The Neurodivergent Founder's CFO
Most CFOs hand you a 40-tab workbook and call it visibility. I build the actual tools — models, dashboards, spreadsheets — designed for how you think. And I've put interceptors in place in my own practice: systems that catch what any brain might miss and keep the work running clean without constant self-management.
"A neurodivergent brain that reads a messy business and spots what others miss — that's not a liability. That's the whole thing."
The Edge
Pattern recognition.
Hyperfocus.
Seeing the signal
under the noise.
I spent years thinking my brain was a problem to manage. Then I started running finances under pressure — across media, manufacturing, hospitality, automotive, startups — and I realized the wiring that made meetings exhausting was the same wiring that let me read a messy business and find the lever everyone else missed.
I don't hide it. I use it. And I've built a practice around serving owners who are wired the same way.
I see the signal under the numbers before anyone else in the room does. Not because I'm smarter — because my brain doesn't filter the way a neurotypical one does. That's the job.
When there's a deal on the table, a cash crisis brewing, or a business model that doesn't hold together, I lock in. That's when the wiring pays off — all the way to close.
I build the models, the spreadsheets, the dashboards — but built around how you actually process information, not how finance school says you should. Interceptors built into the system catch what any brain might drop. You get real visibility without the cognitive tax.
I'm not reading about neurodivergent founders. I am one. That trust is hard to fake, and it's the first thing owners in this community feel when we start talking.
Who This Is For
The consigliere seat doesn't change. The people I sit beside do.
ADHD, dyslexia, autism, or just a brain that doesn't run on spreadsheets. Real businesses, $3M–$100M. You've built something real — you just need a CFO who gets how you process, not one who makes you feel behind.
Founder or family at the helm, typically $5M–$100M, manufacturing, fabrication, trades, services, production. You're carrying the money side alone. That's exactly what I'm here for.
Behavioral health, mental health, and neurodivergent-led organizations. The mission doesn't survive without the money. I make the organization financially strong enough to keep doing the work.
The DOBE Advantage
DOBE stands for Disability-Owned Business Enterprise. If you're a neurodivergent founder with a documented disability and 51%+ ownership and control of your business, you may qualify for DOBE certification — and with it, access to supplier-diversity channels, corporate procurement programs, and government contracts most of your competitors can't touch.
I'm in the process myself. I'm navigating DOBE certification as a founder, and I walk alongside qualifying founders — sharing what I'm learning in real time. A regular CFO won't know what DOBE even is. A cert consultant can't run your money. A CFO who's inside it alongside you is a different thing entirely.
"You don't treat the patient. You make sure the organization that does doesn't go under — and then you help it grow."
Step 01
I'm in the DOBE process myself. I share what I'm learning — the documentation, the timelines, the things nobody tells you. We go through it in parallel, not as guide and student.
Step 02
This is the engine. The embedded CFO work — cash, reporting, capital allocation, forecasting. Designed neuro-inclusively. Low cognitive load, high visibility, built for how you actually think.
Step 03
LASEC, RAMP, Disability:IN, corporate supplier-diversity programs. Once certified, I plug you in. New revenue streams your competitors can't access — and a share of that upside.
The Pricing Logic
The certification is the hook. The retainer is the engine. The channels are the upside. Aligned all the way through.
The Network
I have a network of neurodivergent CFOs, controllers, ADHD coaches, therapists, and founder-community connectors I bring in when the work needs it. The bench is purpose-built — wired like we are, trained in the method, aligned on the mission.
"The mission IS the business model."
This isn't just a niche I serve. It's a community I'm part of and want to make stronger.
Work Together
If any of this landed — the wiring, the DOBE angle, the lane — reach out. This is the conversation most CFOs aren't ready to have.