Chris Quish

About Chris Quish

I spent 15 years inside enterprise software companies - leading M&A, product, and operations at OpenText, Gigamon, Tungsten Automation, and PE-backed platforms - watching CFO teams drown in the same problems that never get solved. M&A integration challenges. Month-end close takes too long. Cash is trapped in AR because nobody catches exceptions early enough. Revenue leaks through pricing errors and scope creep that only surface at audit. The tools exist. The intelligence doesn’t.That’s why I built Orchestrai8 (O8). O8 deploys AI agents directly into CFO workflows - Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Record-to-Report - that analyze signals across your existing systems, recommend actions with confidence scores, and earn automation over time as your team builds trust. Not another dashboard. Not a rip-and-replace. An intelligence layer that sits on top of what you already have and makes it - and your people - smarter.The platform is live. 16 AI agents. We’re partnering with mid-market CFO teams ($50M–$1B revenue) who are tired of waiting for their ERP vendors to figure out AI.If your finance team is spending more time wrangling data than making decisions, I’d love to show you what we’ve built.Through Trinsic Advisors, I also advise CEOs and Boards on growth strategy, M&A integration, operational transformation - including how to build AI-nascent software - primarily for PE-backed and growth-stage software companies.

Experience

1. Managing Director

   Trinsic Advisors

   Jul 2024 — Present · Pittsburgh, PA, US

   My advisory work — particularly in post-acquisition integration and financial operations — is what revealed the gap that became Orchestrai8. Every engagement reinforced the same pattern: CFO teams drowning in operational complexity that existing tools weren’t designed to solve. Trinsic Advisors supports CEOs, Boards, and investors through growth, transformation, and strategic inflection points.• Advised on $1B+ in AI, SaaS, automation, and cybersecurity investments for PE firms, hedge funds, and strategic buyers• Delivered multi-million-dollar cost savings by redesigning operating models, streamlining vendor ecosystems, and modernizing workflows• Rebuilt GTM, product, and operating structures, generating $millions in incremental pipeline across multiple clients• Designed and implemented OKR and KPI systems that improved execution cadence, accountability, and cross-functional alignment

Education

• George Mason University – Costello College of Business

  MBA, Finance & Business Valuation

• University of Connecticut

  BA, Political Science

Skills

• Program Management
• Alliances
• Cloud Computing
• Acquisition Negotiations
• Valuation
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Strategy Development
• Strategic Partnerships
• Corporate Development
• Leadership
• Division Management
• Due Diligence
• Management
• Venture Capital
• P&L Management
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Financial Analysis
• Private Equity
• Crm
• Business Alliances
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Acquisition Integration
• Acquisitions
• Product Management
• Strategic Planning
• Process Improvement
• Product Development
• Enterprise Software
• Analysis
• Executive Management
• Business Planning
• Operations Management
• Managed Services
• Integration
• Portfolio Management
• Mergers
• Start-Ups
• Investment Banking
• Business Development
• Software as a Service (Saas)