WireCo WorldGroup CEO and leadership

Michelle Torline is a SVP, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at WIRECO WORLDGROUP INC. and is based in Kansas City, Missouri. She has worked as Attorney at Husch Blackwell LLP and Senior Contract Administrator at Boeing. Michelle attended WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY between 2001 and 2004 and Southeast Missouri State University between 1995 and 1999.

Global finance executive with 21 years of industrial experience leading cash flow and balance sheet management, financial planning and analysis, treasury, tax, controllership, manufacturing, and commercial finance teams. Successfully delivered organic growth with significant op profit accretion and working capital turnover improvements. Experience in large acquisitions and dispositions through business development analysis, due diligence, and integration. Innovative finance leader with experience in market building innovative new business models and working across external financiers to deliver solutions to customers. Best in class operational finance skill set integrating to lead operating teams and driving significant process improvement and simplification.

‘Turn Around’ CIO with proven track record of IT alignment with global business needs. 20+ years of IT experience including 15+ years of increasing IT management experience in global multi-site manufacturing environments. IT management responsibility in Europe, North America and Asia. Successful transition and integration of outsourcing IT partners including co-located data centers in Asia, North American, Europe providing transparent redundancy and 99.99% availability of all business-critical applications. Global ERP implementation experience including integration of acquired business units and negotiating global multi-year service agreements. APICS certification in Inventory and Operations ManagementTechnologies : Oracle eBS, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Transportation Management, Hyperion, Oracle Agile PDM, Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning, Informatica, COGNOS, Salesforce.com, Siebel, Infor Syteline, QAD, Mirosoft Dynamics, UltiPro HCM, SharePoint Specialties : Acquisition / Integration, Application Development, Business Systems Analysis, Data Warehousing, Database Administration, Disaster Recovery Planning, EDI, Email, ERP, Extranet, Video Conferencing, VOIP, Outsourcing, Offshoring, Network Design, Cyber Security

Senior business executive recognized for developing leaders and organizations in global Fortune 300, private equity and venture capital funded Consumer and Industrial manufacturing businesses. A people development expert, bringing talent acquisition and development, total compensation, and succession planning together with a diversity strategy, as a trusted advisor to boards and executive teams. Direct HR leadership in Europe, Latin America, Asia, Central Europe, and Africa, with a focus on developing global talent strategies, aligning total rewards, and building organizational capability. Exceptional problem-solving capability, leading to remarkable talent expansion and business transformations for teams worldwide. Public speaker on talent strategy and leadership development. Managing Director at the Taproot Foundation, applying HR knowledge and experience to projects benefiting youth and education.

Deven is an investor and venture capitalist with White Road Investments where he focuses on consumer products and outdoor lifestyle companies. He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.