Mark Payne

Mark is a seasoned executive with over 35 years of experience, focusing on financial and operational areas. He has been the Chief Financial Officer for 3 public companies (after leading the Initial Public Offerings for ValueVision/Evine, Famous Dave’s BBQ, and Redline Performance Products), successfully completed secondary offerings and numerous private placements. His background and experience focus on emerging businesses in many industries with revenues from $0 to $50 million. He is now consulting as a fractional executive to emerging companies to assist in areas including overall strategy and planning, capital formation, projections/budgets/forecasts, cash flow planning, fundraising guidance including messaging and pitch decks, and operational improvements, including analytics, dashboards and KPI’s. Mark received his degree in accounting from the University of North Dakota and began his career at Arthur Andersen & Co, leaving as an audit manager.