Justin Alexander

CPA, MBA

Partner

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We had zero doubt when we met with Justin the first time that he was the right person to help out, but what we didn’t know was just how big of an impact he was going to have.

Justin has been a huge help in getting a big mess fixed. When Justin got here, we thought we were pretty good on our accounting side and just needed him to help prepare for a SBA loan. However, after a few days of him being here, we realized there was so much that we had not done: organizing our sales, fixing pay plans, correcting taxes, and helping us for growth. Saying that Justin just came in here to help with accounting would be an understatement. After guidance from Justin on the structure of the company, I feel extremely confident knowing that moving forward we are much more prepared for growth and how to retain more of the income.

He’s always there even when he’s not at the office to help with a question or a problem; he’s gone way above and beyond what we expected. We really feel like he’s part of the company and not just some accounting nerd who comes in to crunch numbers. I would highly recommend Justin.

Ryan Fuller, President

Direct Marketing Group

As a financial executive with almost twenty years of experience, Justin Alexander provides CFO services to his clients in the areas of overall accounting and financial reporting, financial modeling, valuations, forecasting and cash flow planning, ERP and system implementations, due diligence, mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Alexander started his career in public accounting as an auditor with KPMG and then spent the last 15 years in the private sector focusing on early-stage technology, life science, and service companies gaining valuable experience in the areas of product development, manufacturing, retail, clinical and service operations. Before joining Rankin McKenzie, Mr. Alexander served as CFO for a device company focused on personalized plant-based products. He was responsible for financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, insurance and banking relationships as well as assisting human resources with various issues.

He is currently serving as CFO to:

Watson Electrical Construction Co. LLC, the Southeast’s leading source for electrical construction
Galaxy Diagnostics, a medical company providing advanced testing that helps diagnose flea and tick-borne diseases in people and their pets

Read the great things his clients have to say: Client Testimonials.

A native of Indiana, Mr. Alexander attended Indiana University, where he earned degrees in Accounting, Finance and East Asian Languages (Japanese). He relocated to North Carolina in 2003 and earned a Master of Business Administration for the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.

Career Timeline

Joined Rankin McKenzie as Partner in 2021.
From 2020 to 2021, Chief Financial Officer for Altopa, Inc., the developer of Oblend, the world’s first electronic apothecary that enables care providers and patients to find, customize, and create consistent, personalized products from plant-based ingredients on demand. Mr. Alexander helped with the execution of commercial launch strategy, including enactment of partnership strategies and diligence processes, competitive landscape and external business environmental factors.
From 2018 to 2020, Senior Director of Strategy for Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. (AskBio), fully integrated AAV gene therapy company possessing capsid development, scaled manufacturing, and a portfolio of therapeutic programs aspiring to curative outcomes. Mr. Alexander helped the company raise a $235M Series A by providing company financial/valuation models. Additionally, Mr. Alexander led the company’s largest acquisition of Scotland based Synpromics, including the integration of their operations into the AskBio organization
From 2017 to 2019, Vice President of Finance for Cohera Medical, Inc. a medical device company that was a leading innovator and developer of synthetic surgical adhesives and sealants. Mr. Alexander managed and enhanced all aspects of the day-to-day finance and accounting functions, including financial analysis, planning, budgeting and forecasting, cost management, accounting and other controls, treasury, tax, financial reporting and audit.
From 2012 to 2017, Director of Finance for TearScience, Inc. a medical device company that has developed diagnostic and treatment devices to enable ophthalmologists to treat the root cause dry eye which is Meibomian Gland Dysfunction. Mr. Alexander helped the company secure a $70M synthetic royalty participation funding round with HRP. Mr. Alexander led the selection and implementation of ERP System (NetSuite) to provide the most effective outcome for the organization by replacing multiple standalone non-integrated island solutions.

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