An Answer for Leadership Transitions
Turnover in leadership and talent -- both proactive and reactive -- can happen quickly and impede progress in executing your business plan and initiatives.
CXO Partners interim executives, including CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CIOs and others, join your management team at the executive committee or Board level and help guide your middle-market company 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, Strategy & Transformation
CXO Partners' executive operations practice includes executives and transformational consultants with Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, General Manager, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Commercial Officer, and Chief Marketing Officerexperience.
Our transitional executive leadership is focused on business performance, strategic initiatives, enterprise value creation, 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.
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.
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. We transformed their supply chain capabilities and reduced assembly time by 20%.
Bostwick-Braun
Bostwick-Braun was founded in 1855 as a wholesale hardware distributor. Today the company has evolved to focus solely on industrial distribution.
Our Leadership Team
Mike Casey
Managing Partner of CFO Practice
Tracy Deuell
Managing Partner, Technology Strategy Services
Shawn Holtzclaw
Managing Partner, Strategy & Transformation Services
Mark Ianni
Managing Partner, Enterprise Value Creation
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
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Next Steps
Review our team of experts or schedule a brief call. Once you schedule a call, one of our team members will contact you directly to learn more about your needs.