
Dylan Bastian
Founder, Lucent CFO
Mr. Bastian is the Founder of Lucent CFO, a fractional CFO firm serving owner-operated businesses with $2 million to $50 million in revenue. His work spans home services, medical and dental practices, agriculture, family-owned businesses, and nonprofits. Outside of client engagements, Mr. Bastian focuses on building relationships with attorneys, CPAs, lenders, and other strategic partners.
Prior to founding Lucent CFO, Mr. Bastian spent four years at Infinity Capital Partners, a sell-side M&A advisory boutique, where he advised on lower middle market transactions for companies with $20 million to $250 million in revenue. His work centered on the financial analysis behind each deal: normalizing earnings, testing unit economics, and building the case a buyer would ultimately pay for. Before that, he was part of Amazon's Operations Finance Leadership Development Program, supporting multi-site operations and developing the unit economics discipline that Lucent CFO engagements run on today.
Mr. Bastian holds a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Oklahoma. He resides in Yukon, Oklahoma with his wife, Shelby, and their four children. His personal interests include basketball, family travel, and following the Thunder and Oklahoma college football. He is passionate about giving back through community service and his church.