Part time CFO or Interim CFO - John Autrey

John Autrey is co-founder of RANKIN McKENZIE LLC, North Carolina's largest and most trusted financial management firm. As a hands-on financial executive with over 28 years of CFO and Controller experience, Mr. Autrey specializes in providing seasoned financial management leadership to small technology development, service, and distribution companies.

As a chief financial officer, Mr. Autrey is responsible for overall financial management of companies, financial reporting, and multiple corporate functions including Controller, Treasury, and investor relations. In addition to performing CFO and Controller duties for companies in Raleigh and beyond, Mr. Autrey has extensive experience in building administrative and financial infrastructure, managing accounting functions, developing financial plans, cash management, mergers and acquisitions, debt restructuring, raising capital, and human resource oversight. He also has a strong background in assisting early stage companies by building a cost-effective financial and administrative infrastructure and growing relationships with their investors. Currently, Mr. Autrey serves as the part-time CFO for Oncoscope Inc. and BioAgilitix Labs Inc.

A North Carolina native, Mr. Autrey earned his Bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina and a Master's in Business Administration from Wake Forest University. Additionally, he is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and North Carolina's Association of CPAs.

Professional Career Highlights:

• Mr. Autrey served as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Pliant Systems Inc., a NASDAQ-traded telecommunications company, where he prepared annual and five-year Business Plans in a dynamic operating environment and presented to board of directors, investors, and bankers. He also coordinated the preparation of a $60 million placement offering with investment bankers.
• As the former partner of Tatum CFO Partners LLP, he served as part-time CFO or part-time co-CFO for several emerging growth and start-up companies. He assisted in successful negotiations with legal counsel to sell a three-year old start-up company to a large, publicly traded company and negotiated equipment lease credit lines in excess of half a million dollars.
• Mr. Autrey has also served as Vice President of Finance and Administration for IKON in Raleigh, a subsidiary of IKON Office Solutions (now Ricoh). As VP, he negotiated the break-up of a $24 million office equipment subsidiary, negotiated the purchase of a $2 million privately held office equipment distributor, and was responsible for all due diligence.
• Mr. Autrey began his financial management career at Price Waterhouse (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers).