About the Founder

Bob Thompson, Founder and CEO

Bob Thompson is the founder of The CFO Connection, a firm that provides senior level expertise in finance, strategic planning and negotiation on a part-time basis to growing companies. Before founding The CFO Connection, Bob had a diverse career in financial management, culminating with 14 years of service at Munters Corporation, a multi-national, industrial equipment manufacturing and service company.

As the chief financial officer for the Americas, Bob worked extensively with European and American senior management as well as divisional managers throughout the United States to build five separate air treatment technology equipment businesses. He also led three international organizational development efforts, which culminated in Canadian, Mexican and Brazilian operations.

Bob oversaw the financial direction of six separate manufacturing operations, as well as Munters' nationwide, 40-office service sector company, Moisture Control Services.

As the senior participant, Bob led corporate strategic sessions, helping all divisional managers establish business plans that were both focused on customer's needs and structured for accountability. He played a variety of roles in numerous acquisition programs from initial due diligence activities to contract approvals.

Bob has also served as an interim manufacturing manager, improving throughput time and reducing inventory. Throughout his career, Bob has had responsibility for Information Technology. Most recently he was the project manager responsible for installing an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) System which ran on an Oracle Data Base.

He also had managerial responsibility for the corporate Human Resources department. In his early career, Bob held positions as a corporate controller (for a family owned business), accounting manager and auditor. He has broad skills as a financial manager, and is an expert in establishing, and maximizing banking relationships.

Bob is a native of New England. He graduated from Boston College with a B.S.B.A. with a major in Accounting. He earned his M.B.A at the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He received a special award from the Massachusetts Society of CPA's for being among the top 5% who passed the C.P.A. examination at the first sitting. Before starting his business career, he served as a Lieutenant in the US Navy.