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Denise provides business and personal financial wellness coaching, tutoring and training with the “Heart of a Teacher.” Denise’s diverse experience helps to quickly identify financial report problem root causes, develop realistic budgets and key performance measures plus devise cost-effective finance and accounting models to achieve improved financial performance. She enjoys helping others understand their financial result in relation to their actions. A QuickBooks Pro-Advisor, she has been working with the software since inception in the 1990s.

Denise received her BSBA degree from Auburn University with emphasis in accounting. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) with over 30 years of experience in progressively responsible roles. She began her career with the international public accounting firm KPMG. During her seven-year tenure with KPMG, Denise was selected nationally for a special assignment in the firm’s national computer audit policy area in the Department of Professional Practice located in New York developing the national firm audit policy and procedures and taught national staff training courses. Denise served as Audit Manager for large and small clients in international business, financial institutions, insurance, medical services, manufacturing, real estate and broadcasting. In addition to her assignment in the KPMG New York Executive Office, Denise interned in the Birmingham office her senior year at Auburn and started her career after graduation in the Dallas, Texas office. Denise rotated from the Executive Office into the Atlanta office and helped implement the new computer audit policies state wide.

Denise’s corporate positions include working with internationally known companies such as Northwest Airlines (now Delta Airlines), Bank of America, Hewlett Packard, and Phelps Dodge Columbian Chemicals Company. In addition to working with these large publicly traded corporations, she has worked and consulted with small and medium size companies, including her key role as controller during the initial public offering (IPO) of Atlanta based biotechnology leader CryoLife®, Inc. Denise founded CFO Support, Inc. in 1998 to provide finance and accounting solutions to organizations requiring expertise beyond their internal resources. Denise’s vast experience in public and private organizations assists owners and management in developing key performance measures to grow their companies and establishing cost-effective finance and accounting models to achieve overall improved financial performance. Her professional roles include tutoring and training, practical problem solving, business development, client relationship management, corporate governance, strategic planning, written business communications, live and filmed presentations, analysis, project management, staff recruitment, mentoring, administration, policy and process development and improvements and business transaction support along with non-profit volunteer Board & Officer leadership. Her background is an outstanding combination in large to small organizations, public or privately held organizations and non-profits to offer broad based finance, accounting and organizational advice.

Devoted to education & learning, Denise is active with the Auburn University Women’s Philanthropy Board, the Harbert Business School programs and an ongoing scholarship donor. She is an Expert Advisor for the online business tool LivePlan and was certified in 2016 by Dave Ramsey’s Financial Coach Master Training (FCMT) increasing her personal financial knowledge. Currently, she is excited to be working towards her Profit First Professional certification. A few business and profession activities include serving in national, state and local positions with the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), the Journal of Accountancy editorial board, the Georgia Society of CPAs (GSCPA), Financial Executive Networking Group (FENG) and the Georgia Consortium for Personal Financial Literacy. Denise was honored to be recognized as the GSCPA 2012 Outstanding CPA in Industry. A Georgia native, Denise and her husband enjoy traveling, sailing, college football and spending time with their friends, family and two rescue dogs. Denise is passionate about "Doing Good".