Testimonials - Nov 11, 2009

Posted by: Thomas Coffey in Testimonials

"Having Tom Coffey come into my office and help me is like me having a CFO from a very large successful company stop in to help. Tom goes right to the big picture. His comments and advice are high level from his years of experience. Because of Tom, I finally have financial reports that I understand. The rest of my office is thrilled with the clarity of both the reports we now get and Tom’s comments that make so much sense to everyone. An analogy that comes to mind is that of driving down the road at night. It is now like I finally turned on my headlights and I can see the road in front of me. Also, (he) helps post road signs that both give me warnings of where I am headed and identifies opportunities that I may take. I wish I had done this years ago. I highly recommend Tom."

    Michael Nolen, President, Michael Anthony Homes http://membrane.com/allrealestate/mah/index.php

"We located Tom through B2B CFO^® and brought him in to assist our business as interim CFO when we started. Tom provided us with experienced guidance and added value during the period he worked with us. Having the benefit of Tom’s expertise on an "as needed" basis was invaluable to our fledgling company. Tom’s rates are reasonable and well worth the services he provides. We still reach out to Tom when we have sophisticated transactional/financial questions and I highly recommend Tom to anyone who has need of a high degree of financial/business sophistication and expertise but is not yet ready or able to commit to employing a full-time CFO."

Erik Gabell, COO & Principal, Paradigm Realty Alliance, LLC http://paradigmcompanies.com

"Francis Cauffman has engaged Mr. Coffey as a part-time CFO. Mr. Coffey has provided strategic advice and has aligned our finances with our strategic goals. He has helped us reshape our Business Office and manage our cash flow. Mr. Coffey has helped us institutionalize processes to optimize profitability, cash flow and financial accountability. He works with us in our relationships with our bank and our accounting firms. Mr. Coffey has provided invaluable services, tailored to our needs and resources."

Stephen J Hegeman, Managing Principal, Francis Cauffman www.franciscauffman.com

“Tom stepped in and made a huge impact on a deal that was in more trouble than our client realized. Tom became a trusted advisor and insider to steer our client to collecting $xxx million on the sale of their business. The next time I called, Tom parachuted a guy into another deal that got back on track because of Tom understanding of the nuances of a business that is more art than science. I'm sure that we will be working on more situations leading to the most important deals in our entrepreneur client business lives."

Patrick Hurley, Managing Director, MidMarket Capital Advisors, LLC
www.mmadvisors.com

“As a growing 170 person architecture, planning and interior design firm, our growth had outstripped our financial planning tools and capability.  Tom Coffey has been a great help in sorting through and re-creating our financial reporting systems.  He has a terrific ability to communicate critical financial metrics.  He has refocused our management group on key business processes, particularly relative to project management, billing and collections.  He has assisted our comptroller in strengthening the key skill sets in our business office.  He has also been extremely helpful in reviewing and identifying issues in our ownership transition plan.  I would recommend Tom to any business doesn't have high-level in-house financial planning expertise.”

 Neil P. Hoffmann, President, Francis Cauffman www.franciscauffman.com

“Tom Coffey is one of the strongest business executives I have worked with.  He not only applies his considerable financial expertise to the issues, but provides valuable operational insights as well.  I have worked with him through ....

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