Chris brings over 20 years of finance and business transformation leadership to Mello Consulting Group. His visionary leadership, extensive professional network, and relentless pursuit of positive client outcomes have become the backbone of our firm. 

  

As a former Big Four Management Consulting partner, Chris has led large project teams of consultants while architecting comprehensive finance transformation solutions leveraging the latest enabling technologies and workforce optimization methods. He developed a passion for the work and an obsession with delivering successful client outcomes.   

 

In terms of capabilities, Chris offers the gambit to the office of the CFO. He leads Fortune 500 and emerging PE back organizations through multi-year, comprehensive transformational initiatives. With his background as a Certified Public Accountant, he specializes in finance and accounting operations, accounting close and consolidation, business planning and forecasting, tax, treasury, investor relations, master data management and external and management reporting. He also has held interim and fractional CFO and CAO positions in a number of organizations. 

 

Chris has also found several ways to put his passions to use to give back to the community. He continues to do Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) work for underserved taxpayers, he volunteers and coaches for several youth sports leagues, and he serves as the Treasurer of the Marginal Way Preservation Fund, a non-profit organization dedicating to the beautification and preservation of coastal walkway in Ogunquit, ME. 

  

Chris graduated summa cum laude from Boston College, earning both a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting & Operations Management as well as a Master’s degree in Accounting. He is a Certified Public Accountant in Massachusetts and a member of the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants (MSCPA) and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). 

  

He, his wife Allison, and children, William, Evelyn, Henry, and Hazel make their home in North Easton, MA.