Alan Baker, Principal

Alan Baker has 25 years of CFO and controller experience in privately held manufacturing and service companies.

In addition to CFO with manufacturing and service experience, Alan has Big Four audit experience. Alan’s strengths include cash flow management, cost reduction, budgeting and forecasting, and acquisitions.

Industry experience during that time includes primarily manufacturing but also service companies. His private industry experience has been with companies ranging in size from start up to $60 million in sales. Alan was a 2011 Cincinnati Business Courier CFO of the Year.

Prior to Alan’s CFO experience with manufacturing and service companies, he had ten years of big four audit experience leaving as a senior manager.  While much of the big four experience was in manufacturing, approximately one third of the experience was with higher education and other non-profit organizations. His strengths include cash flow management, cost reduction, budgeting and forecasting, acquisitions, banking and accounting systems including cost accounting.

Alan has a Bachelor of Science Business Administration degree in accounting from Indiana University.  He also serves on the finance committee of the Dan Beard Council of the Boy Scouts of America.