carlos-bowden

Carlos Bowden

CFO

Wes's Key Strengths

Wes is a seasoned CFO with a proven track record of driving financial success and organizational growth. With extensive experience in building and implementing robust financial models, he has successfully led finance departments through significant growth phases and corporate restructurings.

Wes's Key Strengths

Wes is a seasoned CFO with a proven track record of driving financial success and organizational growth. With extensive experience in building and implementing robust financial models, he has successfully led finance departments through significant growth phases and corporate restructurings.

Key Strengths

  • Raising Capital
  • Finance & Growth Strategy Corporate Restructuring
  • Multinational Finance  Financial Reporting & Process Implementation

 

Wes's Key Strengths

Carlos Bowden has significant experience in driving financial strategy, growth, and successful exits for a range of global companies in a variety of industries. Under his leadership, companies successfully navigated successful acquisitions, including an eCommerce portfolio with acquired businesses driving revenue growth from $8M to nearly $100M. He also established and implemented operational policies and financial controls that successfully positioned a telecommuncation product company for a clean audit by PricewaterhouseCoopers and a successful sale to Nokia for over $200M.

Carlos is experienced in financial systems analysis and implementation, including architecting and project-managing a $3M city-wide ERP system spanning 21 departments.

He has led financial management, process improvement, audits, and financial reporting in companies across multiple global locations, including U.S., Germany, Japan, Australia, and Europe.

Carlos's Key Strengths

Industry Experience

  • eCommerce
  • Telecommunication
  • Manufacturing
  • City Government
  • Health/Medical
  • Renewable Energy
  • Biotech

Education

  • M.B.A., Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University

Key Strengths

  • Raising Capital
  • Finance & Growth Strategy Corporate Restructuring
  • Multinational Finance  Financial Reporting & Process Implementation

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