Through Innovative Impact Consulting, Marilyn partners with organizations navigating complex transformation, financial disruption, and critical leadership transitions. The engagements below reflect her role in guiding executive teams and boards through high-stakes moments. Her work is typically concentrated in periods where clarity, speed, and disciplined execution are critical.

Case Studies

Case Study 1: Financial Leadership
During Corporate Crisis

Case Study 2:
Global Operations Transformation

Situation: A publicly listed gaming and manufacturing company faced significant financial reporting challenges requiring immediate executive leadership and stabilization.

Action: Served as Interim Chief Financial Officer, partnering closely with the audit committee and board to lead financial restatement efforts and restore SEC and NASDAQ compliance, while overseeing global finance and IT functions.

Outcome: Restored financial reporting integrity and successfully regained compliance with NASDAQ listing requirements. Improved finance, accounting, and associated operational processes.

Situation: A multinational organization faced operational inefficiencies across finance, accounting, procurement, IT, and broader operations, limiting profitability and operational visibility.

Action: Led enterprise transformation initiatives to modernize operations, including process improvements, automation, outsourcing, and organizational alignment across global teams.

Outcome: Improved operational quality and simplified processes across functions. Achieved significant run-rate cost reductions while supporting successful new product rollouts.

Modern hotel lobby seating area with two cream-colored sofas, each decorated with red velvet pillows, centered around a black cylindrical coffee table with a large glass vase of green foliage, on a patterned rug, against a dark wooden slat wall with two wall sconces.
A conference room with a long wooden table, white leather chairs, a large screen displaying data, and a laptop open on the table.

Case Study 3:
Technology Transformation

Case Study 4:
Finance Transformation

Situation: A global hospitality and leisure company needed to implement mandatory technology upgrades while meeting board-mandated cost reduction objectives.

Action: Led ERP and customer/operational technology implementations, along with related process improvements. Served as Chief Information Officer for two years.

Outcome: Streamlined and automated finance and business operations to support organizational objectives. Modernized network infrastructure and application operations to strengthen enterprise security and improve customer experience.

Situation: A private REIT needed to optimize finance and accounting operations to support expansion and improve Limited Partner reporting.

Action: Assessed and optimized accounting operations and ERP technology. Implemented financial project management, construction and property management processes, and governance improvements.

Outcome: Improved the timeliness and effectiveness of financial and operational close processes. Enhanced financial performance reporting and usability for the board and Limited Partners.

An office desk with a large burgundy leather-bound planner, gold pens, a black coffee mug on a saucer, a closed notebook, a stack of papers, and a large vase of pink and white flowers. An empty beige leather chair is behind the desk, with natural light coming through a window with greenery outside.
Elegant hotel hallway with abstract artwork on the walls, wooden accents, and soft lighting.