CFO Associates
Kevin Briscoe
Kevin Briscoe Résumé 
Kevin Briscoe's professional career spans over 20 years in finance, accounting, and operations in publicly traded corporate and small closely held settings. Kevin excels in financial analyses and accounting operations, implementing internal controls, and creating and implementing organizational systems. He has held ownership and management positions, demonstrating an outstanding ability to provide effective leadership in increasing profitable growth throughout his career.
Kevin was a Principal, COO, and VP Finance for Pacific Lighting, helping drive their growth from $30 to $70 million. He served as a financial member of South End Equities, where he was responsible for the purchase and management of over $6 million of commercial real estate. Prior experience includes roles as VP Finance and Operations for Workforce Technologies and Director of Accounting for SYSCO Food Services of Seattle.
Kevin earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Gonzaga University. He has served as a past Board member of the Electric League of the Pacific Northwest Charitable Foundation, as Co-Chair for the American Cancer Society 'Race for a Cure' benefiting Breast Cancer research, and also coaches softball in Kent, where he lives with his wife and four children.
Lori A. Burge
Lori Burge Résumé
Lori Burge has more than 25 years of private and public company experience as a CFO/Controller, Director of Finance, Strategic Business Analyst, and Operations Manager. Lori was a founder and principal of SGR consulting, which provided general, tax, financial, and other management services to diverse business entities throughout the Pacific Northwest, including Coinstar, Meydenbauer Bay Marina, Trident Seafood, and Central Oregon Cellular. Her industry experience spans more than two decades in services, distribution, manufacturing, telecommunications, venture capital, and public accounting. Lori has held positions as an advisor at Acorn Ventures, Inc., a senior Tax Accountant at Clark Nuber & Co., and Controller/VP Finance for Parrish, Inc. and Northwestern Paper Box.
Lori received her Master of Professional Accounting in Tax/Finance from the University of Washington, and her Bachelor of Science in Accounting from California State University-Northridge. She is a CPA (inactive) and has served on the board of Youth Eastside Services.
[Top of Page]Pearl Chan
Pearl M. Chan résumé
Pearl Chan has more than 20 years of private and public company experience as a CFO/Controller, Director of Finance, Treasurer, Strategic Business Analyst, and Tax Manager. She is a strong financial operations executive and strategic planner with extensive experience in solving the unique challenges faced by rapidly growing early stage companies and venture-backed start-ups.
Pearl joins the CFO Selections team from her successful term at Isilon Systems Inc. as Corporate Controller and Treasurer, where she was instrumental in the company's successful IPO in December of 2006. Prior to Isilon, she held positions as Director of Finance at Metawave Communications Corp., CFO at PhyCom Corporation, CFO at Bright Star Technology, Inc. and Controller for Sierra On-Line Inc. Pearl started her career as a senior auditor for Price Waterhouse Coopers in Seattle Washington.
Pearl is a Certified Public Accountant and earned her BA from the University of Washington.
Craig Dickison
Craig Dickison Résumé
Craig spent 15 years at the international accounting firm Deloitte. While there, his specializations included the SEC, technology, manufacturing, health care, and not-for-profit industries. He assisted clients with a variety of challenging business issues including IPOs, bond offerings, mergers and acquisitions, auditing, and reporting matters. Since his departure, he has served as Chief Financial Officer of Tri-Film Productions, one of the largest Northwest-based media production companies. He is also interim CFO at the U.S. regional office of Hamilton Jet, Inc.
Craig is a CPA licensed in the State of Washington, and holds a BA in Accounting from Washington State University.
[Top of Page]Judy K. Egger
Judy K. Egger Résumé
Judy Egger has more than 25 years of private company experience as a CFO/Controller, Director of Operations, Strategic Business Analyst, and Systems Administrator in Service, Wholesale/Distribution and Manufacturing Environments. She has a keen understanding of the relationship between business processes and software systems, and has analyzed companies' system functionality to improve efficiency and allow for scaled growth. Her systems experience includes SAP, Oracle, MAS90, Peachtree, and Quickbooks as well as other ERP and accounting software.
Judy has worked with large corporations including Panasonic, Philips Medical, and Microsoft as well as small to middle market companies such as Brooks Sports, Grid Networks, Twisted Pair Solutions, and Lab Connect. As a consultant with CFO Selections, she has experience across multiple industries including construction, software development, travel agencies, product distribution – apparel, footwear, fuel, food production, and service.
