THE CFO Your Business Needs
Chase Pierson founded Real Fintel to give growing businesses the financial leadership they actually need: forward-looking strategy, clean systems, and a CFO who thinks like an operator.
About Chase Pierson
Founder and Principal Consultant
Chase Pierson is a CFO with 15+ years of experience leading and scaling for-profit and not-for-profit businesses. He has served as the senior financial leader for growth-stage and established companies across B2B services, technology, and professional services, building the financial infrastructure that lets businesses grow without losing control.
With over a decade in CFO and senior finance roles, Chase has taken companies from $8M to over $40M in revenue is just a few years, increased valuations by 20x, and expanded to international scale, driving the financial strategy, systems, and operational discipline that made that growth sustainable. He has managed pricing strategy, built FP&A functions from scratch, led ERP implementations, and served as the finance leader in board rooms, investor conversations, and major transactions. His background also includes senior finance roles at large, complex organizations including Blue Shield of California and the California Department of Public Health, experience that added enterprise-scale rigor and operational depth to an already strong foundation in business finance. Chase holds an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the UC Davis Graduate School of Management and a BS in Business Administration from California State University, Fresno. He founded Real Fintel because growing businesses deserve CFO-level financial leadership without the full-time overhead. That is what he has built his career doing, and what Real Fintel is built to deliver.
With over a decade in CFO and senior finance roles, Chase has taken companies from $8M to over $40M in revenue is just a few years, increased valuations by 20x, and expanded to international scale, driving the financial strategy, systems, and operational discipline that made that growth sustainable. He has managed pricing strategy, built FP&A functions from scratch, led ERP implementations, and served as the finance leader in board rooms, investor conversations, and major transactions. His background also includes senior finance roles at large, complex organizations including Blue Shield of California and the California Department of Public Health, experience that added enterprise-scale rigor and operational depth to an already strong foundation in business finance. Chase holds an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the UC Davis Graduate School of Management and a BS in Business Administration from California State University, Fresno. He founded Real Fintel because growing businesses deserve CFO-level financial leadership without the full-time overhead. That is what he has built his career doing, and what Real Fintel is built to deliver.
What Makes Real Fintel Different
Most fractional CFOs are generalists. Real Fintel combines financial strategy, technology implementation, and operational depth in one person.
Finance and Technology in One. Most CFOs don't implement systems. Chase does. With deep NetSuite experience and enterprise analytics, Real Fintel can design the strategy and build the systems to execute it.
Operator, Not Just Advisor. Real Fintel doesn't hand you a report and walk away. Chase has managed teams, owned P&Ls, and built finance functions from scratch. He knows what execution actually takes.
Proven Results at Scale. The track record: 5x revenue growth, 10x profit improvement, 20x valuation increase. These numbers came from real operational work, not just financial modeling.
Analytics and Data Leadership. Real Fintel builds the dashboards, KPIs, and reporting infrastructure that turns your financial data into decisions. Not just analysis. Tools your team actually uses.
Ready to Work with a CFO Who Gets It?
If you're building something and need a CFOwho treats finance as a growth function, let's talk.