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

Recent News & Articles By Jerry Vance

How Ignorance of HR Laws Can Destroy Your Business
A business owner looking over his desk with low lighting wondering how to get around new HR and human resources laws from preferred cfo

How Ignorance of HR Laws Can Destroy Your Business

Jun 18, 2025 12:15:00 PM 3 min read
How Much Does a Fractional CFO Cost?
Two people conducting business at a desk and calculating costs of a Fractional CFO from Preferred CFO

How Much Does a Fractional CFO Cost?

Jun 14, 2025 12:45:00 PM 10 min read
Five Common Finance Mistakes Made by Startups
Business owner running out of a building and losing money in their startup

Five Common Finance Mistakes Made by Startups

Jun 5, 2025 9:30:00 AM 4 min read