Judy is a licensed CPA in the State of Washington and is a graduate of Central Washington University. She is also active in her community as a volunteer with Homeward Pet in Woodinville.
Anne Fitelson
Anne Fitelson Résumé 
Anne joins CFO Selections with deep experience in senior level finance and accounting roles as a Corporate Controller, Director of Accounting, and CFO. She has a broad base of experience in financial operations and controls, human resources, risk management, and tax compliance. Anne joined start-up Sirius Maritime LLC upon formation and over the next six years help lead its growth from start-up to over $25 million in revenues and $45 million in assets as CFO.
Prior to Sirius, Anne was with Sea Coast Towing, Inc. where as CFO she was responsible for all financial aspects of the company. While at Sea Coast, Anne was responsible for researching an accounting system to allow the company to grow to the next level. Anne's hands-on approach was vital during installation and implementation to ensure that the new system would provide the necessary results and that all historical data was accurately entered.
She received a dual degree in Business Administration and Accounting from Central Washington University, and is a licensed Notary and CPA and a member of the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.
Dennis Hebert
Dennis Hebert Résumé
Dennis joins CFO Selections as an enthusiastic and effective senior finance professional with experience in a variety of industries and company stages, ranging from start-up to well-established. He has over 30 years of experience in finance, accounting, operations, planning and analysis, new ventures, and mergers and acquisitions. Thriving in dynamic and unstructured environments, he enjoys bringing "order to chaos", and describes himself as a visionary who likes to help others succeed.
Most recently, Dennis established the local office of a national consulting firm, where he helped clients acquire small and medium-size companies. Dennis spent 14 years at Continental Mills, where he held various titles including Director of Finance. While there, he managed all facets of finance, accounting, product costing, and financial planning and analysis. He created state-of-the-art financial reporting and analysis, implemented company-wide Activity Based Costing (ABC) methodologies, orchestrated several acquisitions, and co-managed a manufacturing plant. At numerous other companies, Dennis acquired extensive experience with forecasting and budgeting, cash management, turnarounds, and funding, including venture capital.
He holds an MBA from the University of Washington, and a BSc in Business Economics and Chemistry from the University of California, Riverside. Dennis is a past president of both The Executive Network of Seattle and Sammamish Toastmasters.
[Top of Page]Bruce Holdren
Bruce Holdren Résumé
Bruce is a results-oriented, top-level executive with more than 25 years of financial, operational, and administrative experience over an extensive range of industries.
Bruce's professional career has included CFO roles with Applied Precision, CVS.com, and Walt's Radiator & Muffler, Inc. Prior experience included Director of Finance for Nintendo of America Inc., Director of Planning and Analysis at Seattle Holdings/Northern Automotive/ Schucks Auto Supply, and Vice President/Finance of Northern Schucks Auto Supply. He began his career as a Senior Accountant and CPA for Price Waterhouse & Company.
Bruce is a licensed CPA in the State of Washington and earned his Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration degree from the University of Washington.
Roger Johnson
Roger Johnson Résumé
Roger has more than 30 years of private and public company experience as CFO, VP of Finance, Controller, and Director of Finance and Administration. His industry background spans manufacturing, distribution, supply chain, and financial services industries. Roger has over 20 years of extensive international experience in Asia and Pacific Rim countries, and was an expert Foreign Lecturer in the Peoples Republic of China for the Central Institute on Finance.
Roger received his accounting degree from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Pepperdine University. He is a CPA and recently returned to Washington from his overseas career.
[Top of Page]Kevin Krieger
Kevin Krieger has 25 years of experience in commercial real estate, senior and multi-family housing, real estate fund management, technology management, operations-facilities management, and public accounting. Most recently, he was the manager of the Bellevue team for Lemaster Daniels' "CFO As You Grow" program. Prior to that, he was CFO of Wilkinson Corporation, and has also served as CFO and Corporate Controller of several other firms, including The Dolsen Companies (Coca Cola of Yakima and Tri-Cities). He has been a Senior Auditor, and was Supervisor of Credit & Collections for the Retailer Finance Division of GE Capital.
Kevin is a Washington State CPA and has earned the CCIM designation for expertise in commercial real estate. He holds an MBA from the UW in Finance and Management Information Systems, and a BA from the UW in Economics, with a minor in Romance Languages.
