McCracken is a CFO advisory firm specializing in providing companies with interim and fractional CFO leadership through transition. McCracken supports organizations with:Interim CFO servicesFractional CFO servicesFinancial Leadership DevelopmentM&A advisoryPrivate equity portfolio supportCapital raisingSystems advisoryTalent placement services

Independent full-time and part-time engagements managing and assisting in transaction readiness, operations and profit improvement, acquisition integration and reporting stabilization. Specializing in stakeholder alignment and project management oversight with the ability to drive executive results and simultaneously performing "deep dive" initiatives required by the middle market. Experienced in carve-out enterprises and operations with the goal being to achieve stable stand alone results aligned with financial goals and operating efficiencies.

Paradigm is a boutique advisory firm that provides complex accounting advisory solutions to middle market companies that are going through change. We assist our clients with external audit support, carve-outs, technical accounting, IPO readiness, transaction due diligence and other challenges commonly encountered in the ripples of a transaction. Our change-agility and focus on the middle market provides us with the ability to consistently deliver positive outcomes to our clients and ensure critical timelines are achieved.Experience Section:Paradigm Advisory has a middle market focus serving a wide variety of organizations, including privately-held, private-equity sponsored, and publicly-traded companies providing solutions that include:- Transaction Due Diligence Services- First 100 Days Post-Transaction Integration and Acquisition Accounting Support- External Audit Support and Purchase Accounting (ASC 805)- Technical Accounting Advisory (including ASC 606, ASC 842, ASC 852 & ASC 718)- Capital Market Support – IPO, S-4, 144A- Carve-Out/Divestiture Support- Finance Transformation - CFO Advisory and Interim Management

Performed transaction support on both buy and sell side opportunities, strategic and tactical financial system design and implementation, acquisition management with a focus on "first 100 days" initiatives, transformational program design and execution, restructuring and capital re-design actions with rigorous stakeholder reporting and alignment.

Served numerous international private equity firms in US, Europe and Middle East integrating new acquisitions, re- engineering the office of the CFO, re-structuring operations and reporting, refinancing and re-structuring debt in successful and stressed firms and stabilizing the enterprises for the next wave of strategic growth opportunities. Successfully executed change management while working with other operational experts to obtain proven ROI driven results.

Created by $400 M fund to acquire and develop over $500M of real estate development volume specializing in high rise residential and hospitaility assets in major urban locations such as New York, Miami and Atlanta. Responsible for all significant agreement design and execution, development management and finance sourcing, In prior development positions also developed over 1 million square feet of Class A office, retail, light industrial and residential with successful repeat relationships in construction and finance.

Vice President and CFO with responsibility for US, Canada and Mexico for manufacturing and distribution operations that included international supply chain, EVA analysis with KPI creation, divisional structuring, KANBAN manufacturing, JD Edwards, SAP and supply chain systems integration, real estate venture creation and world wide sourcing analysis.

Responsilble for profitable operations of 2 service enterprises with multiple disciplines and during the digital revolution. Managed merger and acquistions, process management, resource allocation, real estate and joint ventures, investor relations, PR services, national and local media purchasing and internet protocol and management with over 250 employees in multiple locations.

3 years on the audit team and 3 years in the tax department with an emphasis on banking, real estate, and manufacturing and distribution.