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Larry Chester
Founder and President
Larry has served as a CFO for 25 years for companies including Colovos Company, Republic Windows and Doors, United Service Companies, and High Sierra Sport Company, helping them eliminate losses and improve financial operations and reporting.
Realizing that he enjoyed the challenges of helping companies that were working their way through a crisis, he joined a bankruptcy trustee for several years, analyzing the financial condition of client companies, and managing them through those difficult times.

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Paul McEntee
Paul McEntee brings over 30 years of financial consulting experience to the CFO Simplified Team. He has successfully served as the CFO at many Chicago based companies. Paul’s favorite part of his job at CFO Simplified is getting to know the people he is working with and helping them build on their already incredible journey to business success. Paul always appreciates the creativity, hard work, and commitment of the wide range of business owners, leaders, and CEOs who he works alongside. He enjoys the challenge of finding meaningful answers to the industry-specific challenges they face and jumps at the opportunity to help clients take their own unique organization to the next level.

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Mark Finckle
Mark Finckle is a senior finance executive, private equity expert, and strategic business leader. Mark brings a record of successfully executing over 200 investment banking transactions and raising more than $2B in debt and equity financing in addition to leading multiple M&A transactions. Mark began his career with PWC working as a CPA with the firm’s audit division. After earning his MBA from Northwestern University, he began a career on Wall Street as an investment banker working for several highly regarded investment banks.

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David Hughes
David Hughes brings over 20 years of executive financial leadership and strategic consulting expertise to the CFO Simplified team. Before joining our stellar outfit, he served as CFO for a $25 million plastics manufacturing company in Chicago. Some of David’s other impressive career accomplishments include his former position as Vice President for a Chicago based consulting firm, where he brought results to many billion-dollar companies including: Signet Jewelers, Pacer Logistics, and Denver’s RTD (transit authority).

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Michael Moulton
Michael Moulton’s wealth of experience as a CFO truly complements our dynamic team at CFO Simplified. Michael is based in the southwest suburbs of Milwaukee, where he serves as the face of CFO Simplified for the wider Wisconsin region. For over 20 years, his CFO work has helped grow and transform businesses within a wide range of industries including manufacturing, distribution, real estate, construction, and professional services, to name a few.

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Ed Kaplan
Ed Kaplan adds tremendous value to our team as a talented controller with a deep background in finance and operations. After many years of honing his skills with dynamic companies such as Motorola, USA Vein Clinics and American Labelmark; Ed contributes a highly valuable skillset that our clients have come to trust and rely on.

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Kevin Harris
Kevin is a QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisor and member of the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers. His diverse educational background and accounting services experience benefit small businesses in all industries. Prior to founding QuickSolvers, Kevin spent two years as a Financial Analyst at a northwest suburban Chicago manufacturing company, and then served as the CFO for a residential homebuilder and general contractor in Chicago. Kevin’s diverse educational background and accounting services experience benefit small businesses in all industries.

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Melissa Hurley
At CFO Simplified, Melissa Hurley supports every member of the team and serves as a touchpoint in the company for established clients and new connections alike. Melissa helps support the many behind the scenes aspects of running a small (but busy) business, including all aspects of operations, HR, recruiting, marketing, event planning and day-to-day correspondence with the many wonderful people connected with CFO Simplified.
