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BRADLEY J. TRYCHTA, CPA
5240 Notting Hill Road • Gurnee, Illinois 60031 • (h) 847-672-8567
btrychta@msn.com
HIGHLIGHTS
Results oriented, entrepreneurial leader with a proven success record in developing and managing multiple
projects in a fast paced, high-pressure environment. Demonstrated leadership abilities supported by a solid
track record of managing large, complex projects spanning Merger Integration, Enterprise Transformation,
Business Process Design, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations, Business Intelligence, Enterprise
Information Delivery and Enterprise Performance Measurement (EPM). Solid leadership, strategy and financial
and accounting analytical skills.
• 25+ years of experience in the areas of Enterprise Information Systems Development, Corporate
Accounting, Finance and Operations at Fortune 200 Companies
• 19+ years of experience in the Waste Service Industry, Fuels Blending, Landfills, Hauling Companies,
Material Recycling Facilities and Transfer Stations
• 6+ years of experience in the Regulated Utility Sector, Transmission, Distribution, Nuclear, Hydro, Fossil
Generation and Power Trading
• Served as the Managing Project Director for Waste Management’s Financial Transformation.
Applications deployed to more than 1,200 legal entities and 3,000 users across the US, Canada and Puerto
Rico
• Built and executed five (5) year Financial System Blue Print with Executive Management that was tightly
aligned with the company mission statement
• Designed and built Executive Information System for senior management that displays GAAP reporting
by Legal Registrant, Operating Earnings, Head Count, Capital Spend as well as Nuclear Operating
Reporting and FERC Reporting
• Led the financial merger integration team in 2005 and 2006 between Exelon and Public Service
Enterprise Group Incorporated that was to form Exelon Electric & Gas. This would have been the thirty-
second biggest merger in U.S. History and would have formed a $43.6 Billion Dollar Market Cap
Company and the biggest United States Utility
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Exelon, Chicago, Illinois 2004 - Present
Director - Financial Systems
Director of Financial Systems for one of the largest Public Utilities in Corporate America reporting directly to the
Chief Accounting Officer.
• Partnered with vender to build an Asset Retirement Obligation Software to track over $5 billion dollars of
Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts
• Partnered with vender to build software to file Electric Transmission Tariff filings in XML format to meet
new FERC filing requirements in 2010
• Designed and built Shared Service Billing Application for $800 million dollars of services to regulated
and non-regulated business units
• Reduced the month-end close by two (2) additional days through major process and system changes.
Exelon is now able to have earnings available by the end of business day three (3) and final consolidated
balance sheets by day five (5)
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• Designed and delivered Generation Management and Nuclear Parametric Reporting
• Designed and delivered Global Consolidations to be merger ready. Estimated time to consolidate new
legal entity is 90 Days after legal structure signoff
• Designed and delivered Regulatory Ledger and FERC Reporting for PECO and ComEd
• Designed and built SEC Reporting and XBRL tagging for Edgar Reporting
• Designed and built operational performance indicator reporting to track 296 utility indicators on a
monthly basis
• Delivered Journal Header and Recon Tracker tools which strengthened Sarbanes Oxley controls by
tracking manual journals and account reconciliations through out the company
• Eliminated over 100 High Sarbanes Oxley issues in 2004 and successfully complied with sections 302
and 404
Waste Management, Houston, Texas 1994 - 2004
Managing Director Finance – Enterprise Systems & Development
Served as Finance Transformation Project Director for one of the largest transformations in Corporate America.
• Successfully managed one of the highest profile initiatives for Waste Management. Delivered a 22-
month, $40+ million dollar project on time and within budget with exceptional client satisfaction rating
• Responsible for managing more than 100+ functional and technical team members. Managed the
relationship with vice presidents, senior director level executives and steering committees members
• Responsible for providing strategic direction on the following: Deployment Strategies, Implementation
Methodologies, Project Planning and Resource Management, Organizational Change Management,
Application Support Organization Modeling and processes, and System and Application Performance
Validation
• Standardization of finance business processes incorporating best practices design attributes across 1,200
autonomous business units/locations in North America
• Implementation of PeopleSoft’s General Ledger, Asset Management, Payables and ePro modules (which
included the conversion and configuration of over 2,900 business units, 425,000 assets, 215,000 vendors,
32 million general ledger lines and the development of over 20 external interfaces)
Waste Management, Oakbrook, Illinois
Assistant Area Controller
• Responsible for $3 billion in annual revenue
• Responsible for the Financial/Capital consolidation and design of 102 Collection Companies, 76 Hauling
Companies, 16 Recycling and 17 Transfer Stations
• Duties included tracking, training, planning and implementing all new accounting software throughout the
area
• Software included AR, GL, AP and Fixed Assets (AS400 Based and Y2K compliant)
• Duties included managing an implementation team of 13 people and coordinating IT hardware priorities
• Responsible for final review of all acquisitions in the Midwest Area and verification of all Acquisition
Journal Entries into the general ledger system
• Responsible for tracking Capital Purchases against budget as well as tracking return on investment for the
