My mission is to empower business owners and leadership teams with the financial clarity, strategic insight, and operational discipline they need to build stronger companies and unlock long-term value.
Ed believes the role of a CFO extends beyond financial oversight to serving as a strategic partner who helps business owners and leadership teams make informed decisions that drive sustainable growth. He combines financial expertise with a deep understanding of operations, focusing on aligning financial strategy with organizational objectives while creating long-term value for stakeholders.
His approach centers on transparency, accountability, and operational excellence. Ed works closely with executives and boards to improve financial visibility, strengthen cash flow, streamline processes, and build scalable infrastructures that support growth. Known for his hands-on leadership style, he helps organizations transform financial data into actionable insights that improve performance and support sound decision-making.
Delivering the financial clarity, strategic insight, and operational discipline owners need to build stronger companies.
Committed to accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement — with outcomes that matter to each organization served.
Public accounting roots at Grant Thornton; CFO experience spanning medical devices, SaaS, manufacturing, construction, and nonprofits.
From day-to-day financial management to long-term strategic planning, Cordell Strategies delivers the financial leadership your business needs to thrive.
Financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting that create a clear financial roadmap — giving leadership teams the visibility and discipline to execute strategy with confidence.
Optimizing cash flow for operational efficiency — monitoring liquidity, improving working capital cycles, and building the controls your business needs to scale without running dry.
Assisting with fundraising, debt management, and startup expansion — from financial modeling and pitch materials through bank negotiations, investor relations, and deal close.
Enhancing financial processes within the operational framework — ERP implementations, business process redesign, and scalable infrastructures that reduce close cycles and drive accountability.
Over four decades of CFO and executive financial leadership across public, private, nonprofit, and high-growth organizations — spanning medical devices, SaaS, biotech, manufacturing, and construction.
A seasoned financial executive, Ed has led finance, operations, and strategic transformation initiatives across public, private, nonprofit, and high-growth organizations. His extensive experience includes serving as CFO, Interim President, and senior financial leader in a variety of industries, where he has consistently delivered operational improvements and strengthened organizational performance.
Ed's expertise spans mergers and acquisitions, financial strategy, FP&A, fundraising, risk management, ERP implementations, business process redesign, and organizational restructuring. He has held CFO positions with Market Force Information, Greenbrook TMS (NASDAQ: GBNH), DYSIS Medical, Solsys Medical, KeraLink International, and Hycor Biomedical, while also serving in senior leadership roles with Given Imaging, Novoste, Gravograph, CryoLife, and Video Display Corporation. Throughout these roles, he has led complex credit facilities, supported public listings, managed investor and board relations, and directed due diligence for acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic transactions.
Among his many accomplishments, Ed has successfully led multiple ERP implementations, including NetSuite and JD Edwards, reduced monthly close cycles from 21–25 days to as few as 2–7 days, and built scalable financial infrastructures that enabled rapid organizational growth. While serving as CFO of Market Force Information, he oversaw Finance, Human Resources, Legal, and Contracts for a 215-employee organization, eliminated reliance on the company's line of credit for more than a year, and helped lead the business through a successful sale to a strategic buyer. A graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Ed began his career with Grant Thornton and remains a non-active CPA in the State of Georgia. His decades of experience continue to help business owners strengthen financial performance, clarify strategic goals, and unlock the full value of their organizations.
Business owners and executives trust Cordell Strategies to deliver the financial clarity and strategic counsel that moves companies forward.
I had the pleasure of working with Ed for approximately 7 years from 2005 thru 2012. Ed is an accomplished Financial leader that was called upon to lead and develop not only the Financial team, Operations and on an interim basis lead the Commercial team. Ed’s ability to listen and communicate and influence behavior from the Customer Service Representative to the Board of Directors is a testament to his natural ability to engage individuals through well-developed interpersonal skills, and unending desire to bring the employees and organization to successful outcomes. The level of collaboration, trust, and achievement attributed to Ed’s style was unparalleled in Given’s history and has left a lasting legacy on “How” to work as a team at Given Imaging.
Ed Cordell and I worked together for over 9 years and during that tenure he has shown that not only is he an accomplished CFO, but that he has the ability to see business challenges from multiple lenses be it finance, sale, marketing or operations. Ed is also an accomplished manager of people, with an approachable demeanor and an ability to listen to all aspects of an opportunity before moving to execution of a plan. I would happily work side by side with Ed at any time.
I have worked with Ed Cordell at two different medical device companies and highly recommend him. Ed is very organized and thoughtful and makes an effort to understand issues in the marketplace that require resources, both financial and human capital to drive business growth. He is very collaborative in his approach to solving problems and is a good leader in the cross functional environment.
Ready to gain financial clarity and strategic momentum? Reach out to discuss your situation — the first conversation is always complimentary.
