Rusty Oesch

He is a driven strategic thinker with an entrepreneurial spirit. He has an established record of success in growing and sustaining shareholder value with large ($2B) and small ($1.5M) companies. 

► FINANCIAL PLANNING: With over three decades of experience as a CFO and Financial Advisor, Rusty has created and supported multiple companies financial planning as both a CFO and as an advisor.  He has extensive experience with financial modeling platforms and excel creating sophisticated forecasting allowing business to flourish running the business from those forecasts/budgets.

► SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATIONS: He developed and integrated advanced POS, ERP, and CRM systems to foster team collaboration in customer service, pricing, and problem-solving, which led to a revenue increase from $25 to $74M and net profit growth from $4.5M to $10M.  Expert in multiple accounting ERPs including Macola, Acumatica, Epicor, NetSuite, Sage, QB Enterprise, QB online and several others

► SALES & EXPENSE CONTROL: Supported the growth from 2 internal sales reps to 25 outside reps and 3 regional managers, while creating achievable sales forecasts.  Utilized MS SSAS (Cube) to run revenue and profit margins by sales rep, customer, product type, and product for over 3,000 customers and 6,000 skus with price lists for each customer

► DEBT RESTRUCTURING / PROFIT IMPROVEMENT / TURNAROUND: Took multiple real estate partnerships through the bankruptcy process in the 2008 R/E crisis emerging on the other side and successfully exited the partnerships without personal loss.  Restructured several loans yielding better terms allowing for better cash flow.

► MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Instrumental in multiple successful M&A transactions totaling >$100M.

Led one company through 5 acquisitions over 3 years, with revenue growing from $18M to $75M resulting in a successful PE exit with a 14 EBITDA multiple resulting in a 3x return for the PE Group      

► FINANCE & TREASURY: Raised > $200M+ in public debt and equity offerings, private equity, bank debt, capital leases, term notes, asset-backed revolvers, letters of credit, etc. 

► RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: 

•       Audit manager for KPMG with clients ranging from $100M to $2B in sales

•       CFO of Real Estate Partnerships, a hospitality company, construction, medical device manufacturing, pathology supply manufacturing, including 5 different Private Equity Groups, and COO of an oil reclamation company

We have relationships developed over the last 20 years throughout North America in the event multiple members of a C-Suite are required to parachute in to assist in an engagement. We can draw on existing relationships, employees, and other members of C Suite Support to scale at a client’s request for their specific needs. Fractional CFO work is more than a part-time CFO, it is a true discipline to know how to coordinate fractional CFO engagements.