Chris Jackson

Chris Jackson

CFO

Chris Jackson is a CFO Consultant at Ampleo who helps startups, turnarounds, and high-growth companies build scalable financial systems, improve cash flow, and drive strategic growth. He brings deep expertise in finance, operations, and general management, with a track record across industries including consumer internet, retail, manufacturing, wholesale distribution, automotive, CPG, pet products, outdoor, SaaS, food and beverage, health and wellness, construction, and real estate development.

Chris has held leadership roles across every stage of the business lifecycle, from founding and scaling a venture-backed tech startup to leading the turnaround of a struggling $30 million general contractor. He’s served as COO of a premium health supplements brand, led strategy and innovation initiatives at General Mills and Advance Auto Parts, and – at PwC in New York – advised top private equity funds and Fortune 500 companies on M&A deals totaling $21 billion.

He specializes in financial modeling and forecasting (including Monte Carlo simulation), M&A due diligence, change initiatives, data-driven decision-making, cash flow management, and systems implementation. Chris is a team player known for his strong analytical abilities, strategic vision, collaborative approach, and leadership.

Fun Facts/Hobbies

  • Passionate about skiing, trail running, the night sky, and being in nature
  • Taught advanced Excel classes to M&A colleagues at PwC
  • Wants to try paragliding

Education/Certificates

  • MBA from Harvard Business School
  • BS in accounting from Brigham Young University

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

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.

 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.