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ROBERT S ROBERT S. LEEMHUIS MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55419 MOBILE 612-804-9036 HOME 612-823-1695 rl13c5772@westpost.

net DIRECTOR OF PROCESS IMPROVEMENT / SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY Successfully initiated, directed and completed or significantly participated in: * MBA, Finance & BSB, Business Administration * Interactive business plan modeling * Business segment workflow process restructure * Jobs/tasks surveys with staffing modifications * Creation of retail helpdesk and training depts. * Internal audit, design and implementation * Business segment acquisitions and closures * ERP conversions and deployment * Financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting * Hourly labor quantification and management * Business intelligence software deployment * Process engineering of product assembly PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE INDEPENDENT SENIOR BUSINESS CONSULTANT a" 2009 a" PRESENT

RHINO ROTATIONAL MOLDING a" Maple Lake, Minnesota Rotational molding products for the aerospace, agricultural, sporting goods, waste treatment and construction industries * Financial reporting and accounting * Product assembly process engineering THE NATIONAL THEATRE FOR CHILDREN, INC. a" Minneapolis, Minnesota NTC is the largest domestic theatre company providing live educational theatre in schools nationwide for grades K to 8. * Deployment of one of NTCas market expansions, NTC Cinema. * Projects included: financial modeling of two independent five year business plans for two separate proposed market expansions, evaluation of general ledger software requirements and successful implementation of new financial controls redesign of internal reporting. MANCHESTER COMPANIES INC. a" MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. AS executor of Genmaras bankrupt estate (chapter 7), Manchester Companies is finalizing the bankruptcy proceedings. * Bankruptcy reporting for U.S. Trustee GENMAR HOLDINGS INC. a" MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA * Coordinated a variety of chapter 11 documentation and reporting projects for former employer. Reporting included: contract and lease obligation reconciliation, consolidated cashflow and monthly / quarterly reporting for the U.S. Trustee which included all 22 legal entities undergoing (chapter 11). GENMAR HOLDING INC. a" MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 2006 a" 2009/10 As of June 2009, Genmar Holdings Inc. filed chapter 11 reorganization which terminated in January 2010 in chapter 7, liquidation. Genmar was a privately held corporation with annual gross revenues in excess of $1 billion in fiscal 2007 and at the time was the worldas second largest manufacturer of recreational boats. Boat brands included: Larson, Glastron, Four Winns, Wellcraft, Hydra-Sports, Seaswirl, Ranger, Stratos, Champion, Carver, Marquis and Triumph boats. DIRECTOR OF PROCESS IMPROVEMENT a" GENMAR HOLDINGS, INC.

* Reconfigured the International Sales and Support departmentas software and job processes to accommodate efficient customer support, accurate accounting and reporting and efficient business development. Annual savings $300,000. * As a member of the Steering Committee, converted ERP software at one of Genmaras manufacturing facilities. Concurrently, as a team leader, redesigned the accounting departmentas chart of accounts to accommodate future ERP conversions at other facilities. * Conducted a comprehensive aJobs Surveya at Genmar Corporate office which identified process and task duplications and resulted in staff reductions. Annual savings: $375,000. * Established robust process controls over a significant product modification process that required coordination of customer contact, materials procurement and labor scheduling. Developed weekly reporting tools that allowed project progress to be monitored by senior management. * During plant closure, directed customer service and support and warranty repair transition with uninterrupted customer support of multiple brands. Transition significantly reduced overall warranty claims expense. Annual savings: $10 million. * Facilitated efficient deployment of business intelligence software (Cognos) and standardized multiple brand submitted operational reports which allowed cross-brand efficiency and profitability comparisons. HUDSON FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS a" MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 2005 a" 2006 Hudson Financial Solutions, a division of Hudson Highland Group, Inc. (HHGP), is a professional services firm providing asolutions consultinga to business clients. SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST a" HUDSON FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS SEC REPORTING * As a contractor assisted with 2005, 10-K and 2006, 10-Q reporting for a multi-billion dollar Minneapolis based Life Insurance Company. SENIOR RETAIL BUSINESS ANALYST * During engagement, designed and implemented a corporate staff assessment and process improvement for a $350 million retailer

