John Murray

• Financial Modeling & Budgeting
• Strategic Management
• Cultural Development & Management
• Ethics Compliance
• Liaison Development
• Performance Management
• Financial Planning,  Research,  & Analysis
• Regulatory Compliance & Reporting
• Mentoring & Training
• Union Relations,  Negotiations,  & Contract Administration

Town of Acton ( 1988 – 2013)

Treasurer/ Assistant Town Manager

Managers lead but do not operate in isolation.  Each accomplishment reflects the hard work of citizen volunteers,  boards and committees,  and staff members. 

• Financial
  • Acted as Chief Financial Officer,  Finance Director,  Treasurer,  and Tax Collector for the Town
  • Managed finances through four recessionary periods and three expansion periods.
  • Issued over $100 million of bonds and increased the Credit Rating of the Town four levels ( A1-AAA)
  • Trustee of the Acton Health Insurance Trust

• Labor/Employee Relations
  • Policy Development
  • Negotiated 18 Successor Collective Bargaining Agreements
  • Served as Grievance Hearing Officer
  • Participated in Grievance and Collective Bargaining Arbitration Hearings
  • 1st Successful Court Challenge of  Commonwealth of Massachusetts Joint Labor Management Commission Decision

• Environmental
  • Closure and the reuse of the Town’s solid waste landfill
    • Removal of the landfill from United States Environmental Protection Agency contaminated site listing
  • Solar Power Generation
  • Creating a Solar Farm on the landfill ( currently under construction),  which will generate sufficient electricity to remove municipal buildings from fossil fuel generation sources.
  • Expanded Recycling efforts
  • Purchased Open Space and Recreation lands
  • Monitored and amended the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s and the Massachusetts’ remediation plans for the Acton W.R.  Grace “superfund site”
• Marketing
• Redefined citizens as customers
• Partnered with other municipalities,  non- profit organizations and for profit organizations.
• Developed a Regional Solid Waste Market and saved over $12 million
• Passage of 12 Property Tax Overrides

Bryant University 1985-1987

• Associate Professor of Finance
• Maintained a full teaching load in:
  • Basic analytical skills and principles of corporate finance.
  • Functions of modern capital markets and financial institutions.
  • Standard techniques of analysis,  including capital budgeting,  discounted cash flow valuation,  CAPM,  and risk analysis.

Johnson & Wales University 1981-1986

• Associate Professor of Finance and Hospitality Management
• Taught Introductory courses in Finance and developed and implemented a capstone course offering for Hospitality Management students. 
• The goal of the capstone course was to prepare students for the challenges of hospitality leadership. 
• It utilized the case method paradigm and required a class term project,  which was presented to a faculty committee of departmental chairpersons. 
• This single course represented a full semester academic load for seniors and became a graduation requirement

Westin International Hotels – Seattle Washington 1978 -1981

• Assistant Comptroller – Wailea Maui
• Participated in municipal impact fee negotiations,  management systems development,  employee hiring and training,  including but not limited to a dedicated CERTA program,  and operations management. 
• The property exceeded all financial and operation goals except during the grounding of all DC -10s in 1979

Sheraton Hotels – Boston Massachusetts 1975-1978

• Assistant General Manager – Sheraton Chicago
• General Operations Management,  including but not limited to security for both downtown Sheraton Holes and operating with seventeen bargaining units.  Negotiations were conducted on a city-wide basis rather than an individual hotel basis.
• Financial Analyst – Sheraton Houston & Sheraton Plaza Chicago
• Financial Analyst Trainee at the Philadelphia and Houston Hotels

• Masters of Business  - Boston University
• Baccalaureate of Science – Hotel Administration - Cornell University

Certificate Programs

• Massachusetts Tier IV Program - JFK School of Government
• Certificate of Special Study in Management - Harvard University Extension

• International City & County Managers Association
• National League of Cities
• Massachusetts Municipal Managers Association
• Northeast Solid Waste Committee
• Presidential Appointment to the Mass Municipal Association’s Labor Relations Committee
• Cornell Hotel Society