Jon is a proven, energetic and passionate business leader with 35+ years of diversified business experience that includes executive leadership skills, strong financial management, operations, human resources, customer relations, and performance management. His strong communication, interpersonal skills, and passion, combined with significant business skills, has led consistently to successful results.
Jon began his career as an audit manager with the global accounting firm KPMG and has since worked in a wide range of companies ranging from start-ups, high growth ventures, turnaround situations, not-for-profits and $1+ billion public firms. Jon’s strengths include executive leadership skills, strong financial management, operations, human resources, customer relations, and performance management. Prior to his business consulting career, Jon gained significant operational and leadership experience from 14 years as CFO of a rapidly growing PC manufacturer and distributor.
Jon provides CFO and advisory services to develop financial modeling, strategies and profit improvement plans to increase longterm value and near term cash flow. Jon was awarded the Turnaround of the Year award by the Turnaround Management Association and was recognized in the Journal of Corporate Renewal.
Jon is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is an Ironman Triathlete and received his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management.
Jeff Sands
Jeff grew up in working in his family’s manufacturing business and returned as an adult to help grow, fix, grow again, fix again and eventually