Fractional CFO and board leadership for companies that need seasoned judgment
George O’Leary brings 35 years of operating, public-company CFO, and board experience to companies navigating growth, capital markets, and strategic transitions.
SKS Strong and the Kings of the Sea. From the Gaelic roots of the O’Leary surname.
Experience from the seat,
not the sidelines
Public-Market & SEC Readiness
Hands-on leadership across NYSE IPOs, Nasdaq uplistings, OTCQB reporting, audit committees, and PCAOB auditor transitions.
Capital Structure & Fundraising
Structuring equity, debt, SPAC, and institutional financings with financial narratives that hold up under investor diligence.
Operator-First Financial Judgment
35 years as both CEO and CFO — aligning cash discipline, unit economics, and operating execution from inside the business.
Independent & PE-Aligned Governance
Decisive, arms-length boardroom counsel for founder-led, private-equity-backed, and micro/small-cap public companies.
Rapid Interim C-Suite Stabilization
Stepping into high-stakes transitions, turnarounds, and transactions when speed and immediate credibility matter.
South Florida Base, National Reach
Based in West Palm Beach / Wellington, Florida, advising boards and executive teams across the United States.
How George works with companies
Fractional CFO
Part-time or project CFO leadership: reporting discipline, capital structure, fundraising readiness, dashboards, and board-ready financial narrative.
- Financial reporting & board dashboards
- Capital structure & fundraising readiness
- Audit, SEC & transaction preparation
Board of Directors
Independent or PE-aligned board seats with arms-length judgment, governance support, and experience sitting beside operators and investors.
- Independent & PE-aligned governance
- Audit committee & financial oversight
- Strategic counsel to operators & investors
SKS Consulting
Interim executive placement, management and financial advisory, accounting foundation, turnaround support, and onsite assessment when needed.
- Interim executive & turnaround support
- Management & financial advisory
- Accounting foundations & onsite assessment
$345M NYSE Initial Public Offering
New America Acquisition I Corp. (NYSE: NWAX)
As Fractional Chief Financial Officer from August 2025 through August 26, 2026, George helped lead the company from formation through its NYSE IPO. He served on its Board of Directors from December 3, 2025 through February 6, 2026. The offering closed December 5, 2025 with 34.5 million units sold, including the full over-allotment; initial trust funding totaled $345 million.
“On behalf of the Board and the entire New America team, I want to thank George for his leadership through our formation and initial public offering and for the strong financial foundation he helped build.”— Kyle Wool, Chief Executive Officer · August 26, 2026View the $345M NYSE IPO Story & Opening Bell Photos →
From formation to the Opening Bell.
11 Wall Street · December 4, 2025
George O’Leary
George founded SKS in 2006 to help companies execute on their core business and make clear-eyed decisions about what does not belong.
His career spans senior accounting beginnings at Peat Marwick Mitchell, operations leadership through a major cable sale to Time Warner, CEO growth of Communication Resources Incorporated, vice-chair work at Timios Holding Corp through a successful exit, and public-company CFO and board experience, including HealthLynked Corp. (OTCQB: HLYK).
Most recently, George served as Chief Executive Officer of Sono Group N.V., taking the company from the OTCQB (SEVCF) to the Nasdaq Capital Market (Nasdaq: SSM) in September 2025. He also served as fractional CFO of New America Acquisition I Corp. (NYSE: NWAX), a SPAC that completed its $345 million initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in December 2025.
He lives in West Palm Beach, Florida, with his daughter, and brings a warm, direct executive style shaped by decades of sitting in the seat, not only advising from the sidelines.
Board Member 2014–present
CFO 2014–2024
CFO 2026–present
$345M NYSE IPO, Dec 2025
August 2025 – August 2026
January 2024 – September 2025
HealthLynked Corp. (OTCQB: HLYK; Board Member 2014–present, CFO 2014–2024, CFO 2026–present) · New America Acquisition I Corp. (NYSE: NWAX; former fractional CFO) · Sono Group N.V. (Nasdaq: SSM; former CEO), among others. Names reflect past and present experience, not a current client list.
