Francis Costello is an American technology and finance executive who works as a 📝Fractional CFO and operations consultant in San Diego, with more than 20 years of experience helping entrepreneurial teams scale. As of 2020 he had most recently served as 🏷️#cfo of 100%, the motocross and cycling eyewear brand. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in mathematics and economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Costello began his career at McKinsey & Company and worked with Bill Gross's Idealab during the dot-com era. He held executive roles building product, business development, and marketing teams at Veoh Networks, Akonix Systems, and OneTouch Communications, and was COO of StockTwits, the social network for investors and traders, where he led scaling, revenue partnerships, and sales. He later served as senior vice president of product and ecosystem management at OnRamp Wireless and has mentored founders through the EvoNexus incubator and StartupSD.
Francis and I had friends in common at HBS, and after I moved to San Diego in 2012 we reconnected and became close. We've followed similar entrepreneurial paths and both work as fractional executives to multiple companies — Francis gets a little more involved in operations, while I stick to the numbers and board communications — and we've resonated on collaborating to productize our work.