MEET OUR SHERPA
John Johnston
- Area President
- Cincinnati Metro
John has more than 19 years of business, finance, and accounting experience in various industries including food & beverage, financial services, and public accounting. He became an entrepreneur and small business owner upon the opening of his first restaurant in 2013. Since that time, he has been responsible for implementing and maintaining many operational systems and processes across multiple growing business segments.
Before FocusCFO
Prior to joining FocusCFO, John served as the CFO and co-founder of Mazunte, a multi-location food & beverage group headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. He previously worked at Fifth Third Bank specializing in SEC Reporting and Capital Markets Accounting within the Finance Department. John started his career in public accounting as an auditor for Grant Thornton servicing both private and public companies of varying sizes and industries.
John received his Master’s of Accounting from The University of Cincinnati and previously a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
- What is your favorite way to spend free time? At home gardening, beekeeping, and harvesting maple syrup with my wife and two sons.
- What was your favorite vacation? Being outdoors while hiking, biking, rafting, or flyfishing in Montana.
- What did you want to be when you grew up? An architect.
Other Interests
What attracted you
to FocusCFO?
The opportunity to work alongside a growing team of financial experts with diverse professional experiences to provide value to business owners and their management teams.
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