FOUNDATION
  • Accounting Systems
  • Cash Flow Processes
  • Advisor Coordination
HEALTH
  • Budgeting & Forecasting
  • Production & Operations
  • Banking & Capital
GROWTH
  • Strategic Financial Planning
  • Risk Assessments
  • Revenue
  • Operating Rhythm
VALUE
  • Succession or Exit Planning
  • Readiness & Attractiveness
  • Price/Multiple

Area President

Columbus Metro
About

Darren is a hands-on industry-leading exit advisor, C-level executive, and entrepreneur with a 35+ year track record of growing, scaling, buying, and selling businesses. He uses his deep experience to help owners visualize their business from the eyes of a buyer so they can transform and grow their value. In the past decade, he has helped entrepreneurs put an additional $50 million in their pockets.

Available Resources

Free Guide

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Curated insights by Darren Cherry

Get to know Darren’s other interests

Other Interests

  • Favorite Books:  Almost anything by James Patterson and David Rosenfelt
  • Favorite Musical Artist:   BB King
  • Favorite Movie: The Godfather

Before FocusCFO

Darren’s background includes senior roles expanding market share across continents and channels and designing improved operations, marketing and finance practices in both private equity and public traded environments with Honeywell, Komatsu Ltd, Connell Limited Partnership, Green Earth Technology, Gary-Chicago Regional Airport Authority and Greif, Inc.

Darren received his MBA from The Ohio State University and BS in Accounting from Purdue University.

What attracted you to FocusCFO?

An amazing group of folks banding together to help entrepreneurs take their businesses to the next level.

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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.
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Part of Your Team

Our experienced CFOs become an embedded part of your leadership team, providing strategic financial guidance to drive growth and profitability
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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.
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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.

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Production & Operations
Banking & Capital
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Accounting Systems
Cash Flow Forecasting
Policies & Processes
Advisor Coordination
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