Team

We take great pride in matching the needs of our clients with the right skill set, personality and industry expertise and we draw from a pool of highly experienced CFOs, Controllers and Advisors.

CFO Team Rudi Scheiber Rudi Scheiber-Kurtz – Founder & CEO

Rudi Scheiber-Kurtz is not your average entrepreneur. The best way to describe her innovative thinking is to provide examples of how she operates as CEO of Next Stage Solutions (NSS), which she founded in 2002. The uncertain economy created an opportunity in 2009 to focus on capital and time efficient Finance-on-Demand services drawing from a large pool of CFOs, Controllers and Advisors for clients needing high level expertise, just not full time.  Rudi also surrounded herself with deep knowledge and expertise with her staff, an Advisory Board and Brand Ambassadors.

Rudi has positioned companies for profitable growth by implementing efficient systems and processes. Her depth ranges from helping innovative start-ups articulate and accomplish their strategic goals and objectives to designing dynamic accounting infrastructures for established companies thus enabling them to achieve greater scalability. Repeatedly, her trusted investor relationships have advanced her clients in the high tech and life sciences industries to their next growth stage.

Prior to starting NSS, Rudi worked at WGBH in the role of Business Manager, where she was responsible for over 30 budgets in the National Promotions department. As a member of the Senior Management Team, she provided strategic planning to PBS’s Executive Producers. Earlier in her career, as Education Director of Arts/Lexington, Rudi turned around the failing education program by increasing enrollment by 300 percent in three years. She founded a collaborative establishment with other local art centers that pooled resources and fundraising efforts, resulting in the receipt of an inaugural State Grant Award.

Her first startup was an on-demand fabric silk-screen company, featuring her own bold and colorful graphics. Prior to this venture, Rudi held financial positions with two Boston advertising agencies, Cabot Advertising and Harcomm Associates. In her first U.S. position, she was an Order Editor with S.D.Warren Company. Prior to her work in the U.S., Rudi was trained and certified in Switzerland as a Druggist.

Rudi is a frequent speaker and panelist both in the greater Boston and international business communities. She is also currently active with many Boston business associations and organizations. Representative associations include the following:

Rudi holds a BS degree from Lesley University and an MBA from the Simmons School of Management. She was raised in Switzerland and holds dual US/Swiss citizenships and speaks German and French fluently. She most recently enjoyed her first paragliding experience in the Swiss Alps.

Benjamin Weller - Managing Director

Joining NSS in 2011, Ben has over 25 years of experience in providing executive level financial problem solving and strategic guidance to businesses. He is skilled at integrating strategic planning with implementation and bridging financial management with operations performance in generating continuous improvement to grow the bottom line and increase cash flow.

He has designed and implemented over 25 integrated enterprise business systems from GL through ERP. He is a leader in applying the principles of lean management to increase efficiency and reduce waste.

Ben has been a CFO in the manufacturing, technology, food service, publishing and distribution sectors. He has worked with public, private and family owned businesses ranging from in size from start-up to over $300M in revenues. Company experience includes Polaroid, Motorola, Balfour (mfg/retail distribution), MRG (electronic mfg), FONS (acquired by Verizon), Quinn Printing (publishing), MetroWest ESL Fund, Mosaic (philanthropy), Amvona (online retail) and Harvest Time Bread (food service).

Both as a company executive and on an interim/advisory basis for a range of companies in transition, Ben has formed start-up companies, raised over $100M in growth capital, alternative debt and working capital financing. He has also helped companies grow organically through best practices cash flow optimization. He has integrated M&A activity including obtaining $600k in state relocation grants to consolidate facilities of a multi-state company, driven continuous improvement programs in operations environments that contributed 5-10% to companies’ bottom lines, and has successfully implemented ERP systems to create 50%+ reductions in supply chain/inventory pipeline working capital requirements.

Ben began his career as a CPA with Ernst & Young. He holds a MBA in Finance from Boston University and a BS in Accounting from Virginia Tech.