Gary Pederson
Gary has combined both his financial knowledge and strong technical skills to innovate and achieve organizational goals for over 35 years. Deeply understanding data, from how it is captured to its relationship with organizational results, has been his career focus. He understands the relationships and contributions of people from the C-suite to the shop floor. He has learned to base strategic decision making on data, experience, and intuition.
Prior to joining CFO Selections, he worked at Service Paper Company for 25 years and recently worked almost 8 years with Lindal Cedar Homes. His experience includes distribution, light manufacturing, commercial finance, hospitality, and multi-unit retail. On more than one occasion he has successfully designed complete corporate accounting and financial reporting systems that could scale.
Gary has a B.S. in Management from California Lutheran University where he also played on the university’s golf team for 4 years. Afterwards, Gary moved to the Pacific Northwest where he raised his family and enjoyed coaching his kid’s team sports. He has three amazing adult children and two precocious grandchildren. He enjoys golf, gardening, and traveling internationally with his wife.
