Mike Brady has over twenty years of experience in consulting, executive financial management, and public accounting. Mike has managed the finance and accounting functions, and participated in numerous strategic planning initiatives in his various roles. During his time at Brady Financial Group Mike has led numerous engagements in a wide variety of finance areas including business plan and financial model development, budgeting and forecasting, financial and operational benchmarking, compensation planning, business valuations and perpetuation planning.
Prior to starting Brady Financial Group LLC, Mike was a Senior Manager at Smart and Associates, a premier business consulting and accounting firm. Mike provided consulting services in various operating areas including financial reporting, internal control compliance, risk management assessment and worked with several start up companies on business plan development and financing alternatives.
Prior to Smart Mike spent 13 years with The Graham Company, a leading full service insurance brokerage and consulting company headquartered in Philadelphia. At Graham, Mike progressed from Controller to CFO. His responsibilities included the overall strategic planning and development of the accounting and MIS areas, the coordination and development of treasury functions, financial/tax reporting, compensation and benefit planning, budgeting, and key financial and legal relationships. In addition to his daily responsibilities Mike was a member of the company Board of Directors and Executive Management team.
Mike started his career in the audit practice of Ernst and Young LLP, serving a diverse client base including private, public, and Fortune 500 clients. Mike is a Certified Public Accountant in Pennsylvania. Mike received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Drexel University.
Mark Brady has over twenty years experience serving in a variety of financial and management roles and has helped companies raise over $70 million in debt and equity financing. Mark has managed finance and accounting, strategic planning, financial analysis, and mergers and acquisitions functions in his various roles, and has experience in a wide variety of finance initiatives including developing business plans, budgeting and forecasting, venture capital and debt financing, mergers, divestitures, and complex contract negotiations.
Prior to starting Brady Financial Group, Mark was SVP Strategy and Corporate Development at Wire One Communications, the leading provider of videoconferencing solutions, where he was responsible for strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, and key partnerships and vendor relationships. Prior to Wire One, Mark was SVP Finance for V-SPAN, Inc. where he oversaw all of the accounting and finance functions for the venturebacked telecommunications company. While at V-SPAN, Mark helped raise $28 million from investors such as Goldman Sachs, Comcast Interactive Capital, and Edison Ventures. He was instrumental in directing the Company through two acquisitions and driving profitable growth from $17M in revenue to over $45M, and in the eventual sale of the Company to Gores Technology Group and merger into Wire One Communications, resulting in a successful cash exit for V-SPAN's venture capital investor base.
Mark also spent four years at IKON Office Solutions both as Senior Manager of Corporate Planning and Analysis, in charge of implementing standard processes across the organization for business planning, financial forecasting, and operations reviews, and as Manager of Acquisitions, managing the acquisition process and successfully negotiating and closing 24 domestic and international acquisitions representing over $200 million in annual revenues. Mark started his career in the audit practice of Ernst and Young LLP, where he advanced to manager and served a diverse client base including private, public, and Fortune 500 clients.