vcfo Austin team welcomes Ken Dorward as Managing Director
Ken Dorward joins the vcfo team as the Austin Managing Director. Ken joins vcfo to lend 25 years of experience building teams and profitability for a wide range of businesses. He excels in building sophisticated systems and processes that help bring clarity to an enterprise's finances and operations.
AUSTIN, Texas, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Ken Dorward joins the vcfo team as the Austin Managing Director. Ken joins vcfo to lend 25 years of experience building teams and profitability for a wide range of businesses. He excels in building sophisticated systems and processes that help bring clarity to an enterprise's finances and operations.
Ken has worn many hats in his career, including CEO, COO, CFO, and Chief Growth Officer, always seeking to build organizations, nurture executives, and enable easier collaboration amidst complexity.
"As vcfo continues to grow and reach out to new clients and new markets, we felt Ken was a perfect match, given his strong background in finance, administration, media, advertising and technology," said Cristina Silingardi, Vice President of vcfo. "vcfo has a terrific story and terrific people. We know Ken can help us build from that foundation."
Before joining vcfo, Ken was Chief Growth Officer and President of XLMedia's North America business unit. Earlier, he was as CFO and COO at Rakuten Advertising (Nikkei 225).
Career highlights include driving a post-pandemic return to global revenue growth ($50M) for a global media company. Ken has also led investor road shows, integrated and streamlined acquisitions, and motivated disparate international teams to pull together and build hyper revenue growth.
Of joining vcfo, Ken says, "For the first time in a 25-year rocketship career, I took some down time to consider what I wanted to do next. vcfo's mantra of 'making companies stronger' captured exactly what I was looking for: superb leadership, diverse and talented team of good people, and a carefully chosen clientele of prominent contenders."
Ken has a BS in accounting from the University of Richmond.
About vcfo
vcfo provides an integrated suite of finance, HR and recruiting support, including outsourcing and consulting solutions that improve operational performance and optimize productivity. Founded in 1996, vcfo pioneered the concept of the "Virtual CFO" with its original core offering of fractional or part-time CFO solutions. For over 27 years, we have worked with more than 5,000 clients, evolving our service offerings and geographical footprint to meet new industry and market needs—expanding what we offer, the value we provide, and the way we deliver it. At vcfo, our mission is always to make your company stronger. Learn more at vcfo.com.
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