I started my career in consulting before a detour into an entrepreneurial venture inspired me to choose a different path. As the head of finance at four startups, I developed a deep passion for company-building but was frustrated by the risk and inefficiency of running finance in smaller companies. I knew there had to be a better way.

I launched Propeller Industries in 2008 as it became clear that cloud software and digital documents would make it feasible to decouple financial work from the physical location of each company. Our breakthrough came with the ability to replicate enterprise-company efficiencies by aggregating the finance and accounting workload of many emerging businesses with a standard set of processes and controls and a global team.

As our clients raised billions in venture capital, my colleagues and I bootstrapped Propeller through twelve years of rapid, organic growth. We worked to narrow our focus as we methodically integrated learnings from each client experience into our service model, in the belief that Propeller’s work should get better as the firm got bigger. In 2020, we partnered with Newlight Partners for a growth equity investment to help us accelerate faster and bring more tech-enablement to the company to unlock our full potential.

Today, my original vision has come to fruition, as our global team surpasses 350 full-time people who have served over 1,000 companies and counting, including some of the world’s most successful startups.

As we look ahead to the future, we continue to build world-class talent and a next-generation platform for shared-services partnership, where our embedded teams harvest insights and share guidance to help our community of great entrepreneurs build great companies.