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

Mike Ferguson

Mike Ferguson


CFO

Greater Pittsburgh
About

Mike has over 30 years as a senior executive with financial, human resource and IT management experience. Mike has extensive experience with acquisitions and divestitures and, as CFO, restructured the financial profile of a medium sized business undergoing financial stress. He has extensive experience in financial evaluation and improvement of small businesses.

Get to know Mike’s other interests

Other Interests

  • Who/what is your favorite musical artist/or song? Phish, Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, Dire Straights. I have a lot of favorites.
  • What was your favorite vacation? Every year we go to the Outer Banks
  • What is your favorite movie? Godfather 1 & 2

Before FocusCFO

Mike was a partner at Deloitte delivering financial advisory services including public offering advisory, merger and acquisition transactions and process improvement. After Deloitte, Mike has been a CFO of a not-for-profit university and a for-profit healthcare company (as owner). Mike earned his BS in Accounting from Penn State University.

What attracted you to FocusCFO?

I've been the owner of a business and understand the challenges of operating with limited resources. Assisting other business owners get a firm grasp on their finance operation and developing processes to simplify that operation while generating better information to run the business is what I do. I think FocusCFO provides a great framework to deliver those services to clients.

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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