Gary Abreim is a problem-solving professional with successful financial, accounting and operational management experience building well-performing cost conscious teams in the corporate finance, investment services, manufacturing and consumer product fields. Gary currently works as a business development consultant and CFO providing services in the areas of financial modeling & reporting, preparation of investment/loan packages, planning, systems implementation, cash management, asset recovery and workouts.
From 1990 to 1999, he was the CFO of Ally Capital, an asset management company, merchant bank and SBIC, where he was responsible for managing the treasury function, tax administration, portfolio management, systems development and financial reporting for $70MM of portfolio assets. Prior to joining Ally, from 1987 to 1990, was CFO of a London-based financial services and investment banking firm and NASD broker/dealer. He has also been a business modeling coach in the Green MBA program at Dominican University. Gary received an MBA from UCLA and his CPA with an international accounting firm.
Gary is a strong advocate of the Go Local & Transition Towns initiatives, and active with LandPaths, Sonoma County’s nonprofit organization that encourages responsible land stewardship by connecting people to the land.