(Snyder Drug) recently emerged from chapter 11. Identified solutions, documented and detailed specific strategies to allow the retailer to become acash neutrala. * Resulting initiatives included: significant corporate office restaffing at the mid-management level (annual savings $500,000), the acquisition and utilization of Hyperion Essbase business intelligence software, restructuring activities of Human Resources and Loss Prevention departments resulting in the creation of a companywide helpdesk and a corporate training departments. Identified a programming error in the aRetaileras pharmacy software which allowed annual unidentified inventory losses in excess of $1 million per year. * Restructured the accounting departmentas workflow to initiate the use of exception based controls and reporting, thus fully utilizing the functionality of their apoint-of-salea software. This change in workflow process saved $2 million annually on in-store labor costs. HOLIDAY COMPANIES - BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA 1992 - 2005 A privately held Minnesota corporation with approximately 4,000 employees, 300+ Holiday Stationstores, 180+ Holiday Franchise Stores, a food manufacturing commissary and a petroleum terminal with a tanker truck fleet. 2005 Annual gross revenue: $1.0 billion. Formerly owned and operated Fairway Foods, a grocery wholesaler and World Wide Distribution Facility (1998 annual gross revenue: $1.2 billion). Holiday Companies employment was split between two operating divisions, wholesale and retail, Fairway Foods and Holiday Stationstores respectively. HOLIDAY STATIONSTORES DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS PROCESS & HOLIDAY PANTRY CONTROLLER - HOLIDAY STATIONSTORES 2001 - 2005 * Project Manager and liaison to KPMG in the design, implementation and ongoing refinement of Stationstore Labor Budgeter. From its inception in 2001 through 2005, the Labor Budgeter saved 2.4 million labor hours at 213 comparable stores with cumulative four year labor saving in excess of $30 million. Estimated current savings-of-date $55+ million. * In conjunction with the aroll-outa of Radiant point-of-sale software, identified and electronically documented multiple control metrics to notify all levels of management of pending issues. Email alerts were employed to notify district, region and senior management of issues such as: no pay drive offs, cash register shortages, bank deposit discrepancies and bad check losses. Radiant point-of-sale software integrated with Hyperion Essbase was employed to track various real-time metrics associated with multiple marketing campaigns. *

Initiated a check guarantee and representment program thereby reducing Stationstore bad check expense by $750,000 per year. HOLIDAY PANTRY CONTROLLER AND SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST- HOLIDAY STATIONSTORES 1998 - 2001 Holiday Pantry Commissary (HPC) product line and services included: hot breakfast and lunch sandwiches, fresh subs and sandwiches, salads, hot dogs, burritos, fresh condiments, smokeless tobacco and Stationstore mail service. HPC 2001 annual sales: $25 million. * Purchased and integrated food production software into existing Holidayas systems to accommodate electronic ordering, invoicing, and sales & manufacturing forecasting. * Designed and implemented all operational control procedures. Procedures included: purchasing, receiving, perishable inventory management, cycle counts and efficiency reporting. * Team Leader for Lawson Software system conversion (team leader of: payroll/human resources and fixed assets conversions). During conversion, identified and corrected a long standing error in a payroll apay rulea which saved the Stationstore Division $600,000 per year. FAIRWAY FOODS & WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION 1992 - 1998 Positions included: Accounting Manager, Fairway Foods & World Wide Distribution and Accounting Supervisor. * Coordinated multiple annual financial and capital budgets for Fairway Foods and World Wide Distribution (1998 annual sales $1.2 billion). * Designed and implemented an Activity Based Costing (ABC) model at the World Wide distribution facility. The ABC model allocated gross margin and operating expenses to multiple (15+) non-related business segments to determine individual segment contribution margins. * Managed five members of the Wholesale accounting staff. Activities: monthend close, accounts and notes receivables reconciliation, property lease compliance, general ledger account reconciliation and financial reporting. COCA-COLA BOTTLING MIDWEST- EAGAN MINNESOTA 1986 - 1992 Before the 1991 merger with Coca-Cola Enterprise, Coca-Cola Bottling Midwest was the corporate headquarters for the largest privately held U.S. soft drink bottler (Johnston Coca-Cola Bottling Group) which held a 15% share of Coca-Cola's national market with gross sales in

excess of $1.5 billion. Positions included: Senior Accounting Analyst, Senior Accountant and Accountant. * Coordinated data collection and financial reporting for all Census Bureau, Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank filings. Filings: Annual Survey of Manufacturers, Report of Organization, 10-K and 10-Q. Automated the consolidation and published of all internal financial reporting. * Senior member of acquisition due diligence team during multiple acquisitions and mergers which included ERP system conversion. * Supervised individuals responsible for accounts payable, general ledger entries and balance sheet reconciliations, daily flash reports and accounts payable. EDUCATION MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO, MINNESOTA Finance and Economics BACHELORS OF SCIENCE BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA Accounting, Finance and Business Administration REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST:

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