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Chuck ColesonPalm Beach Gardens, FL CFO31 Years of Experience Direct Contact: chuckcoleson@ ![]() 561.371.1246 |
Chuck is an entrepreneurial, strategic, and creative problem-solver, with over 30 years of progressive financial and operational management, and consulting experience, with an emphasis on helping the owners and senior management teams of small and midsize companies. He has the skills and experience to identify challenges and opportunities, develop strategies, and implement successful solutions, to allow a company to compete more effectively, become more profitable, and realize its potential value.
His experience spans all phases of a business' life cycle: start-up, turn-around, growth, and exit, for closely-held, venture backed, and public entities. He has had leadership roles in structuring the negotiations, due diligence, closing, and post-closing phases of asset/equity-based acquisitions and dispositions, debt & equity financings and restructurings. His industry expertise includes commercial real estate, hospitality, leisure/tourism, telecom, software development, market research, and professional services.
As an independent, consulting CFO for over 10 years, Chuck provides hands-on financial, operational and business guidance. One hallmark of his style is his emphasis on building relationships. He invests the time necessary to understand the needs and goals of his clients, and in doing so, gain a shared understanding of the current business and the vision for the future.
Chuck's clients see him as a trusted business advisor and coach, helping them to make the difficult decisions to bring about the changes required to meet their goals. He is comfortable working at all levels in an organization, to implement solutions. He understands that all areas of an organization have to work together, as a team, for a company to thrive and grow.
As a B2B CFO®, Chuck's broad experience and expertise enable him to excel in these areas:
Chuck began his career as a CPA with a current Big Four firm, serving clients in the areas of audit, tax, and consulting. From this beginning, he advanced to senior management roles in small and mid-sized companies. He has a track record of success in his over 20+ years in company management, as a CFO, COO, and President. He has hands-on management experience in all functional areas, including Finance, Operations, Sales, Human Resources, and IT.
Chuck has a B.A. in accounting from University of West Florida, in Pensacola, Florida. He was born and raised in the Midwest, and in 1973 while on active duty with the US Air Force, he relocated to Florida, where he has worked throughout his career. Presently, Chuck and his wife, Joann, have homes in Palm Beach Gardens, FL and Phoenix, AZ, and split their time between them. In his spare time, he pursues his life-long passion for golf, and is an avid reader.

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