Jeff Dean Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas

Assisting small to medium-sized technology businesses on a consulting basis with growth, financing, planning, strategic, system, scaling and acquisition matters on a part-time basis.

Austin, Texas Area

Consulting CFO pre-launch (pro-bono 2019) and full-time CFO in 2020-2022 of an independent, nonprofit newsroom (19thnews.org) reporting on gender, politics and policy. The 19th seeks to be a source of news and information for those who have been underserved by and underrepresented in American media and to provide them with the information, community and tools they need to be equal participants in our democracy. I implemented and managed all back office functions/systems from launch to critical mass (45 employees) including launching this business during a pandemic (which altered our approach considerably).

Austin, Texas Area

https://community.spiceworks.com/ Led the accounting and finance team through a quadrupling of revenues (100->400 employees) for this leading small business system management application (free) and IT community company. Spiceworks was venture-backed and listed multiple years as a top-ten place to work in Austin.

OTX Corporation was a leading online consumer marketing research company. I led the finance and accounting team through a quadrupling+ of revenues, new systems, profit margin growth and ultimately a sale process to a much larger competitor. Named LA Business Journal “CFO of the Year” in Sept 2009 for small private companies for work at OTX Corporation.

A $7B+ real estate project to develop a large amusement, entertainment, educational, resort and retail complex in Syracuse NY.

ePartners was the leading eBusiness solutions provide to the emerging middle-market.I was responsible for all professional services personnel in 24 offices serving 2700 client engagements.