Before engaging AFI Strategic Partners,
meet our Managing Director, Mitch Skyer, CEPA®, MBA
and discover our mantra, mission, vision and core principles.

Meet Mitch

Mitch Skyer, CEPA, MBA, spent 30 years doing the thing many advisors only talk about. He ran businesses. He rose from entry-level sales to senior management at MCI, built and led national sales teams at Cognisa Transportation through its 2006 acquisition, founded Solstice Transportation Group, and then co-founded Passio Technologies in 2010, which was acquired by Transit Technologies LLC in 2020. He wrapped that chapter as President of Faster Asset Solutions.

Three decades. Multiple exits. A value growth mindset. Throughout his career, Mitch has had a front-row seat to the same frustrating pattern: talented founders who built something real, working with advisors who offered generic playbooks and no honest plan to maximize value.

That gap is why he founded AFI Strategic Partners to be the advisor he wished he’d had. One who leads with honesty, works from a real process, and keeps the focus where it belongs: on the owner’s goals, timeline, and what a successful outcome looks like for them. His CEPA (Certified Exit Planning Advisor) certification is backed by a BA, an MBA, and instincts that only come from doing it yourself.

He serves as an advisor and board member for small, thriving enterprises, as well as on multiple non-profit boards with the same clarity and accountability he brings to client work. He and his wife, Lisa, have called Atlanta home for over 30 years. Their three kids are launched and thriving. A gentlemanly Goldendoodle and his rambunctious Sheepadoodle sister make sure the house is never too quiet.