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Chris Johnson
Director, Business Development
Chris brings a strong background in private equity value creation and business development experience. At Fahrenheit Advisors, he utilizes the firm’s collaborative model and deep expertise to support the needs of private equity firms and their portfolio companies. His focus is on building trusted relationships, identifying strategic opportunities to improve portfolio company performance, and delivering invaluable expertise to clients. Chris began his career in the insurance industry before moving into… -
Scott Cook
Managing Director
Scott partners with organizations to deliver transformative human resources strategies and operational excellence, leveraging over 30 years of leadership experience in private equity, public, and privately held companies. His expertise lies in building high-performing HR functions, leading complex M&A integrations, and fostering winning workplace cultures to drive business growth. Over his career, Scott has successfully led HR due diligence and integration for more than 100 acquisitions, ranging in size from… -
Anna Harris
Managing Director, Business Development
With a career spanning healthcare, social work, and sales, Anna is a results-driven professional who excels in building strong, trust-based relationships. Leveraging a unique ability to listen, problem-solve, and empathize, Anna brings innovative solutions to clients across various industries. Her expertise in developing creative strategies and driving engagement ensures that clients can navigate challenges effectively and achieve their goals. Before joining Fahrenheit, Anna successfully influenced patient care and fostered community… -
Kyle Cubin
Senior Director
With a wide-ranging background including public accounting, controllership, operational finance leadership, and private equity and VC transactions, Kyle brings a unique and valuable perspective to his clients. He creates long-term value through his holistic view of the finance function within the business and his expertise in financial modelling, complex analysis, systems implementations, process developments, as well as technical accounting and financial reporting. Kyle began his career as an auditor with… -
Susan Lewis
Managing Director
Susan has developed a wide range of skills in finance, strategy, strategic communications, and investor relations based on her experience as a finance professional and hedge fund portfolio manager. She focuses on analyzing key metrics and the financial performance of a business to identify opportunities, both strategic and operational, to improve overall performance. Additionally, she is experienced communicating business strategy and initiatives internally and externally to engage key stakeholders like… -
Chris Thurston
Managing Director
Chris brings over 25 years of experience as a brand, marketing, and business strategist for national and international consumer and business-to-business companies. Chris currently serves clients as a fractional CMO, a brand and marketing strategist, and as a project lead on marketing initiatives. He focuses on uncovering the best and most appropriate marketing strategies to drive sales, marketing effectiveness, and ROI while optimizing resources, technologies, and teams to drive client… -
William Hall
Managing Director
Will is a results-driven executive with 20+ years of progressive leadership experience in Business Development, Sales/Marketing, and Consulting. Throughout his tenure, he has focused on growth initiatives followed by tactical execution in early to mid-stage manufacturing companies. Will’s background includes managing categories with Big Box retailers, building international markets, launching new products and new brands as well as building sales processes and commercial teams. As a Managing Director at Fahrenheit, Will… -
Peter Grimm
Managing Director, Strategy & Operations
Peter leverages his background in national security and experience as a strategy consultant and PE-backed CEO to help clients navigate rapidly changing environments. He is skilled in corporate strategy, market analysis, competitive intelligence, disruption planning, disruption preparedness, and organizational leadership. Following service in the US Navy and as a counterterrorism analyst at a US government agency, Peter spent 8 years in the Strategy Practice of Deloitte Consulting. Peter then served… -
Doug Moore
Managing Director
Doug has more than 20+ years of C Level retail and eCommerce experience with extensive experience delivering integrated strategies for operations, eCommerce, merchandising, organizational structure, acquisitions, raising capital and driving profits in the public and private sectors. He is a hands-on, high-energy executive that can drive change and results on an interim or permanent basis. His experience as a CEO in a PE or public company makes him highly flexible… -
CJ Spady
Managing Director
As a managing director, CJ provides her clients with business advisory and CFO expertise. CJ is recognized as an advocate for business in Hampton Roads. She chairs the Association for Corporate Growth's "757" Network leading the regional chapter's efforts to drive middle-market growth through networking and programming. CJ is also an active mentor with the 757 Start Up Studios and 757 Accelerator where she enjoys sharing her entrepreneurial exposures from… -
Brad Harger
Director
Brad brings over 15 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, financial sponsors, and investment banking with a focus on helping clients achieve their strategic goals. He began his career as a sell-side equity research associate specializing in the retail, restaurant, grocery, and food service industries before transitioning to investment banking with a Fortune 500 firm. There Brad collaborated with private equity firms and strategic buyers on financial due… -
Dale Lachniet
Managing Director
Dale Lachniet is a seasoned Financial and Operations Executive with over 35 years of experience. He has significant Operations and Finance experience which gives him the ability to ensure that all aspects of an operation are considered in significant decisions impacting the enterprise. He spent the first 11 years of his career working in Public Accounting with Price Waterhouse and Ernst and Young serving a variety of clients from public…