Topic: The Role of the Middle Market CFO – Moving from Functional Excellence to Driving Value
Speaker: Mike Hutson, Founder of Edge Business Strategies
Presentation:
The role of middle market CFO’s in today’s fast-moving environment is very challenging, requiring wearing many hats as well as agility in continually responding to issues and opportunities.
This session will be a highly interactive discussion covering the following:
1. What is Functional Excellence?
2. Driving value
- Creating a healthy economic engine
- Becoming a strategic partner
3. How do I get there?
Speaker’s bio:
Mike is the Founder of Edge Business Strategies, a company he founded to help business owners improve performance, drive growth, enhance value and prepare for the inevitable transitions. He has spent the bulk of his 38-year career working as a Chief Financial Officer for private and family owned entrepreneurial companies, scaling five companies along the way. As a strategic partner with Chief Executive Officers, Mike has crafted and executed strategic initiatives to improve performance, drive growth, succession planning as well as mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. With a diverse operationally focused background in manufacturing, distribution, logistics, technology, and other commercial businesses, coupled with “Lean” management training and experience, He provides a truly unique perspective. Mike’s experience includes companies ranging from small start-up operations to entities with up to $1 billion in annual revenue.
Mike Hutson, CEPA, CPA
Founder
Professional EOS® Implementer
Awards
- CFO of the Year Honoree, Indianapolis Business Journal (2008)
- Member of the Year, American Production & Inventory Control Society, Indianapolis Chapter (1991)
