David McClain

Background

About David McClain

David is a highly accomplished, results-driven, multi-unit, multi-brand restaurant/retail finance executive with twenty-three years of diverse experiences in management of privately held and private equity backed entities. An effective leader who works closely with his team to develop, drive growth and increase efficiency to achieve organizational goals. A strong relationship developer and manager of internal and external stakeholders as well as with financial and legal advisors for the business to create value. Experience in managing multiple departments including Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Payroll, HR, Risk Management, Development, and IT. David has proven himself invaluable for major projects, implementations, acquisitions, sales, and in pressure situations being able to complete the tasks on tight deadlines, or under pressure from outside sources. He is also very proud of his unconventional path to get to CFO by working every position in accounting and finance over his 20+ year career never afraid to get hands-on if needed. He has gained a wealth of knowledge that can be valuable for any company. He has been through going public with SOX compliance, sales, acquisitions, doing startups, transitions, system implementations, outsourcing, setting up departments, traditional financing, securitization financing, bankruptcy reporting, PE reporting, compliance reporting to name a few. When not working with his team David enjoys spending time on the beach or in the water with his wife of 25 years and his three adult children. David on occasion has been found to enjoy a round or two of golf or taking in a football game.