John Knapp

Chief Financial Officer at Noah's Animal Hospitals

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My name is John Knapp and I would like to thank you taking the time to view my profile. My favorite activities when I was young were putting together jigsaw puzzles and building Legos. I actually enjoyed the crazy word problems you got in algebra class and was blown away by the shortcuts to solving problems I learned in calculus class. Now my favorite puzzles to solve are business problems. I use my skills in Excel, SQL and Access databases, and managerial accounting to perform financial analysis. Mining data to get to the facts puts a smile face. I love the moment when you can say “Oh wow, that is what is going on here.” But don’t take my word for it, below are some examples of the problems I have worked on. • Improved gross margin by analyzing the effects of various factors on gross margin and developing action plans for addressing key factors leading to savings in excess of $340,000 over two years • Increased inventory turns by optimizing stocking levels and recovering cash from underperforming inventory • Improved customer retention from 30.5% to 62.6% by designing and implementing several marketing programs such as thank you cards, We Missed You postcards, and reward certificates By now you must be thinking now I am one of those antisocial computer nerds sitting in my office analyzing data. However, my employment experience is much broader. The best business lesson I have ever learned is that you only have two hands. You can only accomplish so much on your own. Surround yourself with good people and you can achieve so much more. I do enjoy leading and working with teams and I play well with others. I like to challenge myself and enjoy learning new things. I am constantly looking for the next big challenge; the next difficult problem. Should you have a business need you think my skills will fit, I would love to discuss the opportunity with you. And in case you were wondering, yes I still love to play with Legos!