Peter Geise

About Peter Geise

Focus CFO provides chief financial officer-level services to the small and medium-size businesses and their owners. Our mission is to provide business owners and management teams with the CFO-level support they need to optimize operations, manage the financial information of their business, and gain a firm grasp on internal cash flow and business profitability.Contact me at p••••••@focuscfo.com OR call 33••••••60.As the #1 CFO services provider in the Midwest and Southeast, FocusCFO has emerged as the clear market leader in providing world-class fractional CFO support, specifically benefiting companies in the $2 to $30 million revenue segment.FocusCFO empowers small and medium-sized businesses through sound financial management, forward thinking insights & tools, and proactive financial strategies so they can improve internal cash flow, reduce business risk and increase the value of their business … ultimately helping them realize their short and long term goals and dreams.Currently we are operating in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. We are looking for entrepreneurial people to join our team as Area Presidents and CFOs.

Experience

1. Akron Area President (Fractional CFO Interim CFO Part-time CFO Embedded CFO Contract CFO)

   FocusCFO®

   Apr 2017 — Present · Cleveland/Akron, OH, US

   Contact me at p••••••@focuscfo.com OR call 92••••••77.As an experienced business executive with over 30 years of experience in small family-owned businesses as well as Fortune 100 companies, I am passionate about fueling economic development in my community by helping small and medium-sized businesses grow and thrive.With over 110 seasoned business executives, Focus CFO empowers small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) through sound financial management, forward-thinking insights & tools, and proactive financial & operational strategies so they can improve internal cash flow, reduce business risk, and increase the value of their business.ultimately helping business owners to realize their short and long term goals and dreams. Companies that benefit the most from working with FocusCFO:o Currently. generate $2M to $20M a year in revenue.o Are ready to maximize cash flow & profitability.o Need better insights to where they are making money and where they are not.o Have internal accounting support & an outside CPA providing accounting and tax expertise.o Want an objective affordable enterprise experienced expert to help make it happen? Check out what our clients say in SUCCESS STORIES video below.

Education

• Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

  1987 — 1991

• Colgate University

  AB, Physical Science

  1974 — 1978

Skills

• Team Leadership
• Multi-Cultural Team Leadership
• Sales
• Integration
• Global Business Development
• Strategic Partnerships
• Process Improvement
• Executive Coaching
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• P&L Oversight
• Financial Performance Improvement
• Six Sigma
• Global Strategy Development
• Business Strategy
• Acquisition Integration
• Professional Mentoring
• Entrepreneurship
• Strategic Alliances
• Sales Management
• Business Savvy
• Development Strategy
• Business Development
• Inventory Management
• Coaching
• Driving Operational Excellence
• Talent Acquisition
• Plastics
• Kaizen
• New Business Development
• Employee Management
• Iso
• Business Alliance Development
• Business Acumen
• Operational Streamlining
• Operational Excellence
• Divestitures
• Performance Improvement
• Strategic Planning
• Strategy
• Strategy Execution