Clifford Grossman – CEO & Chairman of the Board – Chairman Corporate Finance Committee
Mr. Grossman is Chairman and CEO of Ford Allen, Inc., Chairman of Ford Allen Consulting
Group, General Partner of Ford Allen Fund, LLC, and Chairman of the investment committee of Ford Allen, Inc. Mr. Grossman comes to Ford Allen with over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, including corporate finance experience in both the private and public sectors, as well as extensive experience in equities trading. Mr. Grossman has been an early investor and advisor to several companies that have developed from early stage private start-ups to entities trading on major U.S. public exchanges. Mr. Grossman commenced his financial career in 1987 at E.F. Hutton during its merger with Shearson Lehman Brothers, and later moved to become a senior equity trader with a leading NASD registered broker-dealer which is now one of the largest market-making firms in the industry.
Since founding FORD ALLEN, INC in 1998, Mr. Grossman has financed, consulted and assisted many companies globally in various industries, both private and public, and has invested, consulted, and advised companies whose values grew to be more than $1 Billion. Mr. Grossman served as seed investor, consultant, and advisor for a B2B ecommerce company in the marine industry, which grew from $5 Million to over $550 Million market capitalized NASDAQ National Market listed company. Following that, Mr. Grossman served as a seed investor, consultant and advisor in a small company and advised on its merger into Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., a coal gasification alternative energy company, valued at more than a $500 Million market capitalized, NASDAQ-listed company. Subsequently, Mr. Grossman provided seed capital for a DRTV Marketing company that launched a DRTV marketing campaign on an abdominal product, which became the #1 selling infomercial product in the fitness category. Mr. Grossman, together with a group of investors, provided early stage capital and advisory services to a medical technology company for the development, launch, and production of a unique proprietary non-invasive medical diagnostic device using SEMG technology for the diagnosis of Soft Tissue Injuries (STI’s) by performing a test called a Comprehensive Muscular Activity Profile (CMAP). Mr. Grossman is also the seed investor and partner in a private company in the Customer Service Contact Solution/BPO service industry, which provides Customer Service, Tech Support, Social Media Marketing, and other solutions utilizing multiple technologies that incorporate multiple mediums and services to provide solutions to companies in the technology, healthcare, and financial services industries. Current investments include cutting edge technologies in the Energy Storage Industry, Wind Energy Industry, Solar Energy Industry and Clean Fossil Fuel space. In addition, Mr. Grossman serves as consultant and investor for several public and private micro-cap to middle-market companies.
Mr. Grossman is the General Partner of the Ford Allen Funds whose focus is on early to midstage public and private companies seeking growth capital. An example of this was a case where the fund was closed to investors after reaching its maximum investment threshold. The fund’s initial portfolio was under $5 Million in assets and within 4 years grew to over $50 Million in value.
In addition to Ford Allen, Mr. Grossman was also an owner/founder of the Miami Morays, professional indoor arena football team, in the NIFL (National Indoor Football League).