Jeff Morton serves as a Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of Acorn Growth Companies serving their portfolio firms since 2005. Morton’s responsibilities include financial, tax, treasury, insurance and administrative support and oversight related to the identification, negotiation, due diligence, acquisition, operation and reporting of Acorn, its portfolio companies and the financial management of Acorn Funds.

Morton has over 30 years of financial management experience, as a senior manager with international public accounting firms for over nine years and as the chief financial officer of numerous public and private, small to medium size, companies, in various industries including energy, multiple unit restaurant operations, publishing, government contracting and banking. Morton has also been an entrepreneur who developed a multi-unit restaurant company in 1995 that was sold to his partners in 2003.

Most recently Morton served as the chief financial and administrative officer from 1999 thru 2005 for a defense contractor that has been in the aerospace and defense sector since 1982 and among other duties, was responsible for the management of all Federal and state contract negotiations, including the necessary approvals and compliance with procurement regulations. Additionally, in 2005, Morton served as the corporate controller for a $3 billion publicly-held bank.

Morton holds a top secret clearance with the Department of Defense and was appointed as an investor Board Member of the Oklahoma Life Science Fund I in 2004. During the 2006-2007 session, Morton serves in the position as President of the Oklahoma Venture Forum and has served on the OVF Board since 2002.