Woods Ventures

I'm celebrating the rare 'second first day'. I'm humbled, grateful, and excited to rejoin the PwC partnership this fall to again serve Chief Financial Officer's and their teams' needs. I've worked with hard-working, smart, and motivated teams, but the professionals at this firm (and our clients!) consistently bring all three every day. Special thanks to Mark Poulson, Matt Hobbs, and Patrick Pugh for their sponsorship! In a twist of fate, this fell on the same day in my photo memories as a 2019 'daycation' trip to Seattle with our three kids, including a stop to show them our #Seattle office. The painted picture is Kate's rendition of the skyline after the visit and still hangs in my home office.

We're working on a CFO position for a well-financed growth company and new VP of Finance and Assistant Controller roles. Explore something new!

Only true accounting nerds will know the elation of refreshing a financial statement only to find a significant reconciling item, not be able to figure it out for 2 days, get frustrated and put it aside, then come back to it and find and solve the issue with 1 hour and some caffeine. #rowsandcolumns

If anyone needs proof of how disruptive AI can be to the skilled market, all you need to do is test the term "build me a logo" in Microsoft Copilot. I had ideas in my head for my Woods Ventures logo and just typed in what envisioned using the #designer GPT and, voila, I have options to choose from. Examples are included below -- which is your favorite? Note -- lots of bugs still (misspelling the name in many examples to name one) but very fixable and editable quickly!

Want to join and lead a great Finance team and work on direct community impact in the Greater Seattle area? Consider applying for the Director of Finance role and joining Scott Slater at Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County! I am appreciative that to be working with them to support over 300 units of affordable housing development in King and Kittitas Countries -- check it out!