Susan Beall
Susan Beall is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nue Information Solutions (Nue), a SAAS-based financial planning & analysis (FP&A) company. Nue is designed for product-based companies, with an emphasis on government contracting. Nue provides the information that leaders depend on to make informed decisions, evaluate alternatives, and achieve desired outcomes. Susan has started and grown other businesses and incorporates an owner’s perspective in Nue’s design. She incorporated her technology experience with her management background that includes financial modeling, raising debt and equity rounds, business case analysis, and strategic planning.
Susan is also the Co-Founder and CEO of WSL Consulting, d/b/a CAVU Advisors (CAVU), a financial management company providing outsourced accounting and financial consulting with a focus on early- to mid-stage companies in the technology and government markets.
Susan has vast experience in the government contracting industry, helping to grow, add value and sell companies. Susan brings over 30 years of financial leadership, skills, and capabilities to help clients build their unique value. In 2004, Susan and her partners sold Trios Associates, a systems engineering firm, to SAIC. After this integration, the management team formed WSL Consulting.
This management team also co-founded Base2, a hardware & software engineering design firm focusing on intelligence, space, defense, aviation, and other government markets, which was acquired by BlueHalo in 2020. One of her first roles as CFO was with an intel-based company, CSSi, that eventually grew and sold to Nichols Research and later to CSC. She later joined CSSi’s CEO at iJET International.
Susan has significant practical experience in business valuations and financial modeling. Throughout her career, she has completed numerous M&A transactions for government contractors and has spent several years working with a high-tech company (Mentor Technologies) raising debt and equity rounds. Susan was CFO during a period of 100% CAGR in revenue, with over 600% increase in valuation over a two-year period. Susan has a strong technology focus such as innovating a company’s virtual information system that provides web-based forecasting and graphical performance reporting.
This information system provides clear visibility into key financial and operating metrics throughout the organization. In addition, Susan has also directly supported government agencies such as NOAA/NWS, the Intelligence Community, the DOD, the FAA, among others to assist with acquisition decisions and business case analysis. Susan holds a master’s degree in finance from Johns Hopkins University and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Maryland and received a Certified Public Accountant certification.