Inc. Magazine Unveils Its Annual List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies—the Inc. 5000

For the 2nd Time, SynFiny Advisors Appears on the Inc. 5000, Ranking No. 302 With Three-Year Revenue Growth of 1,492 Percent

NEW YORK, August 12, 2020 – Inc. magazine today revealed that SynFiny Advisors is No. 302 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. Intuit, Zappos, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.

Jeff Wuest is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of SynFiny. “It was such an amazing honor to receive upon our first submission last year at No. 347 on the Inc 5000 – and to follow up again this year at No. 302 is a dream come true,” said Wuest. “This is a testament to the trust our clients have in us as they assign us to fix or improve their highest priorities and to the hard work and dedication of our seasoned, executive advisors who deliver for our clients each and every day.”

Not only have the companies on the 2020 Inc. 5000 been very competitive within their markets, but the list as a whole shows staggering growth compared with prior lists as well. The 2020 Inc. 5000 achieved an incredible three-year average growth of over 500 percent, and a median rate of 165 percent. The Inc. 5000’s aggregate revenue was $209 billion in 2019, accounting for over 1 million jobs over the past three years.

Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000. The top 500 companies are also being featured in the September issue of Inc., available on newsstands August 12.

“The companies on this year’s Inc. 5000 come from nearly every realm of business,” says Inc. editor-in-chief Scott Omelianuk. “From health and software to media and hospitality, the 2020 list proves that no matter the sector, incredible growth is based on the foundations of tenacity and opportunism.”

The annual Inc. 5000 event honoring the companies on the list will be held virtually from October 23 to 27, 2020. As always, speakers will include some of the greatest innovators and business leaders of our generation.

SynFiny was conceived in 2014 when its founders, all former Procter & Gamble executives, decided to use their experience to create a nimble Advisory company. This leap of faith ended its first year with seven advisors and five clients. Today, SynFiny has more than 250 advisors and over 100 clients with over $4 million in revenue, now spread over all regions of the globe.

The business model was initially focused on helping companies improve their financial planning and analysis capabilities. SynFiny Advisors now works with clients in all aspects of business leadership and management, including supply chain management, accounting practices, business process transformation, and sustainability.

Contact:

For more information about SynFiny Advisors, visit synfiny.com or contact Hannah Michels, Chief Marketing Officer, at hpmichels@synfiny.com.

More about Inc. and the Inc. 5000

Methodology
The 2020 Inc. 5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2016 and 2019. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2016. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2019. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2016 is $100,000; the minimum for 2019 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Companies on the Inc. 500 are featured in Inc.’s September issue. They represent the top tier of the Inc. 5000, which can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.

About Inc. Media
The world’s most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com. For more information on the Inc. 5000 Conference, visit http://conference.inc.com/.

Introducing SynFiny’s Source-to-Pay Practice Leader in Latin America

Meet the Partner

Patricia Spisto

Patricia Spisto

SynFiny proudly presents their new practice leader Patricia Spisto.

Patricia combines her executive consultant and trainer expertise in Procurement Transformation, with 25+ years of corporate experience in Fortune 500 companies (PPG Industries, Procter & Gamble) in Latin America, driving organizations to succeed in their journey towards value contributors to the business. Her responsibilities included a broad scale of Supply Chain and Strategic Purchasing roles across business units and spend categories, leading global and regional strategies and multifunctional teams. She ended her corporate career path in P&G Marketing. Her specialties include strategic sourcing, category management, in-store and commercial innovation, negotiations and supplier-driven innovation. She represented in Mexico “The European Institute of Purchasing Management”, a global institute in Purchases and Supply Chain executive education.

Patricia holds an MBA degree and is Bachelor of Engineering, having attended the Sourcing Program at Michigan State University and the University of Miami Marketing Executive Program. She is an independent counselor for companies from the “Mexican Institute of Best Corporate Practices” and P&G Alumni México board member leading the philanthropy committee.

