BRUCE M.

FILAK, MBA

19 Commonwealth Drive
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
H (908) 903 1609
C (908) 334 1194
Professional manager with extensive experience as a financial and business analy
st in the evolving telecommunications industry, with an MBA in finance from the
NYU Stern School of Business. Core competencies include very strong analytical,
motivational and technical skills, creativity, and leadership in the design and
implementation of business processes and controls to allow for effective organi
zational change and growth.

EDUCATION
New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, NY
MBA Finance
Graduated in top 10% of class. Member of the Stern School Chapter of Beta Gamma
Sigma.
Columbia University (Columbia College), New York, NY
BA Molecular Biology
Dean's List Student

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Frontier Communications, Piscataway, New Jersey, 2010
Manager, Product Reporting and Analysis, Consumer and Small Business Servi
ces

Verizon Corporate Resources Group LLCs, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 2008 to 2010
Manager, Business Case Development, Consumer Services
* Designed processes and controls to effectively execute organizational contract
s with external vendors.
* Designed business case models to analyze financial impacts of multi-million do
llar payment structures with vendors.
* Led forecast processes of professional service fees for the organization.
* Saved more than $1M annual organization expense via leading efforts to properl
y classify external vendor charges per GAAP.
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Verizon Wireless, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 2001 to 2008

Supervisor, Wireless Data Products, Marketing
* Produced monthly synopsis of monthly data product results, risks and opportuni
ties for upper management.
* Drove reporting processes of data product reports during the time annual data
product revenue grew from muti million to multi billion dollar levels.
* Designed product reporting tools for upper management.
* Designed processes and controls to determine profitability of individual data
products.
* Coordinated analysis, computation and verification of quarterly commissions fo
r the Enterprise Data Sales Team.
Budget Analyst, Business Planning
* Analyzed financial impact of new products, initiatives, and partnerships/acqui
sitions.
* Designed a new budget/target modeling system.
* Proposed improvements for current budget processes.
KPMG LLP, Short Hills, New Jersey, 2000 to 2001
Sr. Associate, Management Assurance Services
* Internal Audit analysis for the telecommunications industry related to the fol
lowing processes:
* Mergers and Acquisitions
* Network Cost
* Customer Service
* Systems and processes utilized to determine and payout sales commissions
* Post Implementation Review of Billing System Conversion Process.
Covista Inc., Little Falls, New Jersey, 1999 to 2000
Network and Carrier Cost Analyst
* Directly reported to the CFO and liaison to CEO/COO.
* Performed audit of all processes to validate domestic and international carrie
r bills for leased network facilities, and access related costs for the originat
ion and termination of LD calls. This involves approximately 80 carriers and 700
monthly bills.
KMC Telecom, Bedminster, New Jersey, 1999
Regional Financial Manager
* Trained and supervised regional personnel in all job functions related to fina
ncial forecasting, budgeting and results analysis for the Mid-Atlantic region.
* Spearheaded processes to standardize and document assumptions related to forec
asting and budgeting of financial statements for Mid-Atlantic region.
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Consultant, 1998 to 1999

* AT&T Solutions, Florham Park, NJ - Assisted in automation and implementation o
f an international billing process for over 1000 international companies. 4/99
- 7/99
* RCN Telecommunications, Princeton, NJ - Successfully made recommendations to s
enior management for automation of revenue and cost processes for the provision
of Local Telecom service. 10/98 - 12/98
* CIBC Oppenheimer, New York, NY - Automated budget process for financial produc
ts division leading to direct cost reductions. 8/98 - 10/98
AT&T, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 1990 to 1998
Analyst, Strategic Planning and Competitive Analysis, 1996 to 1998
* Led cross-functional business analysis teams in the development of strategic f
inancial and ratio analyses for business partnerships resulting in new product o
fferings.
* Analyzed the current state of the Local telecommunications industry from a tec
hnological, regulatory, financial, alliance, competitive and consumer markets pe
rspective resulting in decisions by senior management on future product offering
s and customer targets.
Financial Analyst, Local Services Division, 1995 to 1996
* Designed financial business case models to analyze various Local service netwo
rk architecture options from a financial perspective, as well as specific Local
products such as operator services and directory assistance, resulting in implem
entation of new product offerings.
Financial Analyst, Products Business, 1990 to 1995
* Graduate of 5-year Financial Management Development Program

COMPUTER SKILLS
PC Proficiency with: Microsoft Office Suite, Tableau Software, as well as ESS B
ase, SQL for VZW DW queries and Cognos Powerplay cubes. Extensive experience wi
th financial information systems.