The affordable CFO - With teamCFO you get the experience of a team of financial experts working on your behalf.

Our team members have experience as CPAs with accounting firms and as senior management in large public and private companies. They can bring all that financial expertise to your company, leaving you free to focus on your business. Our team is led by:

Carrie Tsang-Hidding, CPA, MBA is a senior financial executive with over 25 years experience covering all aspects of accounting, operations, and finance. She is a hands-on executive focused on building values for businesses. Carrie has extensive turnaround experience with companies facing critical financial challenges, as well as companies with fast growth.

A seasoned specialist adept at improving process, efficiency and controls, Carrie is a strong believer in using financial tools to drive business growth, performance and increase company value. A strong team player, she works well with cross-functional managers and is effective in a fast paced and changing environment. She is a proactive, results oriented manager. Her resume includes:
  • 10 years as a founding member of teamCFO focused on bringing financial stability to her clients; businesses and non profit organizations

  • 25+ years of combined financial, accounting and consulting experience at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC), with Fortune 500 and privately held businesses

  • 5 years at PWC primary focused on public company audits and emerging business units

  • 10 years on senior management team primarily in banking working with executive leadership and Boards to address management of business risks, strategic planning, improvement of business processes and evaluation/design of internal control systems

  • Serves on the Boards of the California Society of CPA’s Los Angeles Chapter and the League of Women Voters Education Fund. She also serves on the finance committee of several nonprofit client organizations.

Laura Yamanaka has over 8 years of experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young where she managed a diverse portfolio of clients and provided services including audit, mergers & acquisitions, litigation support, IPO and SEC projects and filings. Her extensive private industry experience includes tenures with GE Capital, Zenith Insurance, Quaker State Corporation and the Heritage Insurance Group where she served in various financial and operational capacities including Vice President-Controller, Vice President-Finance, Vice President-Operations and Manager of Quality Processes. Laura's extensive operations experience combined with her financial expertise provide her with the background and insight to deliver financial solutions to enhance overall business operations.

A strategic thinker, Laura is adept at integrating process and systems and is a strong believer in using a partnering approach to all business dealings. Her resume includes:

  • 25+ years in public accounting and private industry handling the financial needs of large public companies, as well as small, privately held businesses
  • Experience in both operations (customer service, quality control) and financial services and how to balance the two
  • Skilled at integration of companies and systems, is a Six Sigma Quality Program graduate at GE; on the GE M&A team and participated in numerous acquisitions
  • Trained facilitator in dealing with companies of all sizes
  • Serves on national board of NAWBO

Contact us for an independent, no obligation consultation about how you can put the affordable CFO on your financial team.

Recognition

Women in Business Champion of the Year, SBA – June 2008
Presented by the L.A. Chamber of Commerce & the US Small Business Administration

Wells Fargo Asian Business Leadership Award, USPAACC – May 2008
One of three national awards presented to Asian entrepreneurs in recognition of their vision, success and community contributions

Accountant Advocate Award, SBA – May 2002
Presented by the L.A. Chamber of Commerce & the US Small Business Administration