CHRISTINA B.

Experience

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  GARU Solutions & Advisory

  Founder

  Nov 2025 - Present

  GARU Solutions helps service businesses reduce manual labor by implementing workflow automations, primarily for property managers, professional firms, and field service teams.

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  Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  Global Finance Director, Professional Services

  Aug 2022 - Jan 2026

  Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides cloud computing services and infrastructure to businesses globally, enabling them to scale their digital operations efficiently.

  • Profitability Restoration: Engineered an 82% profitability increase for a $130M portfolio by optimizing pricing and resource allocation
  • Operational Savings: Identified $54M in annual savings and reduced OPEX by $28M by rightsizing the business to customer demand insights.
  • Revenue Acceleration: Improved pipeline-to-revenue conversion by 18% (+$15M) through cross-functional partnership with Sales.
  • Expansion Strategy: Analyzed performance trends to secure $10M in investment for international geographical expansion.
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  Real Chemistry

  Finance Director (Promoted 3x in 3 Years)

  Feb 2020 - Aug 2022

  Real Chemistry is a global healthcare communications network that can translate complex science into results. Bringing together the medical expertise, industry-leading AI, marketing savvy and break-through creative.

  • Scaling Tech Units: Partnered with the CTO to build a tech-enabled business unit from scratch, hiring 126 engineers while retaining 2% of the budget.
  • Profitability Engineering: Developed pricing strategies that increased margins by 32%, driving $7M in additional profit.
  • Cash Flow Velocity: Reengineered the "Pipeline to Cash" mechanism, decreasing execution time by 10 days and recovering $2M in AR exposure.
  • Team Leadership: Built and led a team of 14 analysts/managers, creating SOPs for the newly established finance department.