruiting, HRIS. Consolidated/retired accounting systems.

2000 2011
Top three truckload carrier and logistics provider in North America, privately held, annual revenue > $3bil.

Schneider National, Green Bay, Wisconsin / Savannah, Georgia

VP of Finance, Schneider Logistics (11/06 01/11)

A non-asset based logistics company focused on global supply chain services. Revenue > $150mm.
Responsible for the leadership of accounting, and FP&A. Key member of leadership team executing
turnaround of acquired companies. During tenure, executed:
Year over Year profit improvement of $12mm.
Reduced overhead expense by 21%.
Reduced labor % of revenue in warehouse division from 88% to 71%.
Improved facility utilization from 50% to 76%.
Improved customer satisfaction by focus on service scorecard.
Corrected accounting and financial reporting; reduced accounting staff by 25% while improving service.
Successfully sold US and Asia freight forwarding offices.

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Resume of Philip May

801.230.4592 | mayp1965@gmail.com

Director of Acquisitions & Integration (1/05 11/06)

Responsible for the identification, evaluation, valuation and due diligence of acquisition targets. Participant in
deal team responsible for identification, negotiation and acquisition. Responsible for design and
implementation of integration and change management plan.
Drafted integration plan required to capture value which considered synergies, customer impacts, and
organizational behavior.
Managed cross-functional team thru execution of integration and hand-off to operational and functional
departments.
Evaluated over 12 companies in two distinct industries. Successfully closed on two.
Annualized revenue growth of first acquisition exceeded 50%.
Worked with Investment banking group on evaluation of $3bil acquisition.
With Corporate Development team , led Schneiders annual strategic planning.

Manager, Customer Freight Expense (1/02 12/04)

Led team responsible for providing accounting services to Logistics clients. Provided consulting to Auto
Manufacturing clients regarding accounting processes, forecasting and budgeting. During tenure:
Redesigned accounting, forecasting, and budgeting processes for Ford Service Parts Division resulting in
accurate accounting of freight spend and greatly improved relationship with customer.
Created dynamic financial reporting allowing segment Directors to view activity. Allowed managers to
proactively manage freight expense.

Senior Financial Analyst (1/00 1/02)

Responsible for accounting, forecasting, budgeting and analysis support to General Managers and IT Directors.
Worked in support of customer accounts and the IT department. Evaluated account profitability. Led process
of financial evaluation of proprietary software projects.
Acquired strong foundation in forecasting, budgeting and reporting processes. Effectively communicated
financial results focusing on action.
Authored process by which internally developed software is evaluated, return is calculated (ROI) and
approved ($15m of annual capitalization.)

EDUCATION
The University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business, Chicago, Illinois
Master of Business Administration
Concentrations in Finance, Strategy, and Organizational Behavior
University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration-Finance
Minor in Economics, Quantitative Analysis

March 2005

December 1999

SKILLS

Success completion of CFA level I examination

Thoughtful communicator, comfortable with Clevel to front line
Able to lead across matrix organizational
structure.
Strategic thinker and executor
Inspiring leader

Expert user of MS Excel; skilled with MS Office

programs including PowerPoint, Visio, Access,
and Project
User of Cognos, Business Objects, Oracle ERP,
Solomon, FRX, Great Plains, Quickbooks
Experienced with simulation packages including
@Risk and Crystal Ball