Jim Winett

"A Pragmatic Leader" - recent description that pretty well sums it up.

Some recent examples:

- Acting part-time Director of Finance for new blockchain/coin venture 

- Assisted in industry roll-up over 12 years from $0 to $1.7 Billion in annual revenues

- Increased valuation of client over 18 months from $4MM to $24MM for company sale

- Acting part-time CFO for technology company focussing on cybersecurity vertical 

- Involved in approximately $2 Billion in equity and debt transactions, including friends & family rounds, angel rounds, private equity and bank debt transactions

- Founded or participated in start-up of over a dozen businesses 

Over thirty years of hands-on management and consulting experience in health and wellness, consumer products, wholesale and retail distribution, entertainment, real estate, manufacturing, troubled-youth services, business services, direct marketing and many other industries. My particular strengths lie in business growth, strategic planning, executive, coaching, business development, new product development, finance, and operational & financial restructuring.

I have provided advisory services to companies of all sizes, from Fortune 50 companies to mom-and-pop operations, with extensive international experience, including in France, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa and many Asian markets. I am a CPA (inactive), and obtained my MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Specialties: Strategic Planning, Business Development, Operational Restructuring, Leadership Development, Finance