Sharon Custer is a fractional CFO for distributors and manufacturers and the founder of Inventory Optimization Pro. She helps owners find the cash tied up in inventory and stand behind every number in front of a lender, a board or a buyer.

Sharon Custer is a fractional CFO for distributors and manufacturers and the founder of Inventory Optimization Pro. She helps owners find the cash tied up in inventory and stand behind every number in front of a lender, a board or a buyer.

Her clients include a food manufacturer that grew from $2 million to $10 million in sales and opened a second production facility, a packaging distributor that cut storage costs 12% by buying to what actually sells, and a construction firm that retired a $300,000 loan ahead of schedule. Earlier, at 3M, she cut non-working inventory from 8.5% to 5% while fill rates held at 100%.

Today she builds AI workflows into finance, such as a 13-week cash flow engine and a monthly inventory close, and coaches finance leaders doing the same in the AI Finance Club Accelerator.