About
Strategic CFO Solutions
Where Experience Meets Passion
Empowering Businesses Since 2008
Journey of Resilience and Success
Founded in 2008, Strategic CFO Solutions was born from a commitment to empower small and emerging businesses. Our founder, John duHadway, brings a lifetime of lessons from overcoming adversity, achieving success, and championing the underdog. Raised by a single mother and navigating a challenging early path, John’s journey is a testament to resilience, grit, and a passion for helping others succeed.
Our Mission
To equip small and emerging businesses with CFO skills and capabilities once exclusive to large corporations, enabling them to dream bigger and redefine competition.
Our Vision
To champion the underdogs and overachievers, creating a level playing field for fair competition.
Our Core Values
Collaboration and Teamwork:
Together, we achieve greatness.
Hard Work:
Success comes to those who put in the effort.
Commitment and Integrity:
Always deliver on promises and take the high road.
Resilience and Courage:
Rise after every fall, and face challenges head-on.
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.

Meet John duHadway, Founder and CEO.
John is a former Deloitte Exec, experienced in building clients of all sizes. He is also a former CEO and CFO with 4 successful exits ranging from $50M-$500M, and has personally invested in private equity companies with at least a dozen successful exits.
As he has done as an operator for more than 35 years, John leads clients in vision and strategy development and guides them through building, scaling, capital raising and exiting their companies.
John founded the firm to bring to small business clients the power of highly experienced leaders. He leads a team of former C-Suite executives to bring the missing leadership ingredient to clients in a measured pace aligned with the client’s growth status. He works alongside each teammate on every engagement.
Testimonials
What Our Clients Say
Transformative client experiences.
"I have engaged Strategic CFO Solutions for several of the companies that I have invested in the financial services, real estate and food & beverage sectors. Without a doubt or hesitation, I will continue to engage them on any future investments. What you won't get is business school theory or pontification. What you will get extreme integrity, no b*llsh%t and actionable, practical advice."
Gary Allen
"I am an owner of a real estate and escrow firm. We wanted to expand our client services to include the title business. We had counsel to help with the legal aspects but we needed leadership to help present the proposed business to counsel and the regulators. We hired Strategic CFO Solutions and they helped solidify the business plan and associated model, performed a variety of scenario analyses and handled questions and requests from the regulators. With their help we were able to get regulatory approval expeditiously. They also helped us with strategic planning matters for the future growth of the firm. They don't focus on their title, they focus on getting tasks done and helping you to expand and grow your business."
Sergio Gonzalez
"We are a small business and lack the time, experience and expertise to handle an acquisition on our own. We engaged Strategic CFO Solutions and from the onset they prepped myself and the target, worked on deal structure, negotiations, pros/cons of various scenarios and decisions and ultimately helped bring the right legal counsel in to help with the legal aspects. Undoubtedly, they helped save significant legal costs but more importantly educated me on the process and advised me every step of the way. I could not have done without them and will seek more opportunities to leverage from their expertise."
Nick Johnson