About

Executive. Founder. Advisor. Investor.

That perspective matters.

Empowering Businesses Since 2008

Built for the Moments That Matter Most.

Founded in 2008, Strategic CFO Solutions was built on a straightforward premise: growth-stage companies deserve the same caliber of financial leadership that institutional businesses take for granted, and they need it before a crisis, not during one.

We engage with founder-led and growth-stage companies at the inflection points where financial structure must catch up with ambition: preparing for a capital raise, entering due diligence, building governance, or navigating a leadership gap.

Mission

To deliver executive-level financial leadership to growth-stage companies at the moments when clarity, control, and credibility matter most.

Vision

A market where founder-led companies are never caught underprepared — financially or structurally — when capital and transaction events arrive.

Core Values

Integrity:
We tell clients what they need to hear, not what they want to hear.

Execution:
Strategy without execution is noise. We are hands-on by design.

Judgment:
Forty-plus years across every seat at the table informs every engagement..

Confidentiality:
We work quietly, professionally, and with complete discretion.

With experience as consultants, operators, executives, and investors, we’ve been in every seat. This perspective makes us uniquely qualified to guide your business through any financial challenge.

Testimonials

What Our Clients Say

Transformative client experiences.

I've engaged Strategic CFO Solutions across multiple portfolio companies in financial services, real estate, and food & beverage. In every case, the engagement delivered what most advisors can't — executive-level financial discipline that holds up when boards and investors start asking hard questions. John doesn't theorize. He executes. If a company I'm involved with needs financial structure before a raise or a transaction, this is the first call I make.

Gary Allen

Board Director and investor

We were expanding into a regulated business line and needed more than legal counsel — we needed financial leadership that could build the business case, model the scenarios, and present credibly to regulators. Strategic CFO Solutions stepped in and handled all of it. The regulatory approval came faster than expected, and we came out of the process with a financial framework and growth strategy that we still operate from. They don't fill a role. They solve the problem.

Sergio Gonzalez

Owner

I was acquiring a business and had no idea what I didn't know. Strategic CFO Solutions structured the process, managed the diligence, modeled every scenario, and brought in the right legal support at the right time. What they found ultimately led us to walk away from the deal — and I'm grateful we did. That alone was worth everything. But the relationship didn't end there. When it was time to pivot and reinvent the business, I came back. That's the clearest endorsement I can give: when the next hard moment came, John was the first call I made.

Nick Johnson

Owner