ABOUT
 


- Liz Webbink
- Greg Webbink
- Kate Webbink

  

elizabeth s. webbink, ph.d.


Liz Webbink has over 20 years of experience in corporate planning, finance, and economics and brings that experience to bear on the design of analytical systems to support decisionmaking.

She spent more than a decade with Exxon in various internal consulting positions in the policy, planning, economics, and treasury areas. She revamped the corporate cash forecasting system, developed an OPEC Balance of Payments forecasting model as well as visualization tools for U.S. macroeconomic forecasts, and received awards for developing a seminar for employees on discounted cash flow analysis and for improving productivity through financial process reengineering. She has provided professional seminars and implemented systems for project analysis, capital budget reporting, scorecards and performance metrics.

Liz held university faculty appointments at Rice, Montclair State and, Rutgers where she taught courses on Corporate Finance, Capital Budgeting, and the Economics of Multinational Corporations. As Academic Dean for the Rutgers undergraduate Business School, she instituted a system to ameliorate overcrowding of classes and assure places to qualified students. As a Vice President of the National Council on Economic Education Liz designed a Capital Formation Institute for high school teachers which received funding from the Goldman Sachs foundation, worked with State Farm to develop a major new national initiative to improve the economic and financial literacy of the nation’s youth, and managed a major project producing teaching guides and providing training for Well's Fargo's Hands on Banking® program

A past director of the National Association for Business Economics, Liz served as President of the Houston and Philadelphia Chapters.

She earned a PhD in international economics and finance at NYU's Stern School of Business where she was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma and a BS in international trade from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.

Contact Information:
Email: liz.webbink@inkweb.org


gregory r. webbink, m.i.a., m.b.a.

 

 

Greg Webbink brings a wealth of experience in the operational side of corporate finance for international manufacturing concerns.

Greg has served as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of discrete manufacturers ranging in size from $40M to $600M, (Swissray International, Mannesmann Rexroth), as well as Vice President Finance/CFO of $60 million process manufacturer (LTS Lohmann). Additionally, his treasury experience includes most recently working with 4 PE investors and 2 venture debt institutions as Chief Operating Officer & CFO of Swissray, previously as treasurer of US holding of German multinational (Mannesmann) and experience as a corporate banker (Bank of America).

He has focused on operational and financial performance of manufacturers and distributors: developing and analyzing costing systems for process improvement and pricing; and developing and executing business strategies through major vendor/customer negotiations, alliance agreements, and acquisitions. Particular expertise includes:

- Financial and cost analysis of operations
- Contract negotiation and management
- Treasury & banking, cash and FX risk management
- Implementation of IT systems (SAP, BPCS)
- Discrete and process manufacturing industries

- Working capital optimization
- Supply chain optimization
- Acquisitions
- Risk management
- International transactions

Greg earned twin Masters degrees from Columbia University’s International Affairs and Business Schools and a BS in international affairs from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service

Contact Information:
Email: greg.webbink@inkweb.org

 


katherine e. webbink, m.s.
Rounding out our related resources is Kate Webbink who brings a unique combination of visual and statistical skills to her role as inkweb's research analyst. A biologist with a special interest in visual perception and memory, and the philosophy of science, Kate completed her masters in evolutionary biology at the University of Nebraska where she also served as a research assistant in the Center for Avian Cognition. An avid photographer with a strong concern for public education in scientific methods, she is embarking on a program in Filmmaking for Science and Natural History at Montana State University in Bozeman while continue to assist inkweb with data analysis and design.

As an undergraduate at Wellesley College, Kate's research was funded by the National Science Foundation. Upon graduation in 2004 with a B.A. in Biology and a minor in Art, she was elected to Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. Her work with her advisor was published in The Anatomical Record, 2007, Advances In Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, “Vertebral anatomy in the Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris: A developmental and evolutionary analysis.” 290(6):624-637. Buchholtz EA, Booth AC, Webbink KE.

An avid birder, Kate has worked with the Washington, DC, New Jersey, and Montana Audubon Societies, recently contributing to "Birds & Climate - Stories about Montana Birds” (website - http://mtaudubon.org/issues/global/mtbirds.html) and "Montana Birds & Climate Change – Gray Jays”(contributed), Montana Audubon Magpie Muse, Late Fall 2008, Vol. 17 No. 2.

Contact Information:
Email: kate.webbink@inkweb.org