Gary Applegate has over thirty years of experience with high growth companies, both public and private. He has held positions in public accounting and industry such as Senior Auditor, Internal Auditor, Division and Group Controller, Director of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Applegate has proven experience in accounting best practices, finance, treasury, budgeting, cash management, financial modeling and internal controls. Most recently, he has been independently providing CFO, strategic planning, operational and organizational consulting, financial modeling and exit preparation work for small privately-held businesses in the Carolinas and Virginia since 2003.

Mr. Applegate has assisted many privately held companies maximize their profitability and value through optimizing capital structure, securing growth capital, managing accelerated growth, employing financial and operational best practices, mergers and acquisitions and developing and executing sound exit strategies. Mr. Applegate graduated from the State University of New York College at Oswego with a BS degree in Accounting and holds a dormant Certified Public Accountant license in the state of New York.

In 2012, Mr. Applegate was recognized by his fellow Rotarians by receiving the Distinguished Rotarian Award recognizing excellence in integrity, fairness and embodying the Rotary ‘service above self’ mantra. In 2014, as the result of one of Mr. Applegate’s CenterPoint clients nominating him for the Charlotte Business Journal’s CFO of the Year for Medium-Sized, Privately Held Businesses, he was honored with the award at a gathering of his industry peers.