John P. Hornbeck is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Internal Auditor, with over 25 years of financial and operational experience. Most recently, John was the CFO for multiple start-up companies in the automotive and hospitality industries. He had overall responsibility for the financial management of the companies, including accounting, finance, treasury, tax and long-range planning. Mr. Hornbeck helped lead and implement the organizations’ long-term strategies to accelerate growth. John helped raise multiple rounds of debt and equity financing and led the due diligence and financial integration process for multiple acquisitions.

Prior to his time with the start-up ventures, John was the Global Divisional CFO for a $275 million provider of medical device sterilization services, covering three continents, 25 locations and over 500 medical centers. Mr. Hornbeck has extensive experience in business strategy, planning and execution, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance.

Mr. Hornbeck received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Pace University and spent the first five years of his career in Public Accounting with Coopers & Lybrand. John has grown his professional career with several Florida based companies, including Gartner, Sykes Enterprises and Synergy Health.

Currently, John is providing Controllership support services to Shepard Capital Partners and its related companies in addition to co-founding Credence Advisors, an accounting and financial leadership advisory firm.

John and his wife moved to the Tampa Bay area in 1996, where they raised their two sons and have resided in the Carrollwood area since 2001.