Eric Costa

About Eric Costa

Insightful, strategic CFO & COO with proven ability to quickly evaluate complex businesses & markets, identify opportunities, develop strategies, and execute plans to deliver superior performance and value. Special expertise building teams, transforming organizations, and leading game-changing initiatives. Inspiring leader with a collaborative and empowering management style. Outstanding analytical skills. Extensive experience working with tech startups. Background in engineering, operations and project management provide unique perspective and insights to business and financial strategies. MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and BS in Chemical Engineering from MIT. STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP. Rescued a financially distressed video game software company. Developed action plan and drove results to address immediate challenges while charting a long-term vision for the future. Led company to a successful exit via acquisition by Rockstar Games. • MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS. Successfully positioned a software development company for acquisition and led the executive team through the negotiation and sale process, resulting in a $21M exit. • CORPORATE FINANCING. Secured over $16M of venture capital and strategic partner financing for a technology startup. Personally pitched and negotiated the deals. • FINANCIAL PLANNING & ANALYSIS. Dramatically turned around a $100M+ video game business using sophisticated financial models to provide insights and actionable financial guidance. • TEAM BUILDING. Built, mentored, and inspired outstanding teams in operations, finance, and HR, and dramatically transformed the company’s operations infrastructure to support business growth of 50%. • CLIENT RELATIONS. As the key executive contact for major clients, built strong relationships with client executives, earning their respect and trust. Successfully resolved a number of challenging client issues and budget problems to the mutual satisfaction of all parties. • STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS. Established key strategic partnerships for a technology company, including one that generated more than 25% of the firm’s revenue within a year. • MENTORING & ADVISING STARTUPS. Mentor and advisor, cheerleader and friend, to entrepreneurs and CEOs of over two dozen startups from diverse industries, especially high tech. Many have successfully raised equity financing; several successful exits.

Experience

1. Mentor

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   Sep 2022 — Present · Lowell, MA, US

Education

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Science - BS