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Frank was an excellent early-stage CFO for Pod. He helped clean up our financial processes to GAAP standards as well as establish ongoing metrics-driven reporting that we actionable for the business. Additionally, he was able to foresee compliance requirements including Human Resources related requirements in various states of operations and implemented our PEO. He was a true team player and worked with us holistically to expand and grow the business thereafter. Frank is an asset to any early-stage team looking for financial expertise and to stay on top of the regulatory landscape.


Larissa Russell
CEO & Cofounder at Pod Foods

Frank Slacik

CFO Consultant

As a strategic hands-on CFO and former founder, Frank Slacik loves building businesses and the finance teams that support them. He partners with CEOs to target their vision and priorities and free them to focus their energy where most optimal. He has a disposition for methodical action and collaboration with management teams to drive growth.

Navigating Growth
Frank has helped several startups with little or no revenues scale through steep growth:

  • $0 to $80M over 5years at JMP Securities
  • $50K to $20M over three years at Pod Foods
  • Tripled revenues over three years at Blue Fog Markets

Building Finance Teams

  • Often the first finance hire, hands-on Day 1
  • Initiates cash management and expense controls
  • Audits accounting in compliance with GAAP
  • Builds KPI-driven models and forecasts
  • Projects cash needs, assesses financing and fundraising
  • Scales the finance team economically

Raising Capital

  • $34M 144A offering, $16M private placements, $10M bank line at JMP Securities
  • $16M Series A and seed, $2M bank line at Pod Foods
    VCs: Microsoft M12, Moment, Unshackled, Industrious
  • $4M seed at Panorama AI

Modeling
Frank employs a rigorous modeling process that includes discussing the business with every
member of the management team to build aggressive, credible forecasts that are:

  • Driven by the CEO’s vision and the Board’s objectives
  • Owned by the entire management team
  • Used to drive and measure performance
  • Transparent and alterable in review by potential investors

Transactions and Exits

  • IPO Prep for JMP Group
  • Sale of Compass Analytics to Black Knight
  • Acquisition of competitor for Pod Foods
  • Founded and sold Blue Fog Markets (two-location café/gourmet retail)

Sectors
AI, LLM, SaaS, fintech, B2B, online marketplace, retail, wholesale distribution, 3PL, export,
investment banking, commercial banking

Global Perspective

  • CFO for ThinkEquity, owned by UK-based Panmure Gordon
  • Controller roles in Prague, Russia and Poland
  • Dual citizen with US and EU passports

Credentials

  • MBA Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
  • BS Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
  • CPA Arthur Andersen & Co
  • FINRA Series 7, 24, 27, 63

I’ve hired Frank as fractional CFO for three companies. He’s an indispensable part of my planning process, for both expansion and contraction. His forecasts are intuitive, detailed and flexible, enabling us to scenario plan on the fly by exploring alternatives and contingencies mid-discussion. Boards and investors find his reporting and modeling among the best they’ve seen. Frank is an excellent business partner!


David Fisch
CEO of Panorama AI