Neils Clausen: Vice President / CFO in The Villages

Business Leader reporting to company senior leadership with strengths in Strategy, Information Systems, FP&A, Budgeting, Forecasting, Reporting, Controlling, Complex Consolidations, Accounting, Auditing, Cash Flow Management and Treasury. • Plan and execute engagement on a project-by-project basis. • Assume leadership role, task existing resources to engage in process changes in compliance with engagement requirements. Develop personnel as needed.

- engaged to KnL Group, Ltd; Bangkok, TH - Independent Contractor • Integrated the acquisition into the Parent companies' structure, install QAD as operating system and Hyperion Financial Planning (HFM) for Reporting. • Lead the due diligence auditing team, establish Entity opening balances and Recommend to Senior Management the Final Acquisition Value to achieve acquisition closure. • Lead efforts to establish local members to serve as Officers and Board of Directors. Hire and mentor Controller and accounting team. • Established assignments for banking authorizations establishing Limits of Authority and recognized Signatories with both Thailand Government and Bank. • Lead the efforts to establish tariff relief for primary import and export of raw materials and value-add product transfers as intercompany transactions.

- Independent Contractor • Troubleshoot & Correct the Financial Planning & Analysis function, streamline & Implement charting one consistent set of rules and protocols to be executed globally. Playing field: 15 plants, across 9 countries, utilizing 6 currencies. • Direct and manage a 2-version upgrade and installation of QAD, enterprise wide. In addition, the system was to be segmented into 4 entities so each unit of the business could be standing alone and sold without data separation risks. • Take control of the Corporate HQ as corporate controller while continuing as Director of FP&A & Project Leader for the QAD upgrade & configuration

- Direct Employment • Direct and control daily accounting and finance activities, AP, AR, GL, cost accounting, CAPX, working capital analysis and controls • Direct the preparation and activities leading to monthly, quarterly and annual periodic closing activities • Direct and prepare variance analysis of actual compared to standard, budget and forecasts • Direct and control all operating financial issues and activities leading to publication, analysis and explanation of Key measurable variances

• Analyze and report product cost variances with operational recommendations on a monthly basis • Establish and maintain consistent product costing procedures and disciplines. • Manage the internal cost reporting process to comply with internal as well customer requirements • Temporary assignment: Organize and manage the E&Y and PWC teams for the purpose of tax planning, evaluation, preparation and filing, for multiple companies and consolidated filings of Federal and multi-state

- Centerline, MI • Oversee the financial aspects of all new product programs & engineering changes. • Provide continuous evaluation of the business plan endeavoring to insure and improve profitability on the book of business in development • Create, control & oversee the sales forecasting for current & 5-year plan. • Provide leadership & direct budgeting, forecasting & variance analysis • Control all Capital & Tooling requests orchestrating the justification process & approval process with senior management Experience Prior to 2002