Chief Financial Officer
As CFO, Mr. Ratliff is responsible for all financial activities of the company and provides strategic financial analysis and operational recommendations as a member of the executive management team. The systems he has implemented, as well as his innovative financial and cash management recommendations and solutions, have been instrumental in the company’s transition from the SBA 8(a) SDB program to a successful mid-sized corporation.
Mr. Ratliff has over 35 years’ experience translating business goals into actionable operational plans for both for-profit and non-profit companies. Within the DoD and counterthreat federal market space, he supported the entire financial management operations for a $77 million corporation with offices in the U.S. and overseas. This included supporting Russian language training for On-Site Inspection Agency missile treaty inspectors and systems engineering and technical assistance (SETA) for the DHS Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO). This included hands-on accountability for accounting and business functions, providing reporting and analysis to both corporate staff and government stakeholders. He has served within various leadership positions before joining ARServices, to include Corporate Controller, Vice President of Operations, and Chief Financial Officer.
His financial and operational expertise allows him to increase company’s back office and corporate capabilities through both process standardization and innovation implementation. His accomplishments include proposing, financing, and implementing a diversification and expansion strategy within a previous position that increased revenue by 600%. After this success, he positioned and prepared the company for sale, researched and selected a merger and acquisition firm, and negotiated the terms and conditions of the eventual sale agreement. Mr. Ratliff holds a Master of International Business Studies (MIBS) graduate Degree from the University of South Carolina and a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry from the University of Virginia.