Introducing Source to Pay and Value Chain Instructors

SynFiny proudly presents its Source to Pay and Value Chain Instructors. We are thankful to have talented people leading our Source to Pay Program in Latin America.

Meet the Instructors

Patricia Spisto

Patricia Spisto

Patricia combines her executive consultant and trainer expertise in Procurement Transformation, with 25+ years of corporate experience in Fortune 500 companies (PPG Industries, Procter & Gamble) in Latin America, driving organizations to succeed in their journey towards value contributors to the business. Her responsibilities included a broad scale of Supply Chain and Strategic Purchasing roles across business units and spend categories, leading global and regional strategies and multifunctional teams. She ended her corporate career path in P&G Marketing. Her specialties include strategic sourcing, category management, in-store and commercial innovation, negotiations, and supplier-driven innovation. She represented in Mexico “The European Institute of Purchasing Management”, a global institute in Purchases and Supply Chain executive education.

Patricia holds an MBA degree and is a Bachelor of Engineering, having attended the Sourcing Program at Michigan State University and the University of Miami Marketing Executive Program. She is an independent counselor for companies from the “Mexican Institute of the Best Corporate Practices” and the P&G Alumni México board member leading the philanthropy committee.

Liliana Goiriz

Liliana Goiriz

Liliana is a Senior Supply Chain Executive with 29+ years of experience in one of the World’s largest fast-moving consumer goods companies and ranked among the top five “SUPPLY CHAIN MASTERS” BY GARTNER. She is a Business-oriented professional with balanced technical and leadership skills, responsible for major supply transformations in various business units across Latin America markets, proven record of results, and capacity to lead large and dispersed organizations.

She has Experience Leading: a) Manufacturing and Supply Chain strategy for fast-growing and innovation-driven categories across LA markets, b) Consolidation of manufacturing sites and development of external manufacturing solutions in very volatile markets, c) Design and execution of regional planning center across quite a few categories driving productivity and improving customer service, d) Definition and transformation of procurement strategies including in-house & near-by solutions for multiple spending pools, and e) Cost and cash strategies for sustainable growth in fast-paced and dynamic work environments. Skilled in Supply Network Design, Agile Innovation, E2E Planning Processes & Logistic Operations, Cost & Cash Management, and Procurement/S2P.

Emma Velasco

Emma Velasco

Emma is a Senior executive in Procurement/Sourcing who has delivered breakthrough results and organization transformations combining strategic sourcing and procurement shared services. She is a discerning Strategist and forward thinker able to quickly identify and single out those resources, processes, systems and metrics that make a positive impact toward the achievement of corporate goals. She has more than 20 years of experience working across cultures and organizations locally and globally. Emma is a recognized business consultant that maximizes the use of alternative learning experiences (e.g. Lego Serious Play, Design Thinking) to assess and deliver key management soft skills. She also is a Digital Marketing Evangelist.

Belkys Hernández

Belkys Hernández

Belkys is an experienced Chief of Operations with a demonstrated work history in marketing and sales. She is skilled in Building Marketing Strategies, P&L Management, Market Planning, Business Planning, Team Leadership, Strategic Thinking, Simplify the process, Communication, Product Launch, Merge and Acquisitions, Market Access, Patient support Programs, Lean Methodology, Project Management, Compliance, Procurement, Relationships with External Clients, Negotiation, and Effective Presentations.

Diana Barahona

Diana Barahona

Diana is an experienced manager and Procure to Pay Consultant. She has experience at Procter & Gamble for 16 years. She served in Global Internal Audit, Accounts Payable, and several management positions. She also worked for USDA as Procurement Supervisor for Costa Rica.

Rosi Rojas

Rosi Rojas

She is a Strategic Sourcing and Procure-to-Pay Consultant and Trainer. She specializes in Global VMD and Shared Services.

