John P. Neal
Principal
PAULINNEAL
John P. Neal is a founding principal of PAULINNEAL, an international business consulting and interim management firm specializing in strategic development, executive mentoring, and positioning for successful exit for closely held companies. Mr. Neal has established a reputation as being a visionary entrepreneur, by founding several companies and organizations and by working on several successful turnaround teams. Individually, and through his companies, John has helped hundreds of businesses in a wide variety of industries to achieve their goals.
PAULINNEAL consists of a network of senior executives with successful international track records. They act as mentors to client CEO’s or as members of client company management teams, providing critical management expertise in the areas of Strategic Planning, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Finance. PAULINNEAL has assisted dozens of companies to achieve faster market penetration, greater profitability, and high enterprise values.
Since co-founding PAULINNEAL in April 2001 John has served as acting CEO, COO, or CFO for a variety of companies in industries ranging from manufacturing to clinical research, playing a key role in increasing clients revenue and profits. To address the niche needs of his clients in clinical research, John founded Premier Clinical Management Organization in 2007.
Prior to PAULINNEAL, John founded and ran several companies and held senior executive positions in several firms including RCG Management (which grew to be the largest firm of it’s type in Southern California and became known as the "go to" firm in San Diego for interim financial management) and ACE Group, Inc., an enterprise systems consulting firm specializing in implementation and customization of fully integrated, best-of-breed back-office and front-office systems.
John’s early career included roles as a member of a Girard Capital turnaround team serving as Vice President/Controller of Girard Savings Bank of San Diego and as a Senior Accountant and Consultant with Deloitte, Haskins & Sells (now Deloitte & Touche) in the San Diego office serving closely held and venture capital backed companies. John received his Bachelor of Science degree with honors in Accounting from San Diego State University in 1980.
John maintains a high level of professional and community involvement including:
- Board Member, California Chamber of Commerce
- Chairman of the Small Business Committee of the California Chamber of Commerce
- Elected Delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business, 1995
- Co-founder and Past Board member of the San Diego Software & Internet Council (SDSIC)
- Past Board Member, Corporate Directors Forum
- Past Board Member, Santa Fe Christian Schools
- Past Member of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce’s CEO Roundtable
- Who’s Who in San Diego Business, San Diego Business Journal
- Certified Public Accountant, California (inactive)
- Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Member of the Hospital Financial Management Association
- Contributing author to “The Anatomy of a Business Plan”, Dearborn Publishing, 1999 & 2002
- (the most widely used business Planning text in U.S. Universities)
- Author of “Clinical Research Budgeting Made Easy”, Finish Line Enterprises, 2009
- Creator of the “Clinical Research Budget Development Tool™”software, Finish Line
- Enterprises, 2009
- Author of numerous articles and a frequent speaker at industry conferences related to Clinical
- Research Financial Management
