Bob Palmerton
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CFO
Detroit Metro
About
Bob’s 30 years of financial leadership experience enables him to build value, achieve sustainable growth, and manage risk in the variety of companies he assists. His financial background encompasses budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, business valuation, M&A, financial systems implementation, and establishing turnaround and profit growth strategies. Bob has closed financing deals with private investors and senior lenders, and has managed investor and bank relations.
Before FocusCFO
Bob’s financial experience includes CFO, Director of Finance and Controller. His leadership toolkit consists of lessons learned while keeping struggling companies afloat, leading growing companies to scale, and pushing maturing companies to continue to deliver consistent and meaningful returns to their stakeholders. Bob built his entrepreneurial hands-on finance and operations experience with a variety of information technology, manufacturing and services companies in the SMB market, following his corporate finance background in services and manufacturing with companies including ADP, Honeywell and the Linde Group.
Bob received an MBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, and a BA in Economics from Fordham University in New York, NY.
What attracted you to FocusCFO?
The opportunity to lead a variety of companies to build sustainable growth and value
At FocusCFO, we help you direct your financial strategy and achieve your goals, giving you the freedom to change your life.
FocusCFO provides expert to help entrepreneurs like you overcome these obstacles and achieve sustainable, transferable business value.
Our fractional CFOs provide the expertise of a full-time CFO at a fraction of the cost, with the flexibility to scale your support as needed. You will gain a clear understanding of your financial performance, streamline your operations, and develop a strategic roadmap for success.
Part of Your Team
Our experienced CFOs become an embedded part of your leadership team, providing strategic financial guidance to drive growth and profitability
C-Level Experience
Benefit from the insights of seasoned financial executives who have decades of experience working in industry, not just for it, as financial executives and entrepreneurs.
Team Approach
Leverage the collective wisdom of our collaborative team of CFOs - decades of expertise and best practices derived from a culture of collaboration and teamwork.THE VALUE PYRAMID PROCESS
Guiding entrepreneurs on the climb to building sustainable, transferable business value
Our fractional CFOs provide the expertise of a full-time CFO at a fraction of the cost, with the flexibility to scale your support as needed. You will gain a clear understanding of your financial performance, streamline your operations, and develop a strategic roadmap for success.
