Chip heads Fahrenheit’s Private Equity business development efforts nationally. He is a problem solver, with broad situation and industry exposure that he uses to help clients overcome challenges and grow their business. Chip is skilled in leading operations and finance functions across numerous public and private industries including banking, healthcare, family business, education, manufacturing, and real estate development. He has a demonstrated ability to drive growth based on strategic vision and management of daily operations through process improvement, performance management, systems building, financial initiatives, and policy design and implementation. Chip also has experience in turnaround situations for middle market clients.
Chip’s hands on experience in C-level operating and finance roles includes building high performing finance and HR teams, designing scalable processes and systems, improving organizational communication, operational improvement, systems design and implementation, and the evaluation and hiring of outside advisors, consultants, and professional service providers. Chip has led pre-acquisition due diligence, post-acquisition integration, and new venture startups in the US and internationally. He spent his early career managing distressed loan portfolios in Boston and Silicon Valley with a specialty in lending to private equity and venture capital portfolio companies and complex debt restructurings.
Chip is a member of Fahrenheit’s Leadership Team.