Here is an official sounding bio, which I used on LinkedIn:

Jack is the business development officer for  the largest independent CPA and business advisory firm in New England. He was previously the business development officer for New England’s leading outsourced CFO group, where he led the company to be recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in the country. Prior to his career in business development, he worked as a permanent or interim Chief Financial officer for more than ten companies, where has raised over $200 million in private equity from several investors. A certified public accountant, Jack spent several years at the a “Big Four” accounting firm, where his client base consisted largely of early-stage technology companies.

Jack is frequently contacted by members of the media for his insights into business and strategic issues, and has been quoted by the Wall Street Journal, CFO Magazine, Treasury and Risk Management, the Boston Business Journal, and Business Finance Magazine. He has also been interviewed by Bloomberg, CNN, and Fox Business Network.

Jack has a BSBA from Suffolk University,  an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management

Pretty vanilla stuff, right.  Everything above is dull, but accurate.  Well, here’s more info on my career experiences (more interesting, though I have taken a few liberties with the truth):

After a successful career as an amateur boxer that ended in the New England Golden Gloves tournament, I turned professional at age 19.  I had six professional fights, losing all by knockout - five in the first round.  So, the Massachusetts and New Hampshire Boxing Commissions suspended my license.  Some wussy little concern about my getting killed or something. 

After my glorious run as a boxer, I was looking for a career that would give the adrenalaine rush and income potential of a prize fighter, but without the adverse health consequences. So, I became a CPA.  After studying accounting at Suffolk,  I started my career with one of the “Big Eight” accounting firms, in the Boston office.  I was probably the worst auditor they ever employed, perhaps the worst in the history of western civilization.  Somehow I managed to work there for several years without being fired or gettign the firm sued, became a CPA, and went to work for an early-stage software company in Cambridge, MA, eventually helping that company complete a sucessful IPO.  1995 was a pivotal year for me:  I was admitted to the MIT Sloan School of Management (shocking my former professors) and married an amazing and beautiful woman (shocking my former girlfriends).  In 1997, I was awarded an MBA from Sloan, focusing on finance and entrepreneurship.  Since grad school, I have worked as a CFO (permanent, part-time, or interim) for about 15 different companies.  I am no longer sure of the exact number.  My wife won’t overlook the irony of a CPA who cannot reliably count to 15!  During the last few years, I have been doing business development for two professional service firms.  I currently work for a local CPA firm in Boston, but I won’t mention it by name, since I’m not sure that they want to be publicly associated with me (this is the same reason I don’t mention my wife by name, by the way).  I was also with the leading outsourced CFO group in New England.

I am involved in two significant educational forums.  The first is the MIT CFO Summit, of which I am a founder and have co-chaired for most of the past six years.  2009 will be our 7th - boy it has gone by quickly.  Also, I and the managing director for the CFO RoundTable, which is the premier networking and educational forum for financial executives in New England.

Perhaps my greatest claim to fame is that I am the inventor of the high five.  Yeah, I can hear you chuckling at me, but it is true.  It happened at a CYO basketball game in 1975 or 1976.  This was a full four years before the Lousiville Cardinals (a great team with Rodney and Scooter McCracy, and Darrell Griffith)supposedly invented it.  I have won a few bar room bets on this topic….and I have video footage of myself giving high fives to my team mates in 1976!