Elaine has held Senior Finance Professional roles for over 15 years in a variety of organizations in Vancouver and Victoria. Ranging from profit start ups to medium-large mature organizations, she is eager to share her breadth of knowledge from public and private sectors (including public companies), not for profits and charities, and covers Education (post secondary and K-12), Health, Insurance, High Tech, and Forestry. Her passion for contributing to strategic direction with long range financial planning and supporting businesses through growth is reinforced by her experience in Finance and Operations, and her technical accounting abilities.
As a people person and a positive change agent, she believes strongly in a collaborative culture. A constant advocate for process improvements, Elaine looks to leverage knowledge skills, abilities, systems, and tools of all organizational teams. She finds great reward in growing people to create successful, sustainable, and scalable companies. Staying curious and finding out the why with a learning mindset, provides opportunities to learn from others and continue personal growth. As CFO, she is responsible for the Finance, Contracts, and Procurement functions at Advanced Solutions and values strong relationships with Operations, Customers, Teams, and Leaders in the work environment.