Alfonso Escamilla

Alfonso Escamilla

He has experience in Supply Chain solutions with a proven track record of accomplishments in designing, implementing, and operating diverse supply chains in Procter & Gamble. He can lead and work effectively using inter-personal skills to obtain results across cultures and multifunctional global & regional teams externally and internally. He can lead to change by building needed organizational capability and systems to improve and sustain ongoing results. He is fluent in Spanish and English and has Intermediate proficiency in French & Portuguese. His specialties are logistics, strategic planning, operations, manufacturing, purchases, organizational development, and work processes optimization, Initiatives & program management, redesign and integration, cost savings programs.

Gilberto Garcés

Gilberto Garcés

He is a Sourcing Strategy & Business Consultant and Trainer. He is an entrepreneurial and driven business executive, with 20 years of leading industry experience in FMCG, Retail, Mining, Pharma, Food, and Ai industries with expertise in modeling, building, and growing numerous companies in the domestic and international marketplace. Gilberto is a facilitator and builder of world-class Contract Manufacturing models, Product Development, with a specialty in both start-up and scaled growth stages. He has proven project direction experience, business relationship, complex negotiations and networking skills, building long-term business partnerships with clients, suppliers, and internal customers, and delivering double-digit bottom-line growth. He has a Chemical Engineer, MBA.

Introducing Synfiny Learning Solutions

SynFiny Advisors is officially announcing the launch of a new division of our business in Latin America, SynFiny Learning Solutions! SynFiny Learning Solutions exists to bring your organization the full set of functional and soft skills necessary to expedite growth and succeed in today’s challenging business environment. Our instructors bring your employees a wealth of knowledge and real experience from corporate careers, so you won’t have to wade through the 30+ years of personal experience to produce fast results.

SynFiny Learning Solutions includes several soft skill programs including Purposeful Leadership, Inclusive and Diverse Culture, Open Innovation, Effective and Engaging Communication, Team Building, Sustainable Wellbeing and Productivity, and much more!

Additionally, SLS offers functional skills programs including Strategic Sourcing Fundamentals, Supplier Relationship Management, Optimizing Working Capital, Supply Chain as a Competitive Advantage, and more.

SynFiny Learning Solutions’ programs are tailored to specific company needs and delivered using blended, face-to-face, and virtual methods.

Our learning practice helps your organization become a team of ultimate corporate champions!

SynFiny Announces Launch in The Philippines

As we expand further globally, we are officially announcing our newest SynFiny location in Manila, Philippines. SynFiny Advisors continues to support clients globally and is committed to the success of our clients. We look forward to further business success for our clients through this SynFiny launch.

Thank you to our partner, Jet Antonio, for making it possible for SynFiny to help reach more businesses in the Philippines.

SynFiny offers operational improvement, strategic services, and organization improvement in several functions, including but not limited to Supply Chain, Shared Services, Source to Pay, and C-Suite Services.

Meet The Partner

Jet Antonio

Jet Antonio

PartnerJet has 30 years of Corporate Procurement leadership experience, as Purchases Director in Procter & Gamble, and Senior Director in Mondelez International. With on-the-ground stints in Cincinnati, Japan, China, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines, Jet’s end-to-end Procurement know-how, leadership mastery and leading-edge organization development practices can help businesses grow and succeed in the Asia-Pacific region. Jet has spearheaded a variety of business and organization transformations with both P&G and Mondelez, generating speed, efficiency and greater effectiveness in delivering breakthrough value creation. He is focused on helping businesses to grow and be successful in Asia.

Map of Eastern Europe

The P&G Alumni EECAR Chapter has Officially Launched

On May 7th, the P&G Alumni EECAR Chapter was officially launched virtually! There was an awesome turnout; more than 300 people attended across 27 different countries. Thank you to all of those who tuned in.

If you are a P&G Alumni and wasn’t able to attend the virtual event, you don’t have to miss out! You can watch the virtual launch with your P&G Alumni Network Login.

