Management systems
Translate strategy into measurable plans, operating rhythms, forecasts, dashboards, and clear accountability.
Strategic finance · Operations · Execution
Turn strategy into
operating results.
I help leadership teams build the management discipline, financial clarity, and operating systems required to grow profitably—without losing speed.
30+Years leading change
CFO · COO · CIOCross-functional perspective
CPA · BSIEFinance meets operations
Austin & Texas Hill CountryAvailable for select advisory work and interim engagements
A practical point of view
Growth gets expensive when strategy, finance, and operations run on separate tracks. The answer is a management system that connects decisions to execution.
How I add value
Clarity at the top.
Discipline in the work.
I bring the perspective of an operator and the structure of a consultant—working from the enterprise agenda down to the data, processes, decision making and execution that make it real.
Profitability & scale
Build the cost, pricing, margin, and planning disciplines that let high-growth companies scale with control.
Transformation
Align organization, process, data, and technology around the few changes that materially improve performance.
Execution
Bring urgency, analytical rigor, and pragmatic execution to turnarounds, integrations, and complex transitions.
Selected results
Evidence over adjectives.
A few examples from a career spent helping organizations improve service, profitability, and execution.
Recurring savings
Led a finance transformation from executive vision through CEO and board approval.
Faster planning cycle
Redesigned global planning and budgeting with better quality, ownership, and decision support.
Less inventory
Improved service fill rates from 92% to 97% while substantially reducing finished-goods investment.
Pursuit win rate
Created a customer-value approach that clarified buying priorities and doubled proposal win rates.
Experience
Strategy through execution.
Leadership and advisory work across start-ups, middle-market businesses, global enterprises, and complex restructuring situations.
Executive leadership
CFO, COO, and CIO roles with Emerald Cloud Lab, Zero Foxtrot, Screen Innovations, State Industrial Products, and Columbus Components Group across growth, transformation, and turnaround environments.
Strategy & advisory
Serving clients across life science, healthcare, services, industrial, consumer products, and technology companies.
Dell / Perot Systems
Executive Director of Strategy & Planning and global leader of Business Design and Operations Effectiveness.
Oliver Wyman
Partner in the Supply Chain practice of a premier global strategy consultancy.
Arthur Andersen / Accenture
Progressed from staff to Associate Partner, with assignments across the U.S., Asia, and Europe.
Let's talk
Have a consequential
problem to solve?
I'm most useful where growth, economics, and execution intersect—and where a practical path forward matters more than another presentation.
cbd@craigbdelano.com ↗