Accumen Leadership

George Ellis joined Accumen as CFO in mid-November 2020 after having served in that role on an interim/part-time basis for six months. Mr. Ellis is responsible for Accounting and Finance, Legal, and Strategic Partnering for Accumen and its constituent companies.

Prior to this role, George served as a Managing Director with the Health Care Practice of Huron Consulting, with similar responsibilities for its Leadership Development service line. He served in this role from 2011 via Studer Group, which was acquired by Huron Consulting in 2015. Prior to that, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Interim Chief Executive Officer of Global360.

Earlier experiences include over 40 years of general operating and financial management of software, telecommunication, semiconductor companies.

George has a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Texas Tech University and a JD from the SMU Law School. He is a licensed CPA and Attorney in the State of Texas and has certifications in Cyber Security.

Strategic and high-impact finance executive focused on private equity and venture capital-backed growth business. I partner with the executive leadership team and Board of Directors to drive scale and profitability while providing insight and visibility to operations and strategy. I am passionate about contributing to innovation and big ideas, and working collaboratively across an organization to achieve lasting change in the marketplace. At Accumen, I have led finance from start up through 400% growth over 7 years, including the due diligence and integration of 3 mergers. My team and I established the key tools for planning, forecasting, budgeting, and reporting, laying the groundwork for profitability. I also played a central role in revamping the company’s strategy and business model.I joined Accumen from PatientSafe Solutions, a growth company focused on providing technology solutions to reduce medical errors, where I served as Vice President of Finance and HR. Before PatientSafe, I was the CFO of GenVault, a molecular biology start-up, and helped guide extensive business transformation and international expansion. While at GenVault, I also pursued and earned an Executive MBA from UCLA. As Controller at MediBuy, I drove financial integration of 3 companies and key cash management changes. My career began as a CPA for Ernst & Young, focusing even then on life sciences and tech companies.Specialties include: Financial and operations leadershipStrategic planning and execution Transaction due diligence and execution FP&AForecastingBudgetingReportingAccounting leadership, including key areas such as revenue recognition HR leadership, including employee development, engagement, performance managementBoard and investor relationsTeam leadership

Dana Simonds A. is a Chief Compliance Officer at Accumen Inc and is based in United States.