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George founded FirstJensenGroup in 1985. Specializing as a part-time or interim CFO for his clients, he has provided financial, tax, and operational services to over 100 companies in a variety of stages (startup, growth, consolidation, and turnaround). Prior to founding FirstJensenGroup, George worked in the Entrepreneurial Services Group at Price Waterhouse, the commercial lending field, and ran a real estate acquisition and renovation business.
Education:
Trinity College – BA in Economics
Northeastern University – MBA with Accounting & Finance concentration
Activities:
Association for Corporate Growth – Boston Chapter, Board Member & Treasurer
American Bankruptcy Institute
Turnaround Management Association
MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge
Small Business Association of New England
MA Society of Certified Public Accountants
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Jack Malley, CPA - Partner
781-768-2520, ext 227 Email
As a part-time or interim CFO for his clients, Jack provides financial, systems and operational consulting services to growing companies, companies filing to go public, and to troubled situations that include bankruptcy. He joined FirstJensenGroup in 1995, after spending twelve years in industry where his positions included accounting, operational, and financial systems responsibilities. Prior to working in private industry, Jack spent four years as a CPA in the Emerging Business Services Division at Coopers & Lybrand.
Education:
College of the Holy Cross – BA in Economics
Northeastern University – MBA with Accounting & Finance concentration
Activities:
MA Society of Certified Public Accountants
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Holy Cross Technology Group
New England Healthcare Institute
Medical Development Group
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Jim Franey, CPA - Partner
781-768-2520, ext 224 Email
Jim runs the FirstJensenGroup Tax Practice and provides tax planning and preparation services to Corporate and Individual clients, as well as providing tax support to all our finance personnel for their consulting engagements. Jim ran his own tax practice for 10 years prior to joining FirstJensenGroup in 1997, and also spent 10 years in industry as a Controller and Tax Manager.
Education:
Bentley College – BS in Accounting
Activities:
MA Society of Certified Public Accountants
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Series 6,7,63, and 65 NASD designations
Former Town Meeting Member - Burlington, MA
Jeffrey Troderman, CPA - Principal
781-768-2520, ext 232 Email
Jeff provides financial, operational, and business advisory services to his clients. He has a wide range of turnaround management experience with companies in many industries and he leads the FirstJensenGroup Turnaround Management Practice. Prior to joining the firm, Jeff was a Turnaround Management Consultant for eight years, a Regional Analyst with the US Trustees Office in Boston for eight years, and spent five years as a CPA with KPMG and BDO Seidman.
Education:
University of MA , Amherst – Bachelors in Business Administration
Babson College – MBA with High Distinction
Activities:
American Bankruptcy Institute
Turnaround Management Association
MA Society of Certified Public Accountants
Certified NASDAQ Neutral Arbitrator
James A. Tracy - Principal
781-768-2520, ext 223 Email
As a part-time or interim CFO for our clients, Jim provides financial, operational, SEC and GAAP accounting, and M&A support services to his clients. Jim has significant SEC reporting experience from his tenure as a public company CFO. Prior to joining FirstJensenGroup, Jim’s experience included 9 years as the CFO for Vision-Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: VSCI), 13 years as VP Finance & Operations with high tech manufacturing and software firms, and 4 years with Coopers & Lybrand.
Education:
College of the Holy Cross, BA in Philosophy
Boston University, MBA, Concentration in Accounting
Activities:
Board Member – Boston Chapter of Financial Executives International (FEI)
Board Member – Affordable Housing Management Training Foundation