Use the link below to hear from all the following speakers:

  • John Pepper, retired CEO/Chairman P&G
  • Sotos Marinidis, Vice President Eastern Europe P&G
  • York Huang, Chairman of P&G Alumni China
  • Jeff Wuest, founder & CEO of SynFiny Advisors
  • Plus, P&G Alumni EECAR Board: Natalia Beketova, Eugeny Notkin, Sayora Aupova, Lada Kudrova, Maria Filimonova, Maria Buzhinskaya, Julia Vatutina, Eugeny Gordienko

With this much interest virtually, we are looking forward to the in-person launch of the P&G Alumni EECAR Chapter and hope to see many there!

Link To Portal: https://www.pgalums.com/alumni/portal2/article/p-g-alumni-network-eecar-chapter-launch-video

Mexico City

SynFiny Announces Grand Opening in Mexico

SynFiny Advisors works with businesses to achieve better results, better direction, and better organization. Their experience and insight help businesses in regions across the globe including North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, and Europe. SynFiny is sharing the official opening of our Mexico City office as we continue to expand throughout Latin America.

SynFiny Advisors practice areas include Finance Transformation, Supply Chain, Process Management, Accounting Transformation, Commercial Development, Strategic Planning, Business Analytics, M&A Support, Risk Management, Source-to-Pay, Information Technology, Shared Services, and C-Suite Services. Additionally, SynFiny is an expert in running online/virtual business; therefore, our experienced advisors are eager to help your business during this changing business environment.

Thanks to our Partner, Germán Ganado, we are proud to announce our official Grand Opening of our Mexico City office.

Meet The Partners

Germán Ganado

Germán Ganado

PartnerGermán Ganado has more than 28 years of experience in delivery Advisory and Assurance professional services in two of the Big 4 Firms.

As a 15-year Advisory Services Partner, Germán has been privileged to attend relevant national and international private clients as well as government and public sector entities in Mexico. As a Partner within the Performance Improvement practice, he has worked closely with clients addressing complex operating problems and tailoring business transformational and operational value solutions in several industries and integrating other line of services solutions such as legal, tax, and transactions. For 4+ years, Germán led the Public Sector practice in Mexico, consolidating the practice while driving growth by identifying needs and demands from the market. Germán worked alongside the global practice bringing international experiences and delivering high quality services.

Germán received his bachelor’s degree in public accounting and financial management from Technological University of Mexico. He is a certified public accountant and is certified in public sector accounting and auditing.

Lima, Peru

SynFiny Announces Grand Opening in Perú

SynFiny wants to bring the experience and insights of our seasoned advisors to your business, wherever you are! As SynFiny continues to expand through Latin America, we are eager to bring success to your organization. Each of our team members has had long corporate careers where they have waded through thick and thin. That is why SynFiny believes, now more than ever, we should continue to carry out our mission of improving organizations across the globe while staying true to our core values.

With that, we have officially opened our office in Lima, Peru, with the help of our partner, Bernardo Regal. SynFiny helps to get better results from your current business, find better direction to grow and protect your business, and develop better organizations that encourage growth. We offer services in Operational Improvement, Strategic Services, and Organizational Improvement.

Meet The Partners

Bernardo Regal

Bernardo Regal

PartnerBernardo brings more than 30 years of experience in CEO, CFO, Senior Advisor and Independent Director roles across Latin America. During the past two years, Bernardo has been advising businesses in Strategy, Financial Planning and Analysis, Valuation, M&A and Corporate Governance.

Bernardo was CEO of Jockey Plaza, the biggest shopping center in Perú, developing and leading their new growth strategy. He was CFO of Breca, the biggest conglomerate in Perú, focusing on portfolio analysis, corporate strategy, M&A, financial planning and control. Breca owns and manages leading businesses in mining, fishing, insurance, banking, cement, hotel, real estate, explosives, welding, painting, agriculture and construction in Perú, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Colombia.