Andrea Lester
Andrea Lester Résumé
Andrea Lester joins CFO Selections with 20 years of broad experience as an accounting professional in startups and growth stage companies in the high-tech, service, and wireless industries.
She began her career as an auditor with Arthur Andersen, and spent four years at McCaw Cellular as a senior accountant. She started her own consulting practice, providing businesses with general accounting services, system conversion and setup, financial statement preparation and review, and business tax preparation. At InfoMove, she worked with a team to establish the accounting department and was responsible for daily accounting activities, stock ownership records, and audit and tax work with the company's outside accounting firm. At Clearwire Corporation, she was responsible for the successful conversion of Fixed Assets, Project Accounting and Inventory from Peachtree to Oracle Financials; she also managed the company's accounting staff and was responsible for all treasury management functions including daily USD and FX wires, monitoring cash and investment balances, and reconciliations.
Andrea is a graduate of Washington State University and is a Certified Public Accountant. She lives in Sammamish with her husband and three sons.
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Thomas S. McDowell
Tom is a dynamic, results-driven professional with over 20 years of experience managing all aspects of accounting, financial reporting, and mergers and acquisitions for both established and start-up companies. He has spent 15 years in investment banking, and has also worked in property management, entertainment, and public accounting.
Most recently, he co-founded Windswept Capital, an investment banking firm specializing in M&A work and recapitalization for mid-market companies, where he completed transactions whose cumulative value totaled over $600 million.
Before moving to the Puget Sound area in the early 1990's, Tom served for eight years in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles, becoming Manager of Financial Reporting at 20th Century Fox, and then Assistant Controller at Orion Television where he supervised analysts and accountants responsible for $100M+ in annual production budgets. He began his career doing auditing and consulting with Arthur Young & Co.
Tom is a licensed CPA and real estate broker in the state of Washington, and holds a BS degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California. He lives on Mercer Island.
[Top of Page]Howard Mendelsohn
Howard is a profit-driven and detail-oriented executive with more than 20 years of progressively responsible financial leadership success in public and private technology companies. As a consultant, he brings a proven track record of consistent achievement driving financial growth, raising millions of dollars in start-up and working capital, spearheading company sales/acquisitions, and negotiating corporate agreements.
Immediately prior to joining CFO Selections, he was president of Avitar Partners, where he assisted owners in reorganizing and streamlining their businesses and enhancing profitability, collaborated with entrepreneurs to raise working capital and other financing in the $500K to $5M range, and created financial structures and reorganizations for growth and acquisition purposes.
Howard spent six years at Expedia in various finance and operating management positions including three years as Vice President - Finance. While there, he developed and managed its global financial organization, including overseeing the creation of all financial systems and processes when the company was spun off from Microsoft as an independent public company. In addition, at Expedia he executed various technology and corporate acquisitions and instituted financial functions across multiple international locations. At the biopharmaceutical firm ICOS, he completed a $300M joint venture, several public and private equity offerings, and negotiated corporate alliances valued at $20M - $85M.
Howard has a BS in Business Management and Biochemistry from the University of California, and is a Certified Management Accountant. He is an avid private pilot and is also active with the American Red Cross.
[Top of Page]Larry Numata
Larry Numata Résumé
Larry Numata brings 30 years of accounting and financial management experience to the CFO Selections team. He has held numerous positions as Chief Financial Officer, Controller, Director of Accounting, Corporate Secretary, and Consultant. Most recently, he was the CFO for SECO Development Inc, a mixed-use real estate development company, and he also been CFO of Computech Systems Corporation. Larry has held Controller duties at Trammell Crow Company, US WEST Paging, and the Horizon Air Group. In his role as Controller for Trammell Crow Company, Larry oversaw the accounting and financial management for over 15 million square feet of commercial real estate.
Larry graduated from the University of Washington with a Degree in Accounting and holds a CPA license in Washington. He is a member of the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and has held Board positions for Atlantic Steel Center and Municipal Golf of Seattle.
[Top of Page]Bill Palmer
William Palmer Résumé
Bill is a proven senior level executive with strong banking, financial, accounting, and business development skills, and experience across multiple industries with extensive experience in structuring financial transactions. At CFO Selections, he has successfully performed as acting CFO for companies in a wide range of fields, including software development, commercial real estate, construction, equipment distribution and service, and retail.
