Cliff Beer, CFO

Cliff is an experienced and successful CFO having previously held CFO roles in venture capital and in private industry. These prior roles include CFO and co-founder from 2000 to 2006 of Global Market Insite, Inc. (GMI), one of the Northwest's most successful fast growth venture-backed companies. While at GMI Cliff raised over $60M in venture funding and helped lead the company to over $65M in global sales in the course of executing an aggressive growth strategy including global m&a.

More recently, Cliff has consulted with several early and mid-stage fast-growth companies, leading the implementation of world-class accounting, finance, HR and business development capability. Earlier in his career Cliff was a CPA in public accounting with Deloitte & Touche working extensively with many of the largest Northwest-based companies including Microsoft, Boeing and Amazon. Cliff is also an attorney with deep experience in the areas of commercial contracts, intellectual property, venture capital, mergers & acquisitions, tax and international law and has taught classes in these areas to both CPAs and attorneys.