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

Northeast Ohio
About

Ted has led manufacturing and distribution companies for over 20 years, usually in a turnaround situation. He is a successful change agent, with a track record of positive results in companies through team building, mutual accountability, and Lean Six Sigma. He has acquired, integrated, and sold many companies.

Get to know Ted’s other interests

Other Interests

Ted is a member of the American Cancer Society’s Northern Ohio Board, and has been involved with its annual golf event at Canterbury since 2011, co-chairing it from 2016-18. Ted is passionate about gardening at his home in Chagrin Falls, supporting his wife in her real estate career, taking care of their four dogs, and improving his golf game.

Before FocusCFO

He worked for GE for 15 years in various businesses, first in Finance and then in operations. He joined The Standard Products Company in 1995 as Executive Vice President, North American Automotive Operations, where he successfully turned around an engineered component business. When Cooper Tire & Rubber acquired Standard Products in 1999, Ted moved to the Plastics Division as its President and oversaw its divestiture.

Recently, Ted has served as President & CEO for several smaller companies within the automotive, appliance supply chain and metals industries and has served as a board member of three independent companies.

Ted received both his undergraduate degree (in English Literature) and his MBA (Finance) from Indiana University.

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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Foundation

Accounting Systems
Cash Flow Forecasting
Policies & Processes
Advisor Coordination
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