The crest behind the name
“Strong and the Kings of the Sea” — SKS, from the Gaelic roots of the O’Leary surname.
The O’Leary family crest is the logo of SKS Consulting. George’s Irish family history gives the firm its name, and the crest keeps his father’s memory at the heart of the company.
Family Name History · Historical Research CenterView the 1993 certificate ↗
Read the full O’Leary Crest Story, Family Legacy & 1993 Certificate ↓Close full Crest & Family History ↑
The proud history of my family crest
The story below is adapted from George O’Leary’s account on the original SKS Consulting website.
Argent a lion passant in base gules, in chief a ship of three masts, sable sails, set proper from the stern the flag of St. George flotant.
The Sailing Ship
As the O’Learys lived in the mountain area of Iveleary, the sailing ship is usually assumed to be a nostalgic memory of a maritime tradition, harking back to the time when the clan lived by the sea in Rosscarbery. The modern form of the sailing ship on the O’Leary crest suggests a late origin of the crest, probably the 18th century.
The Lion
The lion has long been a symbol of heraldry. It was first borne in Old Testament times as the sign of the tribe of Judah. In the New Testament it is the emblem of St. Mark the Evangelist. Since those times, it has been the emblem of deathless courage. In the O’Leary crest, the lion is borne passant, that is, walking.
The Flag of St. George
The flag of St. George (of England) on the crest comes from a small group of O’Learys who took advantage of the relaxing of the “Penal Laws” in the late 18th century and became first land agents and then landowners. They became “unionist” in character and so included the flag of St. George.
A strong motto and the name SKS
“Laidir ise lear Righ” is a motto used by the O’Learys on their coat of arms. The motto is read as “Strong and the Kings of the Sea,” which gives us SKS. Notice the continuation of the seafaring instincts of our landlocked tribe!
Adapted from the Crest section of the original SKS Consulting website.
Ó Laoghaire of West Cork
O’Leary is the English form of Ó Laoghaire, “descendant of Laoghaire” (calf-keeper), the name of a family of the Corca Laoighdhe in West Cork.1
They were originally chiefs of the country around Rosscarbery and, about the time of the Anglo-Norman invasion, settled in the parish of Inchigeelagh, where they became lords, under the MacCarthys, of the country between Macroom and Inchigeelagh. The district takes the family name: Íbh Laoghaire (Iveleary).1, 2 The head of the family resided at Carrignacurra, about a mile east of the village of Inchigeelagh.1
A family story
The company was named SKS Consulting of South Florida Corp. based upon my strong Irish family history, and the name coming from the Gaelic roots of the O’Leary surname: “Strong and the Kings of the Sea.”
My grandfather, Denis P. O’Leary, landed from Ireland into Ellis Island when he was 21 years old. My father, also Denis P. O’Leary, who was a NYC police officer for 20 years, passed away May 31, 2013, and his memory lives on within the company with the O’Leary crest as our company logo.
My brother Denis P. O’Leary is currently a partner at Neufeld, O’Leary & Giusto, based in New York City. He currently resides in Connecticut during the summer and in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in the winter.
Sources
- Rev. Patrick Woulfe, Irish Names and Surnames (1923), entry “Ó Laoghaire,” via Library Ireland: libraryireland.com/names/ol/o-laoghaire.php
- Eoin MacNeill, “Early Irish Population-Groups,” ¶53 (Íbh Laoghaire as a district in the west of Co. Cork), CELT, University College Cork: celt.ucc.ie/published/E900000-003/text003.html
Blazon, crest elements, motto explanation and family story: the Crest section of the original SKS Consulting website (archived April 7, 2022 and January 25, 2025).
Looking for fractional CFO or board leadership you can trust?
Discuss your next chapter directly with George. SKS also remains available for interim executive and advisory engagements.
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