๐ฆ 35 Years CFO & JP Morgan Investment Banking Experience
๐๐ฝ 850+ Clients Helped โ Startups to Established Businesses
๐ฐ $150M+ in Funding Raised
๐ 3x Entrepreneur with a Successful Exit
"๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐, ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ! ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช!!"
- Jay Lax, CEO of Avalon ABA
๐ Invite me to your job, and I'm happy to share thoughts on your business. I've done this hundreds of times - you'll walk away with something useful regardless of whether you choose to work together. โบ๏ธ ๐
Hereโs how I help:
โ Financial Clarity for Established Businesses: If you're running a business with real revenues but no CFO, I'll help you understand your numbers, find what's quietly eating your margins, and make better decisions - without the cost of a full-time hire. I work with businesses doing $1Mโ$10M in revenue who need CFO-level judgment without the CFO price tag.
โ Getting You Investor-Ready: If you're raising a round, I'll build the Financial Model, Pitch Deck, and Business Plan you need to tell a compelling story and get funded.
โ Models That Work Twice: The financial model I build will serve two needs at once - giving investors a thoughtful, comprehensive set of projections, and giving you a living document you can use to run your business more effectively.
โ Ongoing Fractional CFO Support: If you want to keep working together beyond the initial engagement, I'll act as your Fractional CFO โ helping you navigate financial decisions, build forecasts you can actually run the business from, and stay on top of cash before it becomes a problem.
๐ Fund & Investment Vehicles: LP/GP waterfall models, SPV structures, and feeder fund financial frameworks for private equity and family office clients.
Why Iโm worth talking to:
โ I've done this hundreds of times before.
๐ I'll understand your business model right away - you won't have to spend half the engagement explaining how it works.
๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ I'll ask questions you probably haven't thought about. You may end up understanding your own business better just from our first conversation.
๐ถ๐ฝโโ๏ธ I've walked in your shoes as an entrepreneur multiple times. I know what it feels like to be running a business without a clear financial picture, and I know how to fix it.
๐ I work across the full spectrum of business - from pre-revenue startups raising their first round to established businesses doing $1Mโ$10M who need real CFO judgment without the full-time hire.
Invite me to your job and let's talk through what you need!๐
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"๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐'๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ก. ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ง, ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐จ๐ ๐พ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ก๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐จ๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ช๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ก๐. ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฉ."
-Jaser Aqeedi, CEO of iDoc-Health
"๐ผ ๐๐๐ข. ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก๐ค๐ช๐จ, ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ. ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐ค ๐ข๐ช๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ, ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐จ๐ข. ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ."
- Michael Hoagland, CEO of Shopvana
"๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ก๐๐, ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ช๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐จ, ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐ง. ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐'๐จ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก. ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ."
- Shareefah Hamilton Davis, CEO of Irie Psychiatry
"๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ข๐ค๐๐๐ก. ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ข ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ค๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ฉ. ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ง, ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ช๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐จ."
-Gretchen TeBockhorst, CEO of FrameFlow
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Dawid G.
Dover, Delaware
$99/hr
5.0
52 jobs
If your AWS bill keeps climbing, production breaks under load, or a compliance deadline is getting close - the problem is rarely just AWS. Itโs the architecture.
I step into fragile systems and fix both: cloud infrastructure, and the application design running on it.
Because even perfect AWS setup cannot save software that wasnโt designed to scale, isolate failures, or handle real production traffic.
Most teams I work with are stuck in one of these situations:
- AWS costs rising every month with no clear reason
- Systems that pass tests but fail under real traffic
- Compliance pressure from regulators or auditors
- Constant firefighting instead of controlled releases
Hiring more engineers or adding more monitoring increases complexity. I simplify the architecture - both infrastructure and code-level design - so the problems stop repeating.
Recent outcomes:
- Avoided a $5M federal penalty by delivering a critical federal platform before deadline, focusing only on what was required for compliant launch
- Cut hosting costs from $96K to $14K per year by eliminating architectural waste across infrastructure and services
- Designed and delivered a FedNow-ready, Federal Reserve-compliant real-time payments system scaling to 60,000 transactions per second using horizontally scaled services built specifically for cloud behavior
What changes after Iโm done:
- Infrastructure and software designed to scale together
- Predictable AWS costs
- Systems that stay stable under load
- Clear documentation and runbooks
- A team that can operate it independently
I build boring, predictable systems on purpose. Boring systems survive audits, scale events, and 3am incidents.
If youโre dealing with cost pressure, reliability issues, or compliance risk, send me your biggest concern. Iโll tell you exactly what I would fix first and whether itโs worth doing.
If itโs not a fit, Iโll say so.
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Gigi S.
Dover, Delaware
$25/hr
5.0
6 jobs
Hi, Iโm Gigi, an accomplished author, versatile writer, and social media manager with a track record of engaging audiences and driving sales. With two published booksโone of which held a #1 spot on Amazon for three weeksโand numerous essays, I bring a unique blend of creativity and strategy to every project. My experience spans box office marketing, content creation, and social media management, making me adept at promoting tickets, books, and merchandise effectively. As a prominent influencer with millions of views on TikTok and Instagram, I excel at trend mapping and audience engagement. Letโs connect today!
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Damyan R.
Dover, Delaware
$180/hr
5.0
22 jobs
Privacy compliance is all about assessing the risks to your data processing activities and putting in place controls to prevent information about individuals being mismanaged or abused.
