ECMD Leadership

Chief Financial Officer with diverse and progressive financial and operational leadership having worked for global companies ranging in size from $300 million to $5 billion. Strategic senior leader with a track record of success in business development, mergers and acquisitions, operational improvement, building teams, driving change, and financial and strategic planning. My passion is helping businesses continually improve and optimize the results of each dollar invested in the enterprise. My favorite part of being a CFO is translating the strategy of the organization into day to day operational actions, seeing the vision unfold and evolving the organization step by step.Industry experience includes accounting and consulting services, aerospace, automotive, diversified industrial manufacturing, electrical manufacturing, life sciences, professional services, and textiles. Additionally, I have extensive experience in M&A, having led merger and divestiture transactions valued at approximately $2 billion in aggregate. Finally, I have raised and refinanced over $2 billion in debt and equity financing across multiple transactions. Diverse areas of expertise include:• Strategic and financial planning • Budgeting, forecasting and financial modeling• Process improvement• Financial analysis and profit improvement• Product costing and profitability• Valuation• Mergers and acquisitions• Debt and equity funding• Relationship management with commercial and investment bankers • Treasury and cash management • Tax planning and strategy• Developing, coaching and mentoring staff• Optimizing working capital and free cash flow

John Harwell is a Senior VP & CFO at ECMD and is based in Greensboro/Winston-Salem North Carolina Area. He studied at University of North Carolina at Charlotte between 1968 and 1972.