I KNOW PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BUILD A CAREER IN IT.
I started my career in public accounting and eventually became a partner and firm owner. I had successes. I made mistakes. I worked through difficult decisions, changing roles, the responsibilities of ownership and more than a few moments when the path forward wasn’t obvious.
Somewhere along the way, I discovered that the work I found most meaningful was helping other professionals work through the decisions and challenges that come with building a career in this profession. So I made that the work.
I became a Professional Certified Coach (PCC), combining what I had learned as a CPA, partner and firm owner with the discipline and skills to help someone else find their own way through it.
That gave me a different way to contribute to a profession I care deeply about.
EXPERIENCE CREATES EMPATHY. COACHING REQUIRES MORE.
Having been in your shoes matters. I know the language, pressures and business model of public accounting. I’ve worked at Arthur Andersen, PwC, and EKS&H (now Plante Moran) with more than 30 years in and around the profession. But experience alone doesn’t make someone a coach. I’m both a CPA and a Professional Certified Coach (PCC). One gives me firsthand understanding of the profession. The other reflects years of training, practice and professional standards devoted to the craft of coaching. The advantage is the combination. Thousands of one-to-one conversations have deepened both.
My experience helps us get to what matters faster. My coaching training keeps the work centered on you.
PERSPECTIVE BUILT ONE CONVERSATION AT A TIME.
30+
YEARS IN THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION
6,500+
COACHING CONVERSATIONS
100+
ACCOUNTING FIRMS REPRESENTED
CPA + PCC
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
I DIDN’T LEAVE THE PROFESSION.
I FOUND A DIFFERENT WAY TO SERVE IT.
I love public accounting and the people who choose to build their careers in it. I also know what the profession can ask of them.
I want the people I work with to succeed in the profession without losing sight of what success means to them. And occasionally, that means discovering that the right path leads somewhere else.
I’m not here to decide that for you.
I’m here to make sure you don’t have to figure it out alone.
THE PERSON BEHIND THE CPA COACH.
Outside of coaching, I’m a husband, father and lifelong fan of a good story. I love comic books, fantasy and horror movies, and collecting unusual things that catch my attention, from alternative movie posters and vintage tools to whatever else I find interesting.
EXPERIENCE GIVES ME CONTEXT. COACHING GIVES YOU CLARITY.
Connect
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The CPA Coach
Executive coaching for CPAs, partners, owners and accounting firm leaders.