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• Susan has a unique breadth of experience in industry and on Wall Street. She has been CFO of a publicly-traded software/services company, SVP of a Fortune 50 company and M&A Partner and Research Analyst at top tier investment banks. Four Corners Consulting leverages the experiences she has gained throughout her career to provide personalized, thoughtful and targeted advice to a broad array of clients.
  • Susan was EVP & CFO of Organic, Inc. from 1999-2001 where she acted as Chief Administrative Officer managing the company’s infrastructure encompassing 200+ persons. Organic had offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America and offered three service lines (Engineering, Marketing Solutions and Logistics) to Fortune 1000 and start-up companies. She led the company’s successful $135 million IPO through Goldman Sachs in 2000. The company was sold in early 2002 to a major advertising company.
  • Susan was SVP of Strategy, Planning & Business Development at Sears, Roebuck & Co. (a former client) from 1997-1999 where she was responsible for the Financial Planning & Analysis, Capital Expenditure and Overhead Planning, Corporate & Business Strategy and Business Development/M&A functions. A $40 billion multi-business company, Sears’ portfolio included retail, credit, services and direct response companies. She also represented Sears on three independent Boards of Directors.
  • Susan spent 13 years at Merrill Lynch & Co. as both a generalist and as the Retail Industry Practice Head in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group from 1985-1997. She became the third woman Partner (Managing Director) out of 125 worldwide in 1996. Upon her departure Merrill was ranked #1 in Retail M&A.
  • Susan was a Research Analyst for Salomon Brothers Inc from 1981-1983 where she published her own bi-weekly institutional periodical, “Flow Watch” and co-authored several special situation reports.
  • Susan received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1981 with distinction and an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia in 1985. She is also a licensed CPA and completed 11 continuing education masters and college level accounting courses in 2002-03. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants (COCPA).

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