Centilion provides financial management expertise to businesses and individuals.

Typical examples of the types of services we offer are:

  • Executive and financial management services

  • Strategy, operation and management

  • Raising capital--both equity and debt

  • Select investment banking and support services

  • Wealth management services

  • Accounting and tax services

Over the years, Centilion has served a client base covering 25 states and in more than 15 countries. Clients have included companies with no customers to over 250,000 customers, from no revenue to $300 million in revenue, and market caps as high as $1 billion.

Centilion has proven expertise in accelerating and managing the growth of companies valued at up to $1 billion. Since 1986, Centilion has helped investors, businesses and business-minded individuals achieve their goals—faster, better and easier.

 

Philosophy

Vision

To be a lightening rod for wisdom and guidance for the passionate executive, discriminating investor, visionary entrepreneur, and enlightened individual, and instrumental in leading clients’ success in all phases--from conceptual framework to actualization.

Mission

To provide nimble leadership, create value, and turn visions into results and dreams into reality.

Values

  • Integrity driven adherence to the highest ethics and accountability
  • Leadership encouraging innovation, meeting challenges head on
  • Inspiration to ignite minds, spur creativity
  • Balance and harmony among all goals business, career, personal
  • Social responsibility in thought and deed, for the common good and beyond boundaries

Founder Mehdi Rezazad, CPA

 

Mehdi Rezazad began his career in 1980 at Price Waterhouse, now PricewaterhouseCoopers. He later served as a business analyst and then VP of Finance at a national investment firm with a portfolio of IT companies, oil and gas, real estate development, and consumer products.

He founded his CPA practice in 1986 serving investors, growth-minded corporate businesses, aspiring entrepreneurs, business owners, and individuals with complex financial or tax issues.

Since 1988, Mr. Rezazad has concurrently served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to many of his larger clients. Starting in 1993, he has also served as stand-in for Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for certain businesses founded by Centilion’s investor-clients. He has helped and led the transition of many businesses from idea stage to blossoming entities, and on to higher ranks of success.

Both in United States and abroad, Mr. Rezazad has counseled emerging businesses, investors and boards of directors, as well as executives, both well established and starters. Since 2000, Mr. Rezazad has served as an advisor to US Small Business Administration.
Mr. Rezazad received his MBA from George Washington University in 1977 and passed the CPA exam with distinction in 1979. He has taught MBA programs, written extensively, lectured and been interviewed on business and tax subjects. Mr. Rezazad is listed in Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals.

Clients

Centilion has served a broad cross section of businesses and investors, including:

  • Manufacturing, production, assembly
  • Wholesale national distribution and sales
  • Computer hardware and software
  • Telecommunication, including cellular, global traffic, VOIP
  • TV Broadcasting (network affiliate) and regional-newspaper publishing
  • Real estate development (commercial and residential, including shopping malls, office buildings, housing subdivisions, and smaller scale projects)
  • Real estate investments and limited partnerships
  • ebusinesses
  • Professional services firms including law, medicine, consulting, advertising
  • Import/export and business globalization
  • Research and science (space technology, bio-tech)
  • Internationally recognized professional artists
  • Agri-business and food as an investment
 

Agile financial management expertise for corporations and individuals.