AI-native CFO. The world rushes past; the numbers hold still. I build finance functions where machines do the closing, forecasting, and busywork — and humans do the thinking.
Work with me See the receiptsMost finance teams are drowning in process. I replace the process with systems: agentic AI that runs the mechanics end-to-end, wrapped in the controls a CFO actually signs their name to.
Monthly closes, consolidated reporting, and cash forecasting executed by AI agents I design and supervise — cutting cycle times from weeks to days while tightening controls, not loosening them.
13-week cash flow discipline, payment-run automation, and lender-grade visibility — built to run itself weekly, so treasury becomes a control tower instead of a fire drill.
ERP implementations, data architecture, and team builds across energy, manufacturing, services, and PE-backed environments. Millions in operational savings, delivered — not decked.
Advisory for boards and leadership teams that know AI matters but need an operator who has actually deployed it inside a real finance function — with the scars and the playbook to prove it.
The AI story only matters because the fundamentals are there.
Today: Chief Financial Officer of an industrial power-generation group — turbine technology, mobile power, and next-generation distributed energy. Full ownership of reporting, treasury, audit, and lender relationships.
Before that: two decades of strategic finance across energy, manufacturing, services, and private-equity-backed companies — the kind of environments where the numbers have to be right and the cash has to be there on Friday.
The difference now: I run my finance function with an AI operator system I built myself — agents that pull trial balances, roll the consolidation, build the cash model, and draft the board pack. It isn't a pilot. It's how the work gets done.
Texas-raised, summered-abroad. When I'm not teaching machines to close the books, you'll find me teaching my kids to take over the world, laughing at a live comedy show, soaking up the sun on the water, or building AI systems just because I can't help myself. My agents have names, personalities, and opinions about my calendar. Ask me about them sometime.
Boards, CEOs, and investors: if you want a finance organization that runs on intelligence, start here.
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