Richard Steele is a multi-dimensional financial executive: competent and effective in indeterminate, ill-structured and intense working environments. Through engagement, collaboration and action Mr. Steele improves financial operations, providing credible information to support management decision making and enterprise performance. Mr. Steele transforms accounting operations and infrastructure for privately-held businesses, for portfolio groups of private equity firms or family owned. He also plays critical roles with middle market companies experiencing stress during events or transactions such as acquisition integration, start-up, relocation, turnaround, shutdown, and divestiture, both nationally and internationally. Mr. Steele offers singular counsel during points of inflection for organizations, driving systemic and fundamental changes in viewpoints, business models, systems and performance due to antiquated or legacy practices, immobilization and paralysis, or business disruption.