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Bernadette Sucuc, founder and CEO

Bernadette is a CPA with over 20 years of experience helping organizations across multiple industries move to the next level of exemplary performance. Clients applaud Bernadette for her abundant energy and unique creativity. Her laser-like focus on identifying key business drivers and implementing systems and processes, create sustainable gains in performance. She has extensive experience in both public and private accounting and has also developed specialties in talent management and operational management.

In her roles as Director of Operations, Controller, or CFO, she has helped organizations, ranging in size from $5 million to $80 million in sales, sustain and enhance their profitability and growth. Her multi-facted client engagements cover a broad range of industries from internationally known interior design firms, to law firms, architectural firms, commercial real estate companies and manufacturing environments.

A representative sample of Bernadette’s core competencies include helping organizations:

  • Shape their strategic direction
  • Implement critical initiatives
  • Maximize the sources and uses of funds
  • Develop high impact performance systems and processes
  • Locate essential talent
  • Determine the optimal use of technology
  • Understand how to keep companies healthy whether they are expanding or contracting

Bernadette received her BS in Accounting from DePaul University and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Illinois CPA Society.