Ben Farbowitz

Ben Farbowitz

CFO

Ben Farbowitz is a Fractional CFO Consultant at Amplēo, where he works with real estate, property management, and hospitality companies to build disciplined, scalable finance functions. He partners with founders, CEOs, and ownership groups to improve cash flow visibility, forecasting, and strategic decision making through strong financial infrastructure, rigorous reporting, and hands on senior level oversight. Ben brings deep expertise in FP&A, capital planning, financial modeling, and financial systems, with a particular focus on asset intensive, investor backed, and multi entity businesses.

Before joining Amplēo, Ben spent over 15 years in senior finance, accounting, and advisory roles. His background includes serving as Chief Financial Officer for private companies and family offices, as well as working in Transaction Advisory at KPMG, where he supported buy side and sell side engagements across real estate and operating businesses. His experience spans complex entity structures, investor and lender reporting, audits, debt and equity transactions, and coordination with tax and legal advisors. Ben is known for stepping into ambiguous financial environments and building practical, decision ready finance functions that support growth, capital raises, and long term value creation.

Ben is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI).

Fun Facts / Hobbies

  • Spending time with his two dogs, Brusier, a 7.5 lb Morkie, and Julianne, a 20 lb Mauser
  • Watching football, especially the Los Angeles Rams and the Buffalo Bills
  • Strength training and fitness

Education / Certifications

  • Master’s Degree in Real Estate, Georgetown University
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting and Finance, University at Buffalo
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Meet the rest of the team

Kyle Shurtz

Fractional CMO

Kyle is a marketing strategist with more than 10 years driving revenue-focused campaigns. He has overseen substantial marketing budgets and translated them into billions in client revenue, with a particular focus on video-based content strategy.

Mike Riley

Fractional CMO.

Mike has more than 14 years in digital marketing and has held fractional CMO roles across multiple companies, bringing proven leadership and the strategic judgment to align marketing efforts behind a single growth plan.

Julia Olson

Fractional CMO

Julia has 18 years across digital marketing, event management, public relations, and marketing leadership, and has driven results for dozens of brands. She is at her best building campaigns from a blank page.

Beau Graves

Fractional CMO

Beau brings two decades of marketing expertise and leads integrated campaigns for top brands, driving results through organic search, creative content, and demand generation. Known around here as the SEO Cowboy, for reasons involving both search algorithms and Western heritage.

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Ryan Hutchins

President, Valuation

Ryan founded Peak Business Valuation, a national firm that delivers 1,100+ business valuations and 150+ equipment appraisals a year. He works with business owners who are buying, selling, or growing — and need to know what they actually have. His focus is quality, accuracy, and making sure the number means something.

Jason Parr

President, Sales Tax

Jason has spent 30 years going deeper into one discipline while most firms go broader. He joined Peisner Johnson in 1996 and built his career there learning every service line, working through every kind of situation, and eventually becoming President and CEO. The Sales Tax People has completed 35,000+ projects for companies ranging from regional mid-market businesses to large multinationals. His clients are CFOs, controllers, and the accountants who serve them, usually calling when the exposure has already been building quietly for months. He'd rather you call before that point.

 Let's Build It

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A fractional CFO who knows your numbers. A fractional CMO driving your pipeline. An HR leader building your people systems. Sales tax specialists keeping you compliant. Valuation experts ready when you need them. All embedded. All executing. All backed by Ampleo Intelligence, our AI platform.

 Let's Build It

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Team to Build It.

A fractional CFO who knows your numbers. A fractional CMO driving your pipeline. An HR leader building your people systems. Sales tax specialists keeping you compliant. Valuation experts ready when you need them. All embedded. All executing. All backed by Ampleo Intelligence, our AI platform.

 Let's Build It

You've Got the Vision. 


We've Got the Fractional

Team to Build It.

A fractional CFO who knows your numbers. A fractional CMO driving your pipeline. An HR leader building your people systems. Sales tax specialists keeping you compliant. Valuation experts ready when you need them. All embedded. All executing. All backed by Ampleo Intelligence, our AI platform.

 Let's Build It

You've Got the Vision. 


We've Got the Fractional

Team to Build It.

A fractional CFO who knows your numbers. A fractional CMO driving your pipeline. An HR leader building your people systems. Sales tax specialists keeping you compliant. Valuation experts ready when you need them. All embedded. All executing. All backed by Ampleo Intelligence, our AI platform.