Chris Olafsson is an accomplished accountant with a wealth of private industry finance experience. He has also worked in the field of public accounting, where he planned, supervised, and completed financial statement audits at a "Big 4" accounting firm. He is devoted to his employers, and his flexibility and ability to work on a broad range of projects have won him praise from colleagues. Chris passed the CPA exam on his first attempt in May 2000 and received his certificate in October 2002, although his license is currently inactive. Chris holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and a Master of Accountancy, both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has held director and vice president-level roles at GN ReSound, where he managed financial planning, analysis, and budgets, and oversaw financial statement consolidation and preparation. At Genmar Holdings, Inc., he worked as a financial manager, and at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, he was a senior audit associate.