Best Bench Consulting

Best Bench Consulting is a management consulting firm founded by Darren Gacicia. Darren has over five years of experience in the cannabis industry. After managing the vagaries & complexities of the emerging cannabis business and twenty years spent working on Wall Street with several industries, he is well equipped to manage engagements across business sectors. Best Bench Offers: * Fractional/Interim CFO Services * Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO) * Business Startup Execution * Capital Raise Preparation * Operations Optimization * Inventory Management * Turnaround Management * Change Management * Restructuring * Due Diligence About the Founder: Prior to founding Best Bench, Darren spent the five years as a C-Suite executive at high growth and profitable cannabis companies in California, Michigan, and New York. His work includes corporate turnarounds, exit transactions, and IRS liability negotiations. Notable work: * First Dispensary in NYC. Fractional CFO. Housing Works Cannabis (NY), since November 2022 * Successful Turnaroud & Exit. CFO. 3Fifteen (MI), from October 2020 - February 2022 * Top 5 Dispensary in CA & Thought Leader. CFO & Acting CEO. Eden Enterprises (CA), June 2018 - March 2020 Prior to his management roles, Darren worked on Wall Street for nearly twenty years with companies in the Energy, Shipping, Utilities, and Retail, and Technology industries. During his tenure in finance, he worked with firms like Morgan Stanley, Guggenheim, and Citigroup. Darren holds an MBA from Michigan (Ross School of Business). He graduated from Bowdoin College with an AB in Government & Environmental Studies. Darren was raised in NJ, where he graduated from Delbarton School.