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

CFO

Cincinnati Metro
About

Don is a proven financial leader with 40 + years of increasing responsibility in financial and business management. His experience is primarily in manufacturing and manufacturing support services, with emphasis on financial reporting and forecasting, strategy and mergers and acquisitions

Get to know Don’s other interests

Other Interests

  • What is your favorite way to spend free time?  Fitness, golf and landscaping.
  • What was your favorite vacation?  Safari in the Masai Mara, Kenya.
  • What is your favorite movie?  Raiders of the Lost Ark

Before FocusCFO

Prior to joining FocusCFO, Don started his career with 10 years at Quantum Chemical, a large manufacturer of petrochemicals, followed by 8 years with Clopay Corporation, a manufacturer of garage doors and plastic films, and 22 years with Leadec Corp, formerly known as Voith Industrial Services and Premier Manufacturing Support Services, as CFO in both a regional and global role, CEO in a regional role and Mergers & Acquisitions in a regional role.

What attracted you to FocusCFO?

The ability to work with business owners to improve and achieve success.

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
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Foundation

Accounting Systems
Cash Flow Forecasting
Policies & Processes
Advisor Coordination
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