Prior to his experience as a consulting CFO, Bill had a 23-year career in banking, during which he led groups that funded hundreds of companies in the Pacific Northwest through middle-market lending at Bank of America and US Bank. He held executive positions as Senior Vice President (SVP) Washington Portfolio Manager, SVP and Senior Credit Products Officer, Senior Vice President and Client Manager, and Assistant Vice President, Trade and Relationship Officer. As a banking officer, he sat on several client advisory boards and represented Bank of America in the local business community.
Bill holds an MBA from Seattle University, a BBAd from Gonzaga University, and is a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School. He is involved in his community as Chair of the CFO Selections Foundation, served as Chair of the Finance and Development Committees at his church, and he has also served on the Board of Governors and as Treasurer of the Newport Yacht Club. Bill lives in Newcastle with his wife and their five children.
Dennis L. Purvine
Dennis Purvine Résumé
Dennis Purvine is seasoned business man with more than 30 years in the trenches. He began his business career as a CPA, giving him a thorough grounding in the internal workings of business and the opportunity to observe hundreds of companies from the inside. This depth of experience has allowed him to see what works in business and what helps a company profit and grow. He plied his trade in public accounting and private industry, and has had his own consulting practice since 1985.
Dennis brings two main qualities to his work. First, financial data isn't a jumble to him; it is a coherent shape that forms a definitive picture of the status and trends within a business. He shares this perspective with his clients, teaching them how to apply financial information to make better business decisions. Second, he brings an enthusiasm and a true passion for business to work with him every day, to the real benefit of his clients.
Dennis has been on the board of directors of many for-profit companies. In addition, in pursuit of a personal passion, Dennis has been a board member for several nonprofit institutions supporting music and the performing arts. Dennis is a licensed pilot and previously owned Random Winds, a hot air balloon company, piloting tours for fun seekers. Dennis and a fellow balloonist were the first people to fly a hot air balloon across Puget Sound.
David Saporta
David Saporta Résumé
Dave Saporta has over 30 years of experience in a wide variety of business environments. He has served as CFO and Corporate Controller for large companies with international operations, as well as providing hands-on finance and accounting advisory skills to smaller, emerging businesses.
He began his career with Price Waterhouse where he spent nine years, including a three-year posting to the firm's Lisbon, Portugal office. He next spent ten years with the Australian transport, security, and health care multi-national Mayne Nickless Limited, including a three-year assignment in Toronto, Canada as the VP Finance and Administration of the company's North American Transport Group.
Dave also has extensive mergers and acquisition experience gained primarily through his four years as a Director of Transaction Services with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Since 2002, Dave has been providing temporary and interim CFO and Controller services to smaller and mid-sized companies, as well as performing contract buy-side due diligence work for private equity firms.
David is a graduate of the University of Washington, a Certified Public Accountant, and a former board member of the Washington Society of CPAs.
Carolyn Scurrell
Carolyn Scurrell Résumé
Carolyn Scurrell joins CFO Selections with 20 years of broad experience in managing the finance, accounting, legal, IT, and administrative functions for both start-ups and established companies. She has worked on the audit process and S-1 preparation of several successful IPOs and has also raised $100 million dollars in private financing and venture capital.
She began her career with Arthur Anderson in Cincinnati, OH and was promoted to Audit Manager before moving to Seattle to take over the reporting and financial analysis role for Phamis, Inc. Carolyn subsequently spent three years at Real Networks as Director of Finance before assuming the Vice President position at Viair, Inc. Carolyn has also served as VP Finance for Cardomain Network and founded her own consulting practice, CTS Consulting, which provided CFO consulting services to the early stage and start-up community.
Carolyn is a graduate of Xavier University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
[Top of Page]Donald Stoulil
Donald J. Stoulil Résumé
Don Stoulil is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience in finance and accounting. His focus is on preparing and evaluating long-range business plans, economic forecasting and modeling, and development of domestic and international joint ventures. His experience as a Vice President of Finance, Controller, and consultant fits particularly well for the operational and financial management needs of middle market businesses.
Don comes to the team after serving as President of Donlin Associates, a management consulting practice. His past assignments having included serving as VP Finance for the AAA coffee Company, Finance Manager at the Boeing Company, and senior Auditor for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. Don specializes in the implementation of established business strategy and tactics supported by underlying financial controls and procedures.
Don is a CPA who earned his Bachelors Degree in Accounting from Drake University and an MBA from the University of Oklahoma. He is a past member of his local Rotary as well as the Mercer Island Chamber of Commerce, and a former advisor to Junior Achievement.
