Complete Guide to become a Catalyst CFO (CGCC)

David is the founder and managing member of Osburn & Associates LLC, a Las Vegas-based business training and contract CFO firm that provides seminars, webinars, keynote speeches, and webinars for various trade groups including CPAs, bankers, attorneys, credit union employees, credit managers, contractors, and business owners. He also provides contract CFO services for financial institutions, medical practitioners, contractors, and real estate developers.

Gary Cokins is an internationally recognized expert, speaker, and author in enterprise and corporate performance management improvement methods and business analytics. He is the founder of Analytics-Based Performance Management, an advisory firm located in Cary, North Carolina at www.garycokins.com . Gary received a BS degree with honors in Industrial Engineering/Operations Research from Cornell University in 1971. He received his MBA with honors from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management in 1974.Gary began his career as a strategic planner with FMC’s Link-Belt Division and then served as Financial Controller and Operations Manager.

In 1981 Gary began his management consulting career first with Deloitte consulting, and then in 1988 with KPMG consulting. In 1992 Gary headed the National Cost Management Consulting Services for Electronic Data Systems (EDS) now part of HP. From 1997 until 2013 Gary was a Principal Consultant with SAS, a leading provider of business analytics software.

Lynn Fountain has over 39 years of experience spanning public accounting, corporate accounting and consulting. 20 years of her experience has been working in the areas of internal and external auditing and risk management. She is a subject matter expert in multiple fields including internal audit, ethics, fraud evaluations, Sarbanes-Oxley, enterprise risk management, governance, financial management and compliance.  Lynn has held two Chief Audit Executive (CAE) positions for international companies.   In one of her roles as CAE, she assisted in the investigation of a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme perpetrated by a vendor that spanned 7 years and implicated 20 employees.  The fraud was formally investigation by the FBI and resulted in 5 indictments estimating a $13M fraud loss.

Ms. Fountain is currently engaged in her own consulting and training practice.  She has successfully executed on several consulting assignments spanning areas of accounting, risk, ERM and internal audit.  She is a highly sought-after trainer and international speaker and has produced hundreds of courses delivered through seminars, conferences and on-demand training.  She is the author of three separate technical books.  

• Raise the Red Flag – The Internal Auditors Guide to Fraud Evaluations”.
• Leading the Internal Audit Function
• Ethics and the Internal Auditor’s Dilemma

Ms. Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from Washburn University in Kansas. She has her CPA, CGMA, CRMA credentials. 


Energetic, ambitious and Result-oriented professional, offering +15 years of extensive experience in Management, operations, Finance, Audit, Risk management, marketing and Customer experience.

Manish has hands-on experience in Monthly Reporting and Pnl Analysis, Budgeting and strategic planning.

Passionate for learning and development, thinking in innovative and non-traditional ways, Manish is your business partner for growth.

Manish is experienced with leading projects for change. He has led ERP implementation for 16 hotels in Htoo Group.

Manish is focused, display positive attitude and Topline growth approach towards business problems. He believes in efficiencies and lean management.

He is also on his Entrepreneurial journey and founded https://ehotelmanagementschool.com for sharing knowledge and experience via online classes and sessions. Startup also help small hotels and other startups with finance and management consulting.

Mike Morley is a Certified Public Accountant and a recognized authority in the field of finance with more than 25 years experience in finance, including SOX and IFRS implementation.

An entertaining and informative speaker and trainer, Mike is the author of:

“IFRS Simplified” which provides a jump start for accountants and finance executives who want to quickly and easily get up to date on IFRS.

 “Sarbanes-Oxley Simplified” which is an easy-to-read explanation of the requirements of the U.S. legislation that makes CEO's & CFO's personally responsible for the accuracy of their company's financial statements.

“Financial Statement Analysis Simplified” which translates the accounting language of financial statements into clear, easy-to-understand terms that anyone who needs to make well-informed financial decisions quickly will appreciate.

Raymond Sheen, PMP® LSS BB, is president and founder of Product & Process Innovation, Inc. He is a veteran business leader with over 35 years of executive, functional, and project management experience working in GE, the US Air Force and as an independent consultant.  Ray is author of the book, Guide to Building Your Business Case, published by Harvard Business Review Press and a contributor to the book, Guide to Project Management, also published by Harvard Business Review Press.  Ray teaches process improvement, digital transformation, project management, product development and strategy development topics through Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. 

Ray received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy and his M.S. in Astronautical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He has recently completed a graduate certificate in Digital Leadership and Strategy from Boston University.    He also attended numerous business management and executive management training programs while at GE.  Ray is a Fellow at the Institute for Digital Transformation and a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).  

The focus of Ray’s work has been the management and deployment of technology in various industries and business functions including finance, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, service, and IT.   Ray has completed projects, managed teams and delivered training and consulting on three continents and 15 countries.

He has worked at the intersection of entrepreneurship, business leadership, technology, and education for over 25 years, resulting in a wide range of skills and experiences...

Entrepreneur:

• Founder and CEO of two successful businesses: Appitur® Co. (EdTech) and CPE University (training for accountants).
• Advisor and investor for startups in food services, online retail, and technology.

Business Leadership:

• Progressively responsible roles for multi-national firms in the manufacturing and software industries (Controller -> CFO and IT Director -> VP of Client Services).

Technology:

• Business Fellow for the Analytics Center of Excellence at Villanova University School of Business.
• Sold and delivered over $4 million of successful consulting projects.

Education:

• Developed and delivered over 1,300 hours of live Continuing Professional Education (CPE) for financial professionals.
• Created and taught undergrad and MBA courses in accounting and analytics for a top US university.