Jacob Whittaker Email & Phone Number

Chief Financial Officer and Senior Finance Executive with over 25 years of financial leadership. I am passionate about building and developing teams to be strategic business partners impacting growth and profitability while pursuing efficiency and process improvements. I have a ‘go and see’ leadership style and am naturally inquisitive with a “learner/teacher” approach to resolving work challenges.I have led in Private Equity backed, Private (Family) owned, and Public companies from middle / lower-market to Fortune 500. Experience includes manufacturing, consumer services, distribution and construction industries.I am experienced in leading diverse and remote / multi-site teams across the U.S. and internationally. I bring diverse perspectives and experiences to the team, having lived and worked in three different countries and am also fluent in Portuguese.I am known as a strategic business partner with an ability to connect with people at all levels to drive organizational success. With a strong accounting background (CPA and Master of Accountancy) I am able to be very tactical in building and strengthening foundational needs while intentionally coaching my team towards becoming best in class and “influencing the score” instead of just “keeping the score”.