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Mike Kolar
Director
Drawing upon extensive financial management expertise across professional services, wholesale, manufacturing, retail, and eBusiness industries, Mike excels in collaborating with high-profile executives to support critical decision-making and navigate complex business, data, and system challenges. His proficiency includes financial analysis, strategic planning, system implementation, and process improvement, enabling clients to drive profitability, enhance operational efficiency, and achieve strategic goals. Mike began his career as a CPA with Arthur Andersen’s assurance practice… -
Bill McGuire
Senior Practice Director, Core Finance & Accounting Services Leader
As the Senior Practice Director for Fahrenheit’s Core Finance and Accounting Services, Bill collaborates with clients to identify and implement solutions to address their needs. Bill has worked with clients in many industries over the last 20+ years, focusing on operational efficiencies, internal processes and controls, financial reporting & analysis, and enabling technology. Bill’s career started in public accounting, serving large and small public and non-public clients. In addition to… -
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… -
Austin Long
Senior Consultant
Austin distinguishes himself as an accomplished Accounting Consultant by prioritizing his clients' needs and diligently enhancing financial efficiencies through adept process improvement and robust controls. His expertise spans a broad spectrum of accounting functions, encompassing journal entries, acquisitions, account reconciliation, and comprehensive financial reporting on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis. His journey in accounting and business analysis began in the real estate sector, where he gained invaluable insights into… -
Rob Nimitz
Senior Consultant
Rob specializes in helping his clients make solid financial decisions by focusing on their unique needs while improving processes and controls. He is skilled in all aspects of financial management, including financial analysis and projections, reconciliations and journal entries, budget preparation, cash flow management and issuing financial statements. Rob began his career in public accounting gaining vast knowledge of auditing, taxation, assurance, and governance across a multitude of industries. He… -
Tom Foster
Senior Director
Tom has 35 plus years of experience, mostly in Internal Audit, but more recently as Controller. His vast experience has given him the insight and expertise to assist clients in multiple areas such as evaluating internal controls, assessing accounting and operational processes, examining financial records, and managing accounting and audit teams. After graduating with an accounting degree from University of Virginia, Tom began his career like most accounting graduates in… -
Clay Cosby
Senior Director
Clay has over 20 years of experience managing a wide range of financial activities, including planning, analysis, forecasting, and reporting. He specializes in turning raw data into meaningful action to improve processes, fine tune strategies, and boost staff development. With expertise in operations, marketing, sales, and project management, Clay easily helps clients build strong cross-functional teams. His career has included financial oversight of numerous manufacturing, service, and sales operations. Clay… -
Catherine Lukaszewicz
Director
Catherine is a seasoned CFO and controller consultant with extensive strategic planning, process development and improvement, budgeting, financial reporting, compliance, and systems implementation expertise in privately held companies. Catherine’s experience spans across multiple industries working effectively with all organizational levels to achieve business goals. She began her career in manufacturing, where she spent more than 10 years at one company expanding her experience as the business grew from a local… -
Beth Wilkerson
Director
Beth specializes in Corporate Accounting for small to mid-sized privately held firms. With over 20 years of experience, she has a broad range of expertise in accounting and reporting, consolidating, budgeting and forecasting. Beth’s early career included working for a National Bank, a Mortgage Company and a Magazine Holding Company. She enjoyed several years in a unique internal audit group of the holding company of a power company. This job… -
Mari Litz
Director
With over 10 years of Controller experience in a variety of industries, Mari is a proven, collaborative leader providing full accounting cycle management, budgeting, financial analysis and projections, and process improvement to her clients. With a strong focus on delivering on-time, accurate, and targeted reporting specifically tailored to the company’s leadership, she helps companies gain a better insight into their company’s financial operations. Mari’s portfolio of industry experience includes real… -
Andrew Born
Senior Director
With a unique background that combines extensive transactional experience in investment banking and private equity with hands-on operational experience at an early-stage tech startup, Andrew offers an informed perspective to his clients. He delivers long-term value through his expertise in financial modeling and complex analysis, strategic planning and execution, cross-functional coordination, and executive-level reporting. His entrepreneurial spirit, intellectual curiosity, and candid communication style help him to quickly build trust with… -
Cindy Vaughn
Director
With a comprehensive skill set in accounting, encompassing process improvement, procedural documentation, financial reporting, and an adept handling of billing, invoicing, and payroll, Cindy stands as a results-driven asset within the Fahrenheit consulting team. Cindy began her career with an audit firm specializing in governmental agencies before transitioning into a pivotal accounting role within local government. She subsequently ventured into the realm of publicly held health insurance companies, where her…