Carl Eckenbrecht

A consultant at Change Management and Professional Services since 2002, construction contracting and manufacturing analyst Carl Eckenbrecht is a leading Chicago-area advisor to a broad base of start-up and established companies. Maintaining notable career roles spanning two decades, he is fluent in various computer languages and industry-specific technologies, holding career positions from finacial analyst to controller for Fortune 500 firms such as Georgia-Pacific, General Signal Corporation, serving in the Marsh Instrument Division, and Nortrop (now Northrop-Grummin) in the Defense Systems Division. A resident of Arlington Heights, Illinois, Carl Eckenbrecht earned a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting at DePaul University in Chicago.

Carl Eckenbrecht offers a variety of skills to clients in his present consultancy position, including financial forecasting and budgeting, digital system analysis and integration, manufacturing costing, and general fiscal management. Maintaining general and operational management knowledge, he delivers efficient and current technology solutions and information technology recommendations. Mr. Eckenbrecht regularly executes support staff training sessions and supplies information technology recommendations.

Building career experience as Chief Financial Officer, Management Information System Director, and Treasurer of First Premium Services, Inc., from 1990 to 1997, Carl Eckenbrecht oversaw the company’s financial departments, data processing, and generated operations. He also maintained duties including verifying tax compliance and operating securitizations. In 1999 Carl Eckenbrecht applied leadership and training skills to his role as Chief Financial Officer and General Manager of European tool manufacturer GILDEMEISTER Italiana S.p.A.’s American subsidiary. The company, producing Swiss turning parts and multi-spindle lathes.