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Curtis H Short
Curt has 30+ years of experience spanning large, mid-size, and small companies—private equity and public, for-profit, and not-for-profit (NFP)—specializing in process improvement. He has successfully led three sell-side M&A transactions and negotiated and implemented a 3-party transitional services agreement. Curt is a CPA with an MBA who loves learning new businesses and looks forward to driving client business success, leveraging his extensive background.
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Michael Andrew Hengst
Michael is a finance leader with 17 years of experience in operational finance, VC investing, consulting, and entrepreneurship. He set up a shared services FP&A team of 30+ people at GE, managing $200+ million. As a VC fund manager, he assessed 600+ startups and doubled the portfolio value in two years. Michael is passionate about improving a business's performance and has helped 80+ clients with company valuations, M&A transactions, raising capital, and developing strategic growth plans.
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George Gvazava, CFA, ACCA
George brings diverse finance expertise from his roles at Deloitte, Galt & Taggart (the largest investment bank in Georgia), CryptX Group, and, most recently, Bank of Georgia Group (an LSE-listed entity). He has advised companies in the technology, energy, oil and gas, and banking sectors, with total assets ranging from $10 million to over $1 billion. George was nominated by Forbes Georgia in "30 Under 30: Finance," and he enjoys helping clients navigate their most challenging finance projects.
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Aleksey N. Krylov, CFA
Aleksey served in CFO roles of public and VC-backed private companies. As an investor, he contributed to 25+ private equity deals that have deployed $500 million. He has advised 50+ clients on raising $1.6 billion in equity in the healthcare, consumer, media, software, energy, and industrial sectors. Aleksey enjoys working with officers of early-stage and mature small-cap firms, and he freelances because it exposes him to a wide range of companies.
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Liana Bertsch
Liana is a CFO for growth companies across a diverse range of industries, including eCommerce, SaaS, marketing agencies, entertainment, and professional services. She has over 15 years of experience providing financial services to clients varying in size from startups to medium-sized. Liana offers a combination of expertise in finance, accounting, management, business leadership, and operations to companies with ambitions to grow their revenues and profitability.
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Mohamed Zarrugh
Mohamed has held executive internal consulting roles for JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, transforming operations with annualized expense reductions of up to $180 million. He is a finance expert who perfectly blends the academic knowledge of an Industrial Engineering degree and MBA with deep business acumen and technical know-how. Specializing in strategic planning, performance management, and process improvement initiatives, Mohamed is willing to leverage his experience with other clients.
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Mary Ann Fialkowski
Mary Ann has 20 years of C-level experience with private equity and publicly owned companies. She has planned and implemented high-growth strategies and restructured poorly integrated industry rollups. She creates solutions through new technology and business process improvement. With a uniquely wide breadth of functional experience, honed by easily pivoting to the area needing attention and quickly assessing the underlying processes, Mary Ann is an exceptional freelance contributor.
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Dev Penn
Dev is an Eagle Scout and CFA charterholder who seeks to make a significant impact. His goal is to help firms find, grow, and scale over $1 billion in opportunities. Dev's past experiences include working for two billionaires and more than 10 years of acting as a strategic executive at blue-chip firms in VC, PE, and investments. He's also experienced as a fractional CFO and acts as a strategist, banker, marketer, and investor rolled into one person.
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Patrick Boyce
A strategic CFO with a Chicago Booth MBA and 30+ years of experience, Patrick acts as a finance-informed operator. With institutional foundations, he has executed $5+ billion in transactions (IPOs and M&A) at premier global investment and corporate banks. In alternative assets, he served as Partner, CFO, and Head of Private Equity at a multibillion-dollar investment firm. At an operational scale, he was CFO of a high-growth SaaS platform (raised $39 million) and led mission-driven turnarounds.
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Manmeet Saluja, CPA, CMA, MBA
Manmeet is a seasoned CFO with 17+ years of experience driving financial and operational excellence. Adept in financial management, he possesses strategic foresight and excels in boosting performance metrics. His expertise aligns financial strategies with company goals, fueling revenue growth and enhancing profit margins. Renowned for exceptional leadership and profound financial insight, Manmeet navigates complex financial terrains easily, consistently optimizing fiscal outcomes.
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Karim Doss
Karim has helped companies achieve their financial goals, both as a financial advisor at PwC and as a CFO or financial director for startups or Fortune 500 companies, such as Merck and Omnicom. His services include business valuation, financial models, business plans, pitch decks, fundraising, and setting KPIs and policies. Karim has worked with over 50 nationalities in various countries and managed projects ranging from $50,000 to $5 billion in different industries.
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