Why Halyard?

 

What’s in a name? As any sailor will tell you, halyard refers to the rope or line used for hoisting and lowering sails. An essential piece of any sailboat, we think the analogy fits – you have a great business, we just help you raise your “sail” a little higher – steering you toward a more successful voyage.

Today we have more and more data at our fingertips. Unfortunately, more data doesn’t mean better information. Advising company investors, business owners, and their Boards of Directors on how to make sense of all that data is our specialty. Let us guide you to glean what is important from reams of financial data, so you can focus on the key items that drive your bottom line.

Halyard Associates helps growing businesses capture the momentum of their current and past successes to evolve beyond the point where simple bookkeeping is sufficient. We advise you on how to best take advantage of opportunities around you, so your company can keep building on its prior successes.

 

Who is Halyard?

 

 

Michael Zaramba founded Halyard Associates in 2014, after more than 25 years of leading small, medium, and large service companies to excellence. He has served in multiple executive and C-suite positions, including President, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Strategy Officer. These roles have ranged from CFO for a $200 million software engineering and services provider to President and COO of a 200-employee information technology services firm to a section 16 officer of a publicly traded technology firm.

Mr. Zaramba brings a unique perspective to his clients, having served in small (sub $10M) privately held enterprises and middle market firms as well as large publically traded entities. Earlier in his career, Mr. Zaramba served as both CFO and Chief Strategy Officer for Stanley, Inc. (NYSE: SXE), helping grow the business from a $10 million a year services firm to a $400 million international enterprise culminating in a highly successful initial public offering.

During his career, Mr. Zaramba has been responsible for overseeing finance, accounting, contracts, information technology, strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, human resources, risk management, and compliance.  He has specialized expertise in Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), ERISA health and welfare plans, capital structure planning, and raising capital.