Jeff Blackman

In his role as CFO, Jeff is to continue to build upon the existing foundation to support Autobooks' tremendous growth. He is a nationally recognized C-level executive with a proven track record of scaling rapidly growing SaaS businesses, leading successful exits, and completing and integrating M&A transactions while driving corporate strategy and delivering financial results. Jeff is also the founder of Detroit’s CFO forum, a leadership council serving to empower CFOs across many industries.

Jeff most recently was the CFO / COO at DaySmart Software, a SaaS-based fintech company that has been on the Inc 5000 list of growth companies for 8 years running. DaySmart provides software and payment solutions to SMBs, offering an integrated means to run their entire front and back office operations.

Prior to DaySmart, Jeff was the CFO / COO of PrizeLogic, a firm that incentivizes consumer engagement across all brand platforms. Jeff was also CFO of ForeSee, a SaaS company, and the leader in multi-channel customer experience. It was while he was at ForeSee that Jeff was the winning recipient of Crain’s 2009 CFO of the Year Award, at which time, he also negotiated a $5 million-dollar tax incentive with the State of Michigan.

Jeff has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting and his MBA in Finance from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at University of Michigan.