LEADERSHIP
AlignIQ's President & Co-Founder
Dr. Michael Chen-Young is the President of AlignIQ, LLC, a consultancy specializing in helping transform the Office of Finance through various business, process, technology and data initiatives. Michael has over 25 years of such experience working with organizations on their continuous improvement, successfully leading multiple initiatives with budgets over $50M.
Michael currently leads AlignIQ’s services partnering primarily with multiple CFOs and their respective teams in various initiatives such as reporting automation, rolling forecasting and budgeting, liquidity management with cash forecasting, profitability analysis, ERP implementation, and related project & change management.
Through Michael’s leadership and proven successes, AlignIQ has been a multiyear Platinum Partner of Jedox North America, where Jedox is an acclaimed Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for FP&A software. AlignIQ was recently awarded the Jedox North America Partner of the Year.
Examples of AlignIQ’s successful transformation initiatives by client types include financials/ investment management/fintech, private equity (both fund and portfolio companies), global development, residential REIT & mortgage servicing, healthcare, and various non-profits.
Prior to AlignIQ, Michael was the Deputy CFO & Treasurer of Prospect Mortgage overseeing the Treasury Operations of this large independent mortgage bank funding over $6 billion in annual mortgage originations. Prior to Prospect Mortgage, Michael has held multiple Fannie Mae Vice President positions over areas such as Strategic Analytics, Finance Transformation, and FP&A. Fannie Mae was the largest government-sponsored enterprise managing a $3 Trillion mortgage book of business in the USA.
Michael’s experience also includes being the Chief Information Officer of the PE-funded Greensmith Energy, overseeing the development of the energy storage management system and battery-energy-storage-systems (BESS). Greensmith Energy became one of the leaders in the energy storage markets before its sale to the global industrial firm Wartsila.
Michael’s educational background includes Masters & PhD degrees in Economics from the University of Maryland, and a Bachelor degree, double majoring in Mathematics & Economics, from the College of William & Mary.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/michael-chen-young