Interim Leadership
Turnover in leadership talent can happen quickly and impede progress in executing your business plan.
CXO Partners interim executives join your management team at the executive committee or Board level and help guide you through every step of the transition process, guaranteeing short- and long-term success.
Why work with us
Proven C-suite executives
Strategic and operational leaders
Low-risk, agile service models
Multi-discipline teams
Interim Roles
Office of the CFO
Our interim CFOs engage with you immediately to assess, stabilize, and act. They create high-functioning entities, rock-solid processes, and efficient functions.
With a CXO Partner serving as your interim CFO, you will have an exceptionally credentialed, 25-plus-year pro who will deliver steady leadership, expertise, and positive results for your organization.
Technology & Security Leaders
CXO Partners provides a full complement of interim technology executives, including Chief Information Officers (CIO), Chief Technology Officers (CTO), Chief Information Security Officers (CISO), Chief Data Officers, and Chief Digital Officers (CDO).
Our technology executives live at the intersection of operations, technology, strategy, innovation, and business transformation to define roadmaps for and support revenue and market share growth.
Supply Chain Leadership
Our Supply Chain expertise is applied to Sales Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP), LSS, Sustainability and Inventory strategies.
We can join your leadership team as an interim or fractional Chief Supply Chain Officer or mentor your young executive. In any capacity we increase production, expand into other channels, reduce costs per unit and create new models for procurement, costs, new products and packaging. >>
Executive Operations
CXO Partners' executive operations practice includes executives and transformational consultants with Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, General Manager, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Commercial Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, and Chief Partnership Officer experience.
Our transitional executive leadership is focused on business performance, EBITDA optimization, and growth.
Use Cases
For our middle market clients, CXO Partners challenge assumptions, explore new options, and reveal new solutions missed by conventional strategies. Here are sample use cases of our work.
riceBran Technologies
RiceBran Technologies is an innovative specialty ingredient company focused on producing healthy, natural and nutrient-dense products derived from rice, stabilized ricebran and other small grains such as oats and barley. See how we transformed their X, Y Z
Columbia Forest Products
Founded in 1957, Columbia Forest Products is North America’s leading manufacturer of hardwood plywood and hardwood veneer products, used for fine cabinetry and furniture. See how we transformed X, Y and Z>>
Ultraview Archery
This innovative consumer products company's mission is to build the best bowhunting sites ever made. They were experiencing hypergrowth and were frequently out of stock. See how we transformed their supply chain capabilities and reduced assembly time by 20%>>
Bostiwick-Braun
Bostwick-Braun was founded in 1855 as a wholesale hardware distributor. Today the company has evolved to focus solely on industrial distribution. See how we transformed X, Y and Z>>
Report 2025
Top Issues for the U.S. Middle Market
From AI implementation to supply chain resiliency and alternative lenders, see this report on the top trends affecting U.S. middle market companies in the range of $50M to $1B.
What our clients say about us
Our company was acquired by Oracle. [CXO Partners] was a key player in helping to get that accomplished. They are very much integrated into our leadership team.
— Diego Pantoja-Navajas,
Founder & CEO, Logfire
The [CXO] team transformed our professional services offerings and accelerated our ability to scale. They also provided expert M&A due diligence and guidance leading to our successful exit.
— Bonz Hart, CEO, Meridium
We leveraged [CXO Partners] CFO services to grow. They helped us package two businesses that led to successful M&A exits. I can’t recommend them highly enough.
— Alexei Rojanets, President & CCO, Aptitude Health