entire Midwest Area
Waste Management – USA Waste, Division Office in Grayslake, Illinois
Regional Controller
• Responsible for $450 million in annual revenue
• Responsible for 19 Landfills, 24 Collection Companies and 11 Transfer Stations
• Division responsibilities included coordinating month-end close, consolidating and analyzing financial
statements, tracking internal growth, acquisitions, budgets and capital tracking for 54 companies located
in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and Wisconsin
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Waste Management - USA Waste, Racine, Wisconsin
District Controller
• Responsible for $30 million in annual revenue
• Responsible for the day to day accounting activities of running four Hauling Companies, two Landfills,
one Transfer Station and one Material Handling Facility
• Wrote and implemented new accounting policies and procedures and cut overhead by reducing the
duplication of duties
• Restructured the Material Handling Facility at an annual cost savings to the company of over $300,000
• Wrote and implemented project tracking systems for all Capital Projects and instituted Economic Value
Added (EVA) Equation to Capital Expenditures
• Trained 14 accounting personnel at local and satellite districts to comply with accounting procedures
• Coordinated month-end close, prepared journal entries and analyzed month-end variances
• Coordinated yearly Budget Forecasts
Waste Management - Sanifill, Nashville, Tennessee
Acquisition Team and Division Controller - Tennessee Southeast Region
• Worked on a daily basis with Regional Vice President and Chief Executive Officer on all acquisition
activity in the region
• Performed due diligence, prepared and analyzed Proforma, prepared bid documents and set up companies
after acquisition
• Received Outstanding Achievement Award from President of Sanifill for work done in San Juan, Puerto
Rico
Southdown Environmental Systems, Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee 1985 - 1994
Controller
Controller of Southdown Environmental Systems’ largest fuels blending facility.
• Responsible for $18 million in annual revenue
• Responsible for preparing Capital and Annual Operating Budget
• Prepared monthly financial statements and reconciled all General Ledger Balance Sheet accounts
• Responsible for writing up monthly and quarterly reports summarizing budget and capital variances
• Used absorption and variable cost accounting to calculate the average cost of solid, liquid and dispersible
drums
• Responsibilities also include granting customer credit, funding all bank accounts, reconciling inter-
company account, and preparing hourly and salary payroll
EDUCATION / TRAINING
Bachelor of Science Degree, Commerce Accounting
Loyola University of Chicago; Chicago, Illinois
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member of Illinois CPA Society; Certificate Number 58,480
Member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

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    …Continued… BRADLEY J. TRYCHTA,CPA 5240 Notting Hill Road • Gurnee, Illinois 60031 • (h) 847-672-8567 btrychta@msn.com HIGHLIGHTS Results oriented, entrepreneurial leader with a proven success record in developing and managing multiple projects in a fast paced, high-pressure environment. Demonstrated leadership abilities supported by a solid track record of managing large, complex projects spanning Merger Integration, Enterprise Transformation, Business Process Design, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Information Delivery and Enterprise Performance Measurement (EPM). Solid leadership, strategy and financial and accounting analytical skills. • 25+ years of experience in the areas of Enterprise Information Systems Development, Corporate Accounting, Finance and Operations at Fortune 200 Companies • 19+ years of experience in the Waste Service Industry, Fuels Blending, Landfills, Hauling Companies, Material Recycling Facilities and Transfer Stations • 6+ years of experience in the Regulated Utility Sector, Transmission, Distribution, Nuclear, Hydro, Fossil Generation and Power Trading • Served as the Managing Project Director for Waste Management’s Financial Transformation. Applications deployed to more than 1,200 legal entities and 3,000 users across the US, Canada and Puerto Rico • Built and executed five (5) year Financial System Blue Print with Executive Management that was tightly aligned with the company mission statement • Designed and built Executive Information System for senior management that displays GAAP reporting by Legal Registrant, Operating Earnings, Head Count, Capital Spend as well as Nuclear Operating Reporting and FERC Reporting • Led the financial merger integration team in 2005 and 2006 between Exelon and Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated that was to form Exelon Electric & Gas. This would have been the thirty- second biggest merger in U.S. History and would have formed a $43.6 Billion Dollar Market Cap Company and the biggest United States Utility PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Exelon, Chicago, Illinois 2004 - Present Director - Financial Systems Director of Financial Systems for one of the largest Public Utilities in Corporate America reporting directly to the Chief Accounting Officer. • Partnered with vender to build an Asset Retirement Obligation Software to track over $5 billion dollars of Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts • Partnered with vender to build software to file Electric Transmission Tariff filings in XML format to meet new FERC filing requirements in 2010 • Designed and built Shared Service Billing Application for $800 million dollars of services to regulated and non-regulated business units • Reduced the month-end close by two (2) additional days through major process and system changes. Exelon is now able to have earnings available by the end of business day three (3) and final consolidated balance sheets by day five (5)
  • 2.
    BB RR AADD LL EE YY JJ .. TT RR YY CC HH TT AA PAGE 2 …Continued … • Designed and delivered Generation Management and Nuclear Parametric Reporting • Designed and delivered Global Consolidations to be merger ready. Estimated time to consolidate new legal entity is 90 Days after legal structure signoff • Designed and delivered Regulatory Ledger and FERC Reporting for PECO and ComEd • Designed and built SEC Reporting and XBRL tagging for Edgar Reporting • Designed and built operational performance indicator reporting to track 296 utility indicators on a monthly basis • Delivered Journal Header and Recon Tracker tools which strengthened Sarbanes Oxley controls by tracking manual journals and account reconciliations through out the company • Eliminated over 100 High Sarbanes Oxley issues in 2004 and successfully complied with sections 302 and 404 Waste Management, Houston, Texas 1994 - 2004 Managing Director Finance – Enterprise Systems & Development Served as Finance Transformation Project Director for one of the largest transformations in Corporate America. • Successfully managed one of the highest profile initiatives for Waste Management. Delivered a 22- month, $40+ million dollar project on time and within budget with exceptional client satisfaction rating • Responsible for managing more than 100+ functional and technical team members. Managed the relationship with vice presidents, senior director level executives and steering committees members • Responsible for providing strategic direction on the following: Deployment Strategies, Implementation Methodologies, Project Planning and Resource Management, Organizational Change Management, Application Support Organization Modeling and processes, and System and Application Performance Validation • Standardization of finance business processes incorporating best practices design attributes across 1,200 autonomous business units/locations in North America • Implementation of PeopleSoft’s General Ledger, Asset Management, Payables and ePro modules (which included the conversion and configuration of over 2,900 business units, 425,000 assets, 215,000 vendors, 32 million general ledger lines and the development of over 20 external interfaces) Waste Management, Oakbrook, Illinois Assistant Area Controller • Responsible for $3 billion in annual revenue • Responsible for the Financial/Capital consolidation and design of 102 Collection Companies, 76 Hauling Companies, 16 Recycling and 17 Transfer Stations • Duties included tracking, training, planning and implementing all new accounting software throughout the area • Software included AR, GL, AP and Fixed Assets (AS400 Based and Y2K compliant) • Duties included managing an implementation team of 13 people and coordinating IT hardware priorities • Responsible for final review of all acquisitions in the Midwest Area and verification of all Acquisition Journal Entries into the general ledger system • Responsible for tracking Capital Purchases against budget as well as tracking return on investment for the entire Midwest Area Waste Management – USA Waste, Division Office in Grayslake, Illinois Regional Controller • Responsible for $450 million in annual revenue • Responsible for 19 Landfills, 24 Collection Companies and 11 Transfer Stations • Division responsibilities included coordinating month-end close, consolidating and analyzing financial statements, tracking internal growth, acquisitions, budgets and capital tracking for 54 companies located in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and Wisconsin
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    BB RR AADD LL EE YY JJ .. TT RR YY CC HH TT AA PAGE 3 Waste Management - USA Waste, Racine, Wisconsin District Controller • Responsible for $30 million in annual revenue • Responsible for the day to day accounting activities of running four Hauling Companies, two Landfills, one Transfer Station and one Material Handling Facility • Wrote and implemented new accounting policies and procedures and cut overhead by reducing the duplication of duties • Restructured the Material Handling Facility at an annual cost savings to the company of over $300,000 • Wrote and implemented project tracking systems for all Capital Projects and instituted Economic Value Added (EVA) Equation to Capital Expenditures • Trained 14 accounting personnel at local and satellite districts to comply with accounting procedures • Coordinated month-end close, prepared journal entries and analyzed month-end variances • Coordinated yearly Budget Forecasts Waste Management - Sanifill, Nashville, Tennessee Acquisition Team and Division Controller - Tennessee Southeast Region • Worked on a daily basis with Regional Vice President and Chief Executive Officer on all acquisition activity in the region • Performed due diligence, prepared and analyzed Proforma, prepared bid documents and set up companies after acquisition • Received Outstanding Achievement Award from President of Sanifill for work done in San Juan, Puerto Rico Southdown Environmental Systems, Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee 1985 - 1994 Controller Controller of Southdown Environmental Systems’ largest fuels blending facility. • Responsible for $18 million in annual revenue • Responsible for preparing Capital and Annual Operating Budget • Prepared monthly financial statements and reconciled all General Ledger Balance Sheet accounts • Responsible for writing up monthly and quarterly reports summarizing budget and capital variances • Used absorption and variable cost accounting to calculate the average cost of solid, liquid and dispersible drums • Responsibilities also include granting customer credit, funding all bank accounts, reconciling inter- company account, and preparing hourly and salary payroll EDUCATION / TRAINING Bachelor of Science Degree, Commerce Accounting Loyola University of Chicago; Chicago, Illinois PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Member of Illinois CPA Society; Certificate Number 58,480 Member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants