Operator · Strategic CFO · Advisor
From chaos
to exit.
I've done it.
Now I help you
do it.
You're doing $5–50MM and the business is running you — not the other way around. I've been the co-founder, the CFO, the restructuring agent, and the guy who had to rescue a deal closing on 9/11. Thirty years of every kind of chaos a company can produce. I know the way through.
About Stephen
Not a consultant.
An operator who got through it.
"Most advisors have read about your problem. I've lived it — twice."
I've been the CFO who had to raise $400M in a race against runway. The partner who grew an accounting practice and sold it to PWC. The restructuring agent kept on by the trustees after a multi-billion $ bankruptcy. The co-founder who had a deal closing on 9/11 and had to make it work anyway.
Thirty years across manufacturing, technology, entertainment, biotech, real estate, wealth management — and a dozen startups no one's heard of. Some made it. Some didn't. I learned something useful from every single one.
Career highlights
- Grew accounting practice, sold to PWC
- CFO of Startup through to NASDAQ IPO
- Restructured public chemical manufacturer
- Partnerships with IBM, Lucent, Universal Studios, NBA, Pacific Century Group
- Raised >$400M for telecom, technology, bio and agri-tech startups
Writing
Notes from the arc.
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