The challenge to accomplishing this is twofold, namely:
- have you gone into unconventional depth to understand the dynamics of those risks; and
- have you got a framework that will make it easier for you to maintain this cycle of assessing risk/putting in controls.
Similarly to achieving enviable results in the gym, the key to unlocking the value of privacy compliance is being consistent in paying attention to how your data processing activities evolve, ensuring you follow through with the assess/mitigate cycle outlined above and retaining access to a resource who can give you tailored guidance on the issues that are relevant to your organisation.
With cross-industry experience encompassing sectors such as insurance, gambling and e-commerce, I act as a strategic advisor to organisations, helping them navigate both regulatory compliance and commercial issues. Having worked with executive leadership from global conglomerates as well as boutique service providers in countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel and Gibraltar, I believe that I am capable of building relationships with an array of stakeholders, ensuring continuity of management and culture.
I am also a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), Certified Information Privacy Professional - Europe (CIPP/E) and I hold a law degree (LL.B) from Lancaster University, United Kingdom. I am also recognised as a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).
EU-US Privacy Shield
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Data Protection
Data Privacy
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Information Security Governance
Swiss-US Privacy Shield
California Consumer Privacy Act
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David C.
Dover, Delaware
$30/hr
5.0
2 jobs
As a multifaceted professional with a unique blend of diplomatic experience, professional service experience and an entrepreneurial spirit, I bring a wealth of knowledge and skills to every project. You can just look for David Celestin on Google or keep reading to learn more ... :)
## Educational Foundation
My academic background forms the cornerstone of my expertise:
- Bachelor's degrees in Law, Philosophy, and Political Science;
- Master's degree in Management;
- Beside other self taught skills in Business, Marketing, Web Design, Content Creation and
This interdisciplinary education has honed my analytical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and strategic planning skills, allowing me to approach challenges from multiple perspectives.
## Professional Experience
### Diplomatic Career
With over 7 years of experience as a diplomat, I've developed:
- Exceptional communication skills across cultures;
- Ability to navigate complex international landscapes;
- Expertise in negotiation and conflict resolution;
- Proficiency in crafting persuasive and impactful content.
### Entrepreneurial Ventures
As the Founder and CEO of DAVIDCELESTIN.COM, I've:
- Created a platform dedicated to business services, personal growth and learning;
- Developed strategies for community building and user engagement;
- Implemented effective digital marketing campaigns;
- Managed remote teams and projects across various time zones;
- Curated and created content that resonates with a specific demographic;
- Developed multilingual content strategies.
## Content Creation Expertise
My experience as a content creator spans various mediums:
- Host of The David Celestin Podcast, showcasing interviewing and audio production skills;
- Author of newsletters and blogs focusing on personal development and strategic thinking;
- Creator of educational content aimed at empowering individuals through knowledge sharing.
## Skills and Competencies
- Content Strategy: Developing comprehensive content plans aligned with business goals;
- Digital Marketing: Implementing SEO, social media, and email marketing strategies;
- Project Management: Overseeing complex projects from conception to completion;
- Data Analysis: Interpreting analytics to drive content optimization and user engagement;
- Multilingual Proficiency: Fluent in English, French, and Haitian Creole, enabling global reach.
## Why Choose Me for Your Project?
1. Unique Perspective: My background in diplomacy and entrepreneurship allows me to bring a fresh, global outlook to your projects;
2. Versatility: From academic writing to digital marketing, I adapt my skills to meet diverse client needs;
3. Results-Driven Approach: I focus on delivering measurable outcomes that align with your business objectives;
4. Cultural Intelligence: My international experience ensures sensitivity to diverse audiences and markets;
5. Continuous Learning: I stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies to provide cutting-edge solutions;
6. Strong Work Ethic: Known for meeting deadlines and exceeding expectations, I prioritize client satisfaction above all.
## Recent Achievements
- Grew DAVIDCELESTIN.COM user base by 200% in the first year through strategic content marketing;
- Launched podcast (The David Celestin Podcasts);
- Developed a comprehensive digital strategy for AYISYEN.NET, resulting in a 150% increase in user engagement.
## Client Testimonial
"David Celestin helped us implement a great marketing plan for Majesty Business Center. He designed the website for us (Majestybusinesscenter.com), helped us with branding and implementing the content creation process, launched our first social media ads, and implemented task automation to help our team be more productive. It's a pleasure doing business with David Celestin and the entire consulting DAVIDCELESTIN.COM team." - Gilner Zephyr., General Manager
## My Approach to Client Projects
1. Thorough Understanding: I begin by deeply understanding your business goals, target audience, and project requirements;
2. Strategic Planning: Develop a comprehensive strategy tailored to your specific needs and objectives;
3. Execution with Excellence: Implement the plan with attention to detail and a focus on quality;
4. Continuous Communication: Maintain open lines of communication throughout the project, ensuring alignment and addressing any concerns promptly;
5. Data-Driven Optimization: Utilize analytics and feedback to continuously improve and refine the project outcomes;
6. Long-Term Value: Focus on creating sustainable results that continue to benefit your business beyond the project's completion.
## Let's Collaborate
Whether you're looking to enhance your content strategy, expand your digital presence, or bring a fresh perspective to your projects, I'm here to help. Tell me: how can I help you today?
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