Industry Experience
I have had the pleasure of seeing the inside of literally hundreds of companies during my career. As a result, I have gained experience in a wide variety of industries.
Industry experience is an important component in looking for a financial executive, but it is not the only component. It is not even the most important. As a percentage of the overall skills required to do the job of a Chief Financial Officer, industry knowledge is considerably less than half of the picture.
The real skill to look for is the financial skill and experience, the knowledge of business, a sound base in accounting, and more than everything, the ability to interpret financial data to make sound business decisions. With that grounding, an experienced financial executive can learn a new industry very quickly.
Here is a sampling of industries in which I have experience. For more information, please contact me.
- Affordable Housing (construction & management)
- Aviation (aircraft service & fueling, fixed base operator – aircraft rental & instruction)
- Banking & Finance
- Classical Music Performance (major symphony orchestra, small performance groups, music presenting group)
- Construction (commercial & residential general contractors & sub-contractors)
- Film Industry
- Freight Forwarding
- Importing & Exporting (construction materials & tools, women’s clothing)
- Land Development (commercial & residential)
- Manufacturing (pleasure boats, steel fabrication, printing presses, jewelry, aircraft subassemblies)
- Moving & Storage (local & worldwide)
- Not for Profit (churches, social serivce organizations)
- Printing (trade printers, retail print shop)
- Professional Services (engineers, accountants, construction consultants and inspectors)
- Retail (art gallery, wine shop, auto dealer, outdoor clothing & equipment)
- Trucking (local & long distance)
- Wholesale (construction materials, jewelry, beer/wine/distilled spirits distributer, oil & gasoline distribution)
