About Us

Since 1992 Value Added Finance has been providing financial consulting services to businesses in the Chicago area region. Over the years, we have helped clients in a wide range of industries to realize greater profits through better management and tracking of their financial resources.

Besides running Value Added Finance Resources, we have been involved in a number of business and civic activities. Click here to learn more about the organizations we actively participate in.

But, what's really important is not about us, but it is about you. We are here to serve you in whatever way makes the most sense for you. For some of you, it could be through the newsletter. For some, it could be through information about other resources. For others, it could be through a consulting relationship.

We look forward to getting to know you better, so we can be of better service to you.

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Meet Jon Paul, Company President

Jon Paul has nearly 25 years experience as either CFO/COO or a consultant, turning the finance area at firms into a resource for the rest of the company and helping propel their growth with his strategic and tactical guidance. Since 1992, Jon has been doing consulting/interim CFO management as head of Value Added Finance Resources, serving emerging clients in a wide range of dynamic industries.

Prior to that, he was CFO of Vitarine Pharmaceuticals, as the first member of a turnaround team brought in by the venture capitalists. There he played a key role keeping the firm alive and helping develop/execute the plans that turned the company from near bankruptcy to earning as much as 53% of net sales from its manufacturing operations. After later acquiring a number of distribution firms around the country, the firm was sold to Eon Labs (publically traded). Earlier on, Jon was head of finance/operations for a toy manufacturer, Kidco, where he revamped the inside operations to handle the explosive growth from $2 to $30 million, which later led to a successful merger into Matchbox.

Jon began his career in the Big Four after earning a CPA. He then earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. He also has been very active in civic affairs and is a strong networker, starting the Chicago chapter of FENG and later starting the Finance Leaders Association.

Besides being head of Value Added Finance Resources, Jon Paul gets involved in other different areas to help serve people in additional ways. He feels strongly that what matters highly in life is how much we share with others to help them. Click here to learn more the other services and organization offerings by Jon Paul.

Jon has been married for 22 years to Susan and has two sons, Brad and Eric in college at Indiana and Carleton.