Theodore A.

Smith
25 Williamas Way
Terryville, CT 06786-4810
(860) 589-8043 (tsf7b8c4@westpost.net)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
05/08 a" Present Job Search
Substitute teach a" Pre-K through grade 12 a" Math, Science, English, History,
Physical Education, Special Education
Volunteer a" local food pantry, soup kitchen, Meals-on-Wheels, hospital and sh
ut-in visitations
12/87 a" 04/08 TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANIES, Hartford, CT
Commercial Lines Finance:
Director of Finance, Operations & Information Technology (IT) (6/97 a" 4/08)
a Spent 2 years (summer of 2003 to summer of 2005) as the CFO for a newly create
d IT division. The division is known as the Production Application Services Div
ision (PASD). The person chosen for this job required overall knowledge of how
all the upstream and downstream financial systems interact and had to be persist
ent to see the assignment through to successful completion within a tight schedu
le. Responsible for overall GAAP compliance in day-to-day, weekly, monthly and
annual reporting requirements.
a Proficient in the nuances of allocations of costs from various sources through
out the company back to the numerous markets/lines of business and product and s
tatutory lines and profit centers within Travelers.
a Perform functions in the following categories: Expense Management; Financial
Analysis; Cost Benefits Analysis; Financial Reporting & MI; Budget & Reforecast
Preparation; Mergers & Acquisitions; SOX compliance.
a Manage and report over $400M in expenses and approximately 5,000 personnel bot
h foreign and domestic.
a Responsible for all aspects of reviewing and obtaining approval on all foreign
and domestic 3rd party vendor contracts and work orders.
a Created the responsibility code structure utilized by the entire Commercial Li
nes (CL) organization back in April 1996 at the time of the Aetna merger and tha
t model is still presently used.
a Created, with the assistance of a Lotus Notes Data Base (LNDB) Administrator,
a budget tool that captures full-time equivalents for internal personnel, onshor
e and offshore partner resources, contract programmers and staff augmentation re
sources. This tool is utilized by 3 major IT divisions within Travelers (CL, Pe
rsonal Lines (PL) & PASD) to capture budget related census and then convert thos
e numbers into costs by project, by manager, and by area.
a Created an automated Cost/Benefit analysis spreadsheet to be used in the evalu
ation of potential IT projects and as a means to create fiscal accountability fo
r IT initiatives as well as a means to evaluate successful financial performance
against a set of established estimates. Ultimately, this spreadsheet was built
into a LNDB application and populated with actual monthly results. Used to com
municate to senior management and sponsors of project status.
a Developed, again with the assistance of a LNDB Administrator, an online refore
cast tool that enabled project managers to update their projectas current resour
ce estimates out 18 months while capturing actual results on a monthly basis. T
his facilitated a much smoother annual budget cycle.
a Performed integration of the Commercial Lines Information Technology back-offi
ce applications for the St. Paul/Travelers merger.
Director of Finance a" Commercial Accounts & Operations (1/97 a" 6/97)
Assistant Director of Finance a" Commercial Accounts & Operations (10/95 a" 1/9
7)
a Team member who performed due diligence on the Travelers/Aetna merger to deter
mine and make recommendations to senior management on which locations should be
an ongoing concern.
Sr. Accounting Manager a" Field Marketing Division & Operations (7/94 a" 10/95)
Financial Analyst a" Field Marketing Division & Operations (6/93 a" 7/94)
Corporate Finance (Financial Management Leadership Development 3 Year Program):
Financial Analyst a" Field Marketing Division & Operation (6/92 a" 6/93)
Financial Analyst a" Property Casualty Claim (6/91 a" 6/92)
Financial Analyst a" Travelers Specialty Property Casualty Co. (6/90 a" 6/91)
Travelers Realty Investment Company:
Assistant Manager a" Joint Venture Accounting (1/90 a" 6/90)
Senior Accountant a" Equity Accounting (12/87 a" 1/90)

3/82 a" 12/87 CIGNA CORPORATION, Bloomfield, CT

Investment/Financial Group:
Senior Accounting Specialist (5/86 a" 12/87)
Senior Real Estate Accountant (3/85 a" 5/86)
Accountant (9/83 a" 3/85)
Assistant Accountant (8/82 a" 9/83)
Actuarial Technician (Connecticut General/Aetna) (3/82 a" 8/82)

EDUCATION TRAVELERS
Successfully completed the Financial Management Leadership Development Program
, 9/93
a 3 year program very similar to an executive MBA program.
a Consists of MBA level courses in Insurance Accounting, Finance and Corporate S
trategy, just to name a few.
Passed all parts of the National Uniform Certified Public Accountantas Exam, 11/
89.
POST COLLEGE, Waterbury, CT (now known as Post University)
B.S. Accounting (Cum Laude 3.7 GPA), 5/86
a Sophomore and junior years spent at Bryant College, Smithfield, RI.

SKILLS Proficient in Microsoft Office Excel and Word; use PeopleSoft; completed
courses in and use PowerPoint
Charting & Organization of Data and Advanced Excel-Pivot Tables & V-lookup.
References Available Upon Request