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Florida CFO Group
(877) 352-2367ASK A CFO
Florida CF Group
(877) 352-2367ASK A CFO
Partner EmEritus

Mark Brown

Managing credit and risk, cash flow, production, lines of credit, acquisitions all add up to a complex set of demands for the business owner.
My Primary Focus:
  • Turnarounds
  • Mergers, divestitures and acquisitions
  • Cash flow management
  • Strategic and financial planning
  • Cost reduction
  • Contract negotiations
  • Change management
  • Transaction structuring
  • Debt and equity financings
  • ERP design and implementation
  • Establishing advisory boards and mastermind groups
I have extensive experience as a consultant delivering CFO services, as well as an in-house CFO. At Aavid Thermal Technologies, I was CFO as we took the company from near bankruptcy to profitability and a successful IPO in 1996. In my four-year tenure, the market value of the company went from near zero to $350 million.

My work with clients to meet these challenges focuses on helping them with:

• Strategic and financial planning
• Cash flow management
• Cost reduction
• Contract negotiations
• ERP design and implementation


In the course of working with organizations in agriculture, high technology, manufacturing and financial services as a financial executive, I have led or participated in the following:
  • Transforming a private $37 million company in financial trouble into a publicly traded, financially healthy, $100+ million international company
  • Turnaround of an $18 million company from near bankruptcy to profitability and financial health
  • Raising $22 million in new equity in an initial public offering (IPO)
  • Completing a $26 million recapitalization of a company
  • Raising $5 million in first round venture capital for a company
  • Acquiring a $25 million company
  • Selling a $20 million company
  • Acquiring a $5 million division of a major corporation

I joined the Florida CFO Group in 2011. Prior to joining the Florida CFO group, I had my own consulting firm since 1997 and have over 30 years of experience in accounting and finance in an executive leadership capacity. I earned a Bachelor of Arts in accounting and an MBA in marketing at the University of South Florida.

Professional Experience: Mergers & Acquisitions, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Change Management, Budgets, Venture Capital, Business Planning, Operations Management, Leadership, Accounting, Start-Ups, Strategic Planning, Business Intelligence, Project Planning, ERP, Managerial Finance, Contract Negotiation, Turn Around Management, Financial Analysis, Business Strategy, Business Process

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Testimonials

Simply put, Mark helped me save my company. It has been over 12 years since I first met Mark. At the time I was a budding entrepreneur that had grown my software company to about $10M in revenue and then hit a brick wall. Fortunately, one of my board members knew Mark and in a very short time Mark was able to unravel our financial mess and recommend a course of action to keep us alive.

- George R. Linscott - President/CEO, Visicon Technologies, Inc.
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