He worked for 7 years in PepsiCo and 15 years in P&G in CFO roles with responsibility over Venezuela, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia and Chile.

He is a founding partner and board member of Civitano, a restaurant holding company with operations in Perú and Chile and is a member of the Institute of Directors of Perú. Bernardo is an Industrial Engineer from Pontificia Universidad Católica of Perú.

SynFiny Announces Launch in China

SynFiny Advisors is proud to announce the launch of our operations in Shanghai and Guangzhou as we continue to expand through the Asia Pacific region. SynFiny Advisors has a global reach across many industries, and we will continue to bring our experience further across the globe so that more companies can achieve success.

Thank you to our China partner, Webster Shao, for making our expansion in this key market of Asia Pacific possible. SynFiny offers operational improvement, strategic services, and organization improvement in several functions, including but not limited to Supply Chain, Shared Services, Source to Pay, and C-Suite Services.

Meet The Partners

Webster Shao

Webster Shao

Partner

Webster Shao has more than 30 years of experience in FMCG, medical, shipping and consulting industries across many cultures. Webster started his career with P&G China before moving to P&G Canada. He was responsible for manufacturing, operation management, joint venture management and supply chain management for mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Later, Webster served Maersk for 10 years, mainly leading the China Global Service Centres. Webster also had management responsibility of Global Service Centres in Philippines and India.

Webster spent 6 years with KPMG China and led many projects of shared services, corporation management, leadership improvement, industry planning, and investment promotion, to name a few. His clients included MNCs, SOEs, private companies, industrial parks, and government authorities. Webster also led many key projects including Leadership Enhancement for Novo Nordisk, Strategy Planning for NASSCOM, and The Global Outsourcing Summit for MOFCOM (Ministry of Commerce of China) in 2014 and 2015. He established the nationwide Outsourcing Credit System for MOFCOM in 2017.

Webster received a degree in Chemical Engineering at Jiangnan University and his mini MBA from Chinese University of HK. Webster was a member of ASPAC Excellence Function Committee and was also the Chairman of China Annual SSON Summit for several years.

SynFiny Announces Grand Opening in Middle East & Africa

SynFiny Advisors taps into the experience of seasoned operating executives from across disciplines and industries to bring you practical solutions that produce real results across the globe! With the official opening of our Dubai office, our advisors are more ready than ever to bring operational improvement, strategic services, and organization improvement to your business in the region of Middle East and Africa.

SynFiny Advisors is excited to officially announce the Grand Opening of our Dubai office. Special thank you to our talented partner Yasser Abdelmalek for his hard work to make this happen. SynFiny is proud to have a partner as talented and experienced as Yasser in the Middle East and Africa Region.

Our advisors are honored to help businesses across industries by sharing their expertise and knowledge in “special service offerings here”. SynFiny will continue to bring quality results to organizations despite the changing business environment. SynFiny is working closely with our clients to give virtual support while maintaining our high-quality service and expert experience. We are proud to bring better results to more businesses across the globe.

Meet The Partners

Yasser Abdelmalek

Yasser Abdelmalek

Partner

Yasser Abdelmalek brings more than 25 years of international experience in senior roles in Purchasing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Shared Services, and Information Technology with an exceptional record of business transformation.

Yasser has 15 years of experience at Procter & Gamble in various positions responsible for Procurement and other Global Business Services across Europe, Middle East, and Africa. More recently, Yasser was responsible for more than $2.38 billion dollars of spend at PepsiCo. He also worked as the General Manager at EPx Logistics and Transportation, which is the largest specialized logistics service provider in Egypt. Currently, he is the proud founder and CEO of Edge360 (Supply Chain and Service Solutions) and a Partner at the Leap Kids Development Hub.

Yasser is a Computer Engineer, who started his career as Electrical Engineering Teaching & Research assistant in Cairo & UAE Engineering Universities.