Sam Hartwell

About Sam Hartwell

Operationally oriented Bay Area CFO of the Year Finalist with combination of (1) insight into core business economics,(2) expertise scaling growth-stage enterprises,(3) overseas experience,(4) hands-on enterprise accounting system conversions,(5) oversight of non-financial KPIs, and (6) collaborative and entrepreneurial approach.

Experience

1. CFO & Founding Partner

   Soprocfo

   Nov 2012 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Provide CFO and accounting services on a part-time and interim consulting basis. Focus on early-stage growth and turnarounds in social impact and technology industries. Notable projects include: • Sigora. Provide part-time CFO and accounting to venture that builds and operates micro-grid utilities based on renewable, primarily solar and wind, energy in emerging economies.• Synergy Organic Clothing. Provide part-time CFO and accounting to clothing designer using organic materials from India and Nepal, to create jobs and a sustainable supply chain.• UtilityAPI. Provide part-time CFO and accounting to company that makes it easy for solar companies to access utility bill and usage history to validate energy savings for homes.• EveryLayer. Provide part-time CFO and accounting to company that aims to radically lower the cost of Internet connectivity across emerging markets.• Pivot Works. Provide part-time CFO and accounting to company that eliminates the burden of urban sanitation in emerging markets by converting human waste into industrial fuel.• Hope Through Health. Provide part-time CFO and accounting to nonprofit that is the only international NGO providing lifesaving healthcare in a northern region of Togo.• We Care Solar. Provide part-time CFO and accounting to nonprofit that reduces maternal mortality by providing solar energy to health clinics in developing regions for lighting.• BSR. Interim CFO for $22 million consulting firm with offices in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, New York, Paris, Denmark, San Francisco and Japan. • Worldreader. As part time CFO, led development of strategic plan to reach tens of millions of mobile device users with largest digital library of African and Indian literature. • VisionSpring. As consulting CFO, helped develop business model to secure $1 million debt financing. • Driptech. As consulting CFO, led strategic planning to sell patented irrigation technology in India.

Education

• Dartmouth College

  A.B., Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy

  1982 — 1986

• Yale School of Management

  MBA, Finance, Operations

  1991 — 1993

Skills

• Impact Evaluation
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Strategic Partnerships
• Corporate Finance
• Social Entrepreneurship
• International Development
• Budgets
• Finance
• Non-Profits
• Nonprofits
• Analysis
• Financial Analysis
• Competitive Analysis
• Start-Ups
• Entrepreneur
• Business Model Development
• Strategic Planning
• Strategy
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Investor Relations
• Entrepreneurship
• Venture Capital
• Fundraising
• Financial Modeling
• For-Profit
• Business Strategy
• Social Enterprise
• Leadership
• Consulting
• Forecasting
• Managerial Finance
• Turnaround Experience
• Management
• Business Planning
• Erp Implementations