Douglas Carpenter

• Conducted forensic financial investigations supporting equitable divorce settlements, specializing in asset tracing, income verification, and business valuation—skills transferable to complex pricing and reimbursement analytics.
• Analyzed financial documents such as tax filings, business financials, and account records to uncover hidden income and ensure compliance, aligning with a focus on accuracy and regulatory adherence.
• Valued privately held businesses using structured valuation techniques, enabling support decisions and financial projections, paralleling the modeling and forecasting required for pricing strategies.
• Produced expert-level financial reports and served as a financial expert in legal proceedings, communicating findings clearly and effectively to clients, attorneys, and stakeholders.
• Collaborated with legal and financial teams to develop and deliver sound financial strategies, ensuring timely execution under pressure and maintaining high standards of integrity and data quality.

• Provided dedicated full-time care for aging parents, managing medical appointments, prescription coordination, financial matters, and end-of-life planning with compassion and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated exceptional organization, resilience, and problem-solving in managing complex and evolving healthcare needs, while maintaining oversight of financial and administrative responsibilities.
• Strengthened interpersonal communication and crisis management skills while navigating healthcare systems and supporting family through critical transitions.

• Assisted parents with daily living activities, enhancing comfort and promoting independence.
• Monitored parents health status, reporting changes to healthcare professionals promptly.
• Developed and maintained positive relationships with parents and doctors through effective communication and empathy.
• Implemented personalized care plans, ensuring adherence to individual needs and preferences.

Led strategic pricing initiatives and provided financial guidance for the Laboratory Products Division, a $3.0 billion global portfolio. Delivered data-driven recommendations and maintained strong partnerships with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to optimize pricing strategies to deliver financial results that exceed expectations.
• Managed and led strategic pricing a team of 16 pricing professionals supporting a $3.0B global portfolio, ensuring precise price setting, rebate optimization, competitive analysis, and successful bid management.
• Grew top-line revenue by over 50% within three years through disciplined pricing strategies, promotional initiatives, rebate management, and enhanced eCommerce channel expansion.
• Increased annual Price Realization significantly from $35M to $165M over three years by refining pricing processes, enhancing discipline, and executing strategic pricing initiatives.
• Directed pricing management for over 15,000 products, overseeing 6,000+ rebate contracts and hundreds of annual promotional campaigns.
• Led daily pricing operations such as maintenance of list prices and discount matrix in ERP systems, including pricing support in product launch process, and developed and enhanced strategic pricing initiatives.
• Reduced annual pricing cycle times dramatically from five months to eight weeks through effective change management, business automation, and process improvements, significantly enhancing forecasting accuracy and monthly reporting efficiency.
• Created and deployed advanced analytics and real-time reporting tools using Excel, Power BI, SQL, and Visual Studio, empowering stakeholders with immediate insights into pricing, revenue trends, and rebate impacts.
• Acted as Subject Matter Expert, providing strategic counsel on large-scale deals, driving informed decision-making, optimal pricing strategies, and successful deal closures in partnership with sales and product management teams.
• Managed cross-functional projects utilizing A3 methodology, Datarails, and RACIs frameworks, ensuring timely delivery, accurate business validation, and high standards of data integrity.
• Led annual price-setting and rebate optimization processes, employing advanced financial modeling and forecasting skills to communicate projections, potential risks, and financial opportunities to senior leadership.
• Delivered comprehensive monthly and quarterly business reviews to senior executives, consistently exceeding annual Price Realization goals and providing actionable insights to drive profitability and growth within a complex multinational structure.

Led pricing strategy and analytics for all divisions within the Asia Pacific and China (APAC) region, Microbiology Division, and the Transplant Diagnostics Division, presenting pricing strategies to product management and marketing for execution by the commercial sales organization. Partnered with IT and business units to roll out analytical pricing tools and train stakeholders, driving improved pricing performance and commercial execution.
• Provided pricing leadership and facilitation of commercial operations accountability to achieve divisional targets.
• Partnered with the Global Commercial Management team to develop and implement pricing strategies that ensured full end to end price achievement by the business units leading to balanced business growth with strong profitability.
• Enabled the China region to improve Price Realization by $50M annually through the implementation of new pricing strategies, go-to-market tactics, and monitoring systems for commercial execution at the country level.
• Led daily pricing operations such as maintenance of list prices and discount matrix in ERP systems, including pricing support in product launch process, and developed and enhanced strategic pricing initiatives.
• Drove targeted responses to identify challenges such as FX, competition, and other market factors affecting price. Collaborated with regional and country marketing teams to align pricing requirements to achieve pricing goals.
• Created and implemented a Daily Revenue, Bookings, Backlog, and Price-Volume reporting suite enabling actionable decisions and leading to improved price realization and margin expansion. Trained colleagues on newly developed analytical tools, ensuring proficiency and effective utilization across key stakeholder groups.
• Proactively drove improvements to increase efficiency of pricing intelligence, processes and tools enabling marketing and commercial teams to achieve aggressive profitable growth.

Led financial planning and analysis for Homeowners and Indemnity Auto lines, providing strategic financial insights and reporting to leadership. Implemented process improvements and developed strategies to support business objectives.
• Led a team of three finance analysts; hired, led, mentored, strengthened, and developed the finance team.
• Developed annual budgets, forecasts, FP&A modeling, strategic long-term financial plans, and analyzing financial performance to identify trends, variances, and key drivers.
• As a Six-Sigma Master Black Belt, implemented Six Sigma frameworks (DMAIC, DMADV, DFSS) on projects, identifying opportunities to improve operational efficiency and enhance financial outcomes.

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline reporting processes and improve efficiency.
• Presented financial insights to executive leadership, supporting informed decision-making.
• Utilized advanced Excel functions and financial software for data analysis and reporting.
• Analyzed financial data to identify trends and inform strategic decisions.
• Developed forecasting models to enhance budget accuracy and resource allocation.