Scott Orn is a highly experienced and qualified Chief Operating Officer at Kruze Consulting, a rapidly growing startup CFO consulting firm based in San Francisco. With an educational background in business, Scott has an MBA in Entrepreneurial Studies from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and also studied MBA at London Business School, alongside his undergraduate degree in business from University of California - Berkeley. He also has additional qualifications including a CFA and has passed the Series 7.

Before joining Kruze Consulting, Scott was an accomplished Partner at Lighthouse Capital Partners, where he invested over $100M+ in 20+ deals, with $0 losses and a mid-teen's % IRR. Some of his high profile deals include Elance, J Hilburn, ZestCash, Zoosk, Serena & Lily, and Angie's List.

Scott is also deeply committed to giving back to the community and co-founded Ben's Friends, a non-profit organization that offers Internet patient support to people with rare diseases. He has also served as Director of Community Products at Callisto Media and worked as an R&D Strategy Intern at Becton Dickinson.

Scott's professional expertise includes start-up accounting, finance, HR, and tax consulting. He has exceptional skills in venture debt consulting and technology mergers & acquisitions. In addition, he is a successful entrepreneur and has also made a significant contribution to the development of rare disease patient support communities.