CAROLYN VAN ECK
INDEPENDENT ADVISOR & Business dEvelopment
Dental Professional and Business Career Highlights
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- Offers extensive professional contacts and a thorough knowledge of the dental industry
- Formerly held positions as:
- CFO, Vice President – Finance & Legal Affairs at GC America Inc. for 32 years
- President – GC Advanced Technologies Inc.
- Chair – Dental Manufacturers of America / Dental Trade Alliance
- Chair – Dental Trade Alliance Foundation
- Executive Director (Interim) – Chicago Dental Society Foundation
- CFO, Vice President – Finance & Legal Affairs at GC America Inc. for 32 years
- Key Accomplishments:
- Effectively lead change and organizational growth through strategic planning
- Reviewed and recommended overall financial objectives, strategies and policies consistent with and cascading from approved corporate management policy goals leading to 100%+ profit achievement
- Generated positive cash flow each year, accumulating cash reserves to unprecedented levels
- Process improvements leading to the Company’s greatly improved process capabilities, operational risk reduction, and completion of target deliverables within budget and scope.
- Planned and implemented the SAP R/3 ERP system
- Developed and administered employee handbook and recommended all salary and benefit plans allowing for a union free workplace while driving employee satisfaction to higher levels than industry norms
- Directed all aspects of governance
- Bachelor of Science – Accounting, Business Administration
- University of Illinois – Chicago, Magna Cum Laude