Team

Eric Chriss, CEO

Eric brings experienced leadership to the executive services division. Distinguished as the first West Coast partner of Tatum CFO Partners, LLP, beginning in 1998 during his seven-year tenure Eric became nationally recognized practice leader pioneering the then-nascent CFO practice model. He co-developed it from a virtually unknown strategy into the now widely accepted financial leadership solution. The firm consistently tapped Eric’s executive talents in the development of a multitude of key programs: partner training in technology and client relationship management; recruiting and partnership retention; international business development; and promotional broadcast and print media campaigns designed to educate and amplify the firm’s brand.

Eric’s experience and knowledge-exchange with a wide variety of clients guided him to form CUSTOMatrix™. The CUSTOMatrix™ methodology begins with recognizing the intellectual value of its client’s management team and their contribution as effective leaders of their company’s operational and financial strategy. Promoting a mutual understanding of this dynamic allows for a custom solution, one designed to maximize organizational effectiveness and to enhance the client’s ability to compete.

Eric has excelled at developing and managing engagements in such diverse industries as: biotech; international aquaculture; pharmaceuticals; medical device; aviation; avionics; homeland security; heavy transportation; industrial equipment; consumer beverage; digital technology and licensing; internationally-based electronics manufacturing; construction; wireless technology; electronic defense systems; software training; animation licensing; fabless semiconductor; and chemical engineering.

He is bilingual in Spanish and began his career with Deloitte Haskins + Sells.