Donald Hayden

About Donald Hayden

Innovative Finance Leader helping build strategic partnerships with Investors, Board Members, CEOs, and Entrepreneurs of Startups through Series C in multiple industries to drive multimillion-dollar growth. Enjoys fast-paced environments where creativity and leadership are needed to galvanize stakeholders and teams to continuously drive growth.AREAS OF STRENGTH & EFFECTIVENESS Leverages Partnerships & Relationship-Building to Create New Opportunities· Builds deep partnerships with CEOs, Partners, and Key Stakeholders.· Uses a force multiplier method to fully understand their business goals to create leveraged marketing opportunities beyond the obvious to maximize everyone’s time, effort, and outcomes.· Efforts have generated $320ml+ in capital investment over time and $190ml+ in successful exits. Transforms Organizational Growth through Innovation· Creates a shared transformation vision by bringing in key stakeholders across the organization to be part of crafting the vision, steps back, and allows people to capitalize on their strengths to actualize.· Continuously innovates to increase results.· Strategically reallocates resources, repurposes content, and leverages partnerships continuously. Solves Multi-Layered Complex Problems· Continuously looks at teams, partnerships, tools, platforms, and technology to maximize strengths, optimize efforts, and solve complex multi-layered problems.· Visualizes the end goal, looks, at all angles of stakeholders to find win-win solutions, and never gives up. Utilizes Servant Leadership to Develop Talent· Servant Leadership mindset. “I believe it’s a leader’s job to clear the obstacles so everyone can do the work.”· Led a large teams with multimillion-dollar budgets and revenue goals. Uses Data, Technology, & Innovation to Optimize Financial Operations· Continuously analyzes data through research, analytics, industry benchmarks, and social media analytics, engagement, etc, using the data to create solutions and make complex decisions.· Uses data analysis continuously as the driving tool for 20+ years of decision-making that has led to exponential revenue growth. WHAT TO DO NEXT? Connect and message me to discuss how I can help support your business growth.

Experience

1. CFO Managing Partner

   The Summit Group

   Jan 2021 — Present · Salt Lake City, UT, US

   CFO Advisory providing expert finance and accounting services for fast-growing Startup through Series C companies to maximize scale and profitability.

Education

• Western Colorado University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Accounting and Finance

• The George Washington University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA