Cole Powell

About Cole Powell

Healthcare finance professional with a results-charged career managing audits, consulting services, and quality of earning analysis for hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, private medical offices, independent diagnostic testing facilities, and various other health care companies within the health care industry revenues up to $2 billion. I pride myself on my 20+ years of experience supporting complex and industry-leading healthcare organizations. In that time, I have also built team-centric environments to meet operational goals, delivered outstanding performance metrics, and provided strategic support to private equity and venture capital groups. As an executive business leader and strategist, I am adept at analyzing valuations and identifying high-ROI merger and acquisition projects. My exceptional qualifications in maximizing growth, cultivating outstanding teams, and leading successful organizations, both start-ups, and established enterprises, have been an essential part of my success story. I demonstrate visionary leadership as a senior-level financial professional directing projects valued at $250M+ and have provided CFO and Controller leadership services for private equity ventures valued at $750M+. I create value for companies, designing, developing, and deploying Cloud-based software solutions for a healthcare technology company. I started, developed, and served as Practice Leader for a multi-million-dollar transaction advisory services practice while also supporting healthcare audit and consulting practices. I played a critical role in landing some of the Chattanooga office\'s largest healthcare clients ranging up to $2B+ revenue. I was also instrumental in landing a million-dollar-plus fee healthcare corporate compliance and hospital physician-owned clinic and central billing office assessment projects. My dynamic and well-rounded experience includes serving as a financial consultant to Healthcare Systems, Physician Organizations, Private Equity Groups, and Portfolio Companies, Technology, Life Sciences clients.

Experience

1. Director

   Smith + Howard

   Oct 2023 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

Education

• Auburn University

  BSBA, Accounting

  1980 — 1985

• The Baylor School

  7 - 12

  1974 — 1980