Executive Leader with Finance & Operations Expertise

IRA WEISS

Cell: 615-***-****

**********@*****.***

Corporate Executive with extensive and successful management experience. My finance and operations expertise including audit, accounting, banking, information systems, and analytical skills have enabled me to meet corporate goals and produce results on time within budget. Positions have included CEO, CFO, Controller, Financial Analyst, Management Consultant and Project Manager.

EXPERIENCE

July 2003 to Current

WeissAssociates

Consultant, Principal

Nashville and Chattanooga, Tennessee

Providing strategic business development services that enable companies to focus on becoming more efficient and profitable.

July 2025 to Current

Tranco Logistics, LLC

Strategic Advisor/Board

Chattanooga, Tennessee

In this capacity, my focus is toward community engagement, championing Tranco’s presence and values across our region. This also includes due diligence, strategic planning, and analytics with potential partners in the sustainable mobility space.

I will also continue to play a strategic role on Tranco’s board, contributing insight and leadership as we grow and evolve.

February 2024 to July 2025

Tranco Logistics, LLC and Tranco Global, LLC

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Responsible for all accounting, finance, and human resources for both companies

Tranco Logistics is an asset-based transportation company (over two hundred employees) that offers 2 million square feet of warehousing space, as well as distribution, supply chain management, and real estate services. www.trancologistics.com

Founded in 2016, Tranco Global (50 employees) supplies international logistics solutions to importers and exporters, large or small. www.trancoglobal.com

April 2022 to June 2024

Chattanooga-Hamilton County Medical Society

Director of Finance

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Founded in 1883, the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Medical Society is the region's professional physician membership organization.

April 2022 to June 2024

Medical Foundation of Chattanooga Inc.

Director of Finance

Chattanooga, Tennessee

The Medical Foundation of Chattanooga exists to support our community through health services research, promotion of healthy lifestyles, education, and cooperation with other charitable entities.

April 2022 to June 2024

Physician Services Inc.

Director of Finance

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Doing business as Medical Personnel Services (MPS), a specialized personnel agency focused on serving the physicians of our community by providing the most qualified candidates for their practices, making their practice run more smoothly and allowing them to take better care of their patients.

April 2022 to December 2022

Volunteers in Medicine, Chattanooga, Inc.

Controller

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Volunteer physicians and nurses provide free medical services to financially eligible adults who are uninsured.

May 2020 to October 2021

Southern Towers LP/LLC

Controller

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Provided accounting and finance services to cell tower developers. (4 companies)

January 2016 to Current

Green Spaces

Board Member

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Board Member and Finance Committee Member (Sustainable living, working, and building)

July 2015 to Current

Launch TN (Bio TN)

Senior Mentor

Nashville and Chattanooga, Tennessee

Mentor for life science (Bio TN) and energy companies (TAEBC) throughout Tennessee

The Statewide Mentor Network links a team of mentors to life science start-ups. Modeled after San Diego’s CONNECT – Springboard program, mentors in the network guide participating companies through a stage-gate process.

July 2015 to Current

Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council (TAEBC)

EIR/Mentor

Oak Ridge and Knoxville, Tennessee

The Energy Mentor Network is designed to assist Tennessee advanced energy startups and entrepreneurs with strategic business, marketing, and financial guidance from experienced mentors.

October 2014 to Current

The Company Lab

Lead Mentor

Chattanooga, Tennessee

The Company Lab (CO.LAB) is a nonprofit startup accelerator that supports entrepreneurial growth in southeast Tennessee.

I am currently a lead mentor for the Co-Mobility accelerator program helping entrepreneurs to succeed in their ventures.

January 2019 to October 2022

Venture Forward (United Way)

Committee Member

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Strategic Planning Committee Member (Social Innovation Hub provides support to 1400+ non-profits).

EDUCATION

1976 to 1979

San Diego State University

San Diego, California

Accounting/Political Science (Pre-Law)

COMPUTER SKILLS

Software expertise- Microsoft Office/Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Google, Chrome, and Windows; QuickBooks; Oracle/SAP. Also, various nonprofit grant software and accounting software.

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