Advisory Committee Member Profile
Randy Fortel
Engendren Corporation
Chief Financial Officer |
Areas of Expertise
Customer Experience Functional Alignment
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Randy Fortel is an accomplished, strategic financial leader with over 25 years of experience driving profitable growth, delivering bottom-line improvements, and providing leadership for continuous improvement across operations. Passionate about challenging assumptions and getting people to achieve better results. Proven ability to work closely with executive teams to develop and drive strategic growth across organizations.
Randy has been the CFO for a number of SMB during his career, encompassing a variety of industries ranging from manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients, as well as manufacturers of heat exchangers and high-end roofing products. Randy also has experience in the freight forwarding industry. Over the course of his professional life, Randy has been responsible for strategic planning, operating budgets, cash flow management, due diligence and integration related to M&A, profitability improvements, treasury, risk management, accounting department reorganization and improvement, upgrading ERP systems, and overseeing human resources and IT. In addition to his financial skills, Randy has extensive management experience and skill including team building, management communication, and working closely with the board of directors. Randy has also taught MBA level managerial accounting for five years at California State University, Fresno. Randy holds a Master of Business Administration, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from California State University, Chico. He enjoys travel, cooking, audio books, and technology. |