John Karnes
Chief Financial Officer @Clarity By Mpulse
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WORK HISTORY
Chief Financial Officer @Clarity By Mpulse
Madison, CT, US
As CFO at Clarity Software Solutions, I anchored the transformation team that doubled EBITDA and spearheaded the highly successful exit in August \'25 for PE owner Morgan Stanley of this leading SaaS member-engagement platform facilitating communications between healthcare plans and their patient-members ($170M revenue), driving ARR with new products and disciplined business operations, gross-margin expansion through strategic procurement and pricing, and bottom-line efficiency with data and systems automation. Implemented SaaS revenue model with cloud-based platform subscription, achieving $50M ARR Orchestrated value creation plan with metric-based initiatives for new products, sales operations, commercial and pricing, and business operations, boosting over $40M of enterprise value Drove development of six high-margin products generating first-year bookings over $8M Accelerated revenue growth 6% by initiating APIs, unbundling pricing, and tracking entitlements Boosted gross margin 5% through material RFPs, vendor substitution, and operational initiatives Instituted data-driven pricing schema incorporating unit cost, product margin, and client usage Automated financial operations with NetSuite, Zone Billing, IronClad CLM, and Vena Planning
EDUCATION
SMU Dedman School of Law
Doctor of Law - JD, Law
Texas McCombs School of Business
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Accounting
Texas McCombs School of Business
Postgraduate Certificate, Artificial Intelligence For Leaders
MIT Sloan School of Management
Postgraduate Certificate, Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy
ABOUT JOHN KARNES
Strategic, results-oriented private equity CFO driving growth, profitability, and…
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