Valerie Gonyea

Valerie Gonyea is an entrepreneurial finance and accounting leader with an active CPA license and exceptional communication skills.

She has a proven track record in building and scaling financial operations for rapidly growing startups and medium-sized businesses in technology, hospitality, and staffing industries.

Valerie excels in devising sustainable financial tactics and strategies to enable CEOs to focus on innovation and company growth, ensuring GAAP compliance and delivering timely reports.

She is skilled in developing effective policies and procedures aligned with operational goals and future scalability, while also excelling in negotiation with technology vendors, banks, and service providers.

Valerie is passionate about engaging legacy team members, coaching and mentoring new employees in dynamic and fast-growing environments, embracing change, and proactively enrolling teams toward common goals.

Her early-career background includes global relationship sales with key accounts like Apple and Oracle.

Valerie's educational background includes a MS in Accountancy from Golden Gate University, a M.S. in Instructional Technology & Curriculum Design from University at Albany, SUNY, and a B.S. in Media Communications from State University of New York College at Oswego.

Valerie has held various roles including Vice President Of Finance And Operations at Wollborg Michelson, Corporate Controller at Redwood Parks Company, LLC, Controller at Valerie Gonyea Accounting, Adjunct Career Advisor at Haas School of Business @ UC Berkeley, and Certified Public Accountant at Wilson Markle Stuckey Hardesty & Bott.