Sami Ibrahim

Sami Ibrahim

Turnaround Advisor

Sami Ibrahim is a restructuring & turnaround and fractional CFO Consultant with Ampleo. With nearly 25 years of executive, financial, systems, and operational experience, Sami excels in dynamic, complex, and challenging environments. Sami has served over 60 clients in a variety of industries including telecom, energy, financial services, restaurants and more. Following his audit and consulting positions with Arthur Andersen and Protiviti, he co-founded and built a boutique consulting firm from the ground up, reaching $8M in peak annual revenues, 45 employees, and delivering over $350M in confirmed bottom-line impact for its clients. Sami has direct experience with virtually all aspects of strategy, finance, operations, technology, and people, and is an experienced EOS operator.

Having personally experienced the successes and challenges of building and leading a growth company, Sami is committed to applying these lessons to helping companies manage human energy in a way that drives sustainable success. By taking a holistic view of how vision, people, data, problem-solving and accountability drive success, Sami helps organizations progress from firefighting, to making and implementing thoughtful and timely decisions that align with the company vision and strategy.

He has taught courses in Accounting and Finance and Information Systems in the graduate programs at the University of Denver and CU-Denver. Sami has presented on topics including leadership, fraud, and data analytics. He has been featured in Colorado Business, the Denver Business Journal, Consulting, and Internal Auditor magazines.

Fun Facts/Hobbies

  • A Colorado native
  • Sami loves exploring (48 states, 37 countries)
  • Trying new restaurants
  • Member of the Colorado Symphony Chorus, with performance collaborations including Andrea Bocelli, Bobby McFerrin and the Wu-Tang Clan.

Education/Certificates

  • MS, Accounting and Risk Management – University of Virginia
  • BS, Commerce – University of Virginia
  • Former Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (20 years active, reactivation in process)
  • Former Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
  • Inaugural Expedition Graduate – The Self-Reliant Leadership® Crucible®

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.