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- About Ron Darbouze : Ron Darbouze is a strategic finance executive, fractional CFO, and speaker with nearly two decades of experience, including Merrill Lynch and TPG Capital.
- Keynote Speaker : Ron Darbouze is a keynote speaker and fractional CFO with nearly 20 years across Wall Street, private equity, real estate, and corporate finance.
Best Posts
The articles that best introduce Ron. His values, his work, and the life he is building.
- Finding Real Health: My Journey with Food, Fitness, and Strength : Ron Darbouze traces a health journey from poor childhood nutrition through a pastor-led Dallas fast that brought him from 200 to 180 pounds and beyond.
- Why Our Family Trip to Cabo Was a Game Changer : Ron Darbouze recounts a June 2025 trip to Cabo San Lucas at Vista Encantada Resort and how entrepreneurship made quality time with his family possible.
- Why Servant Leadership Drives Results : Ron Darbouze draws on M&A diligence and system overhauls to argue that servant leadership builds trust and scales high-performance teams under pressure.
Business
Lessons from consulting, Wall Street, real estate, and strategic finance. I write about business the way I have actually experienced it, not the textbook version. "Building a Business: My Journey in Consulting" traces my path from real estate into consulting. For a long time, my career was primarily in real estate, and the shift taught me things I did not expect.
- Building a Business: My Journey in Consulting : Ron Darbouze left traditional employment for time freedom, focused client engagements, and a two-part strategy for landing his first long-term client.
- Building a Data-Driven Culture: From Reporting to Results : Ron Darbouze explains how Finance earns a leadership seat through decision-ready data and a culture where teams act on trusted numbers over instinct.
- North Austin: A Strategic Point of View on the U.S. Real Estate Market : Ron Darbouze shares his view on a transitioning U.S. real estate market, his focus on North Austin, and why clarity rewards conviction in acquisitions.
- Why Servant Leadership Drives Results : Ron Darbouze draws on M&A diligence and system overhauls to argue that servant leadership builds trust and scales high-performance teams under pressure.
- Transitioning to New Horizons: From CBRE to My Own Business : After nearly three years on CBRE Global Property Management, Ron Darbouze explains his move into fractional CFO work and strategic finance consulting.
- I'll be Speaking at the FP&A Summit in Austin : Ron Darbouze will speak at the Finance Alliance FP&A Summit in Austin on June 25 in a session on building a unified financial vision from siloed data.
Personal
The personal side. Health, books, travel, and the things that shape who I am outside of work. "My Tech Productivity Trio" is about the three-tool combo that keeps my mind and body in sync. I am particular about my systems, and these tools are the ones that stuck. "Finding Real Health: My Journey with Food, Fitness, and Strength" is honest about the fact that my relationship with health and fitness was not always a good one. I wrote about what changed and why.
- My Tech Productivity Trio : Ron Darbouze runs fitness, business, and daily life on Fitbod for gym programming, ChatGPT for brainstorming, and a third tool for organization.
- Finding Real Health: My Journey with Food, Fitness, and Strength : Ron Darbouze traces a health journey from poor childhood nutrition through a pastor-led Dallas fast that brought him from 200 to 180 pounds and beyond.
- My Life-Changing Reads : Ron Darbouze shares books that shaped his thinking on faith, motivation, and business systems, from the Bible and Romans 10:17 to Gretchen Rubin.
- My Top 3 Travel Destinations : Ron Darbouze shares three destinations he and his wife return to for different reasons: relaxation, cultural connection, and urban excitement.
- Why Our Family Trip to Cabo Was a Game Changer : Ron Darbouze recounts a June 2025 trip to Cabo San Lucas at Vista Encantada Resort and how entrepreneurship made quality time with his family possible.
- My Favorite Restaurants in Austin : Ron Darbouze recommends Austin restaurants including MEXTA for shrimp tacos and a lobster roll, and QI Austin for Chinese food with a standout ambiance.