Dan O’Connor is a transformational CFO, M&A strategist, and enterprise-value optimization executive with more than 30 years of experience helping boards, private-equity sponsors, owners, and executive teams accelerate growth, improve performance, and create shareholder value.

He combines CFO discipline, buy-side and sell-side M&A execution, advanced valuation analytics, AI-driven FP&A, tax-aware deal-structure optimization, and disciplined capital allocation to translate strategy into measurable enterprise-value gains. Dan has led complex transactions, integrations, financial transformations, and operational-improvement initiatives that have generated more than $500 million in incremental shareholder value.

His differentiated expertise is connecting financial forecasting, real-options thinking, scenario simulation, margin expansion, governance, domestic and international transaction structuring, and exit readiness into practical board-level value-creation roadmaps. He is known for translating complex analytics, valuation issues, and tax-sensitive deal considerations into clear executive insight that aligns management teams, investors, and boards around growth, profitability, after-tax value realization, and market valuation.