Steve Gross is a big picture thinker and connector, with 40 years of rich and diverse experience in the C.P.A., business consulting, and venture capital worlds. Steve was an early adopter and evangelist of cloud-based accounting, as well as the concept of a virtual C.F.O. or Controller as a method of outsourcing the position in small businesses and startups.

Steve brings his extensive experience as an entrepreneur, board member, and business advisor to his role at Trusted CFO Solutions.

Mr. Baynes is a CPA with over 30 years of accounting, finance, investment/merchant banking, senior executive finance, and operational experience.

He is a Partner with Gross Capital Partners with a focus on executing M&A transactions, private equity capital and investing activities, corporate restructuring, strategic planning, and other CFO financial advisory services. Prior to Gross Capital, Mr. Baynes was Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategies at Cooper / T. Smith Corporation, a diversified international group of maritime companies.

Prior to that, he was the CFO of Apyron Technologies, a material science technology company, and a Managing Director at two investment banking firms.