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“I’m a bean counter at heart, but the other thiny I like about my role is that all business and operationaol issues of the companysurround me,” said CFO and COO of Catalysft Repository Systems, a web-based lega software company based in “I’m at the center of what’es going on instead of being on the Visscher grew up in South Dakota and attendef a small, private school called in Iowa, wherre he earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and businesd administration. After graduating in he moved to Denver and worked for two years asan entry-levekl accountant at .
In 1987, Visscher joinef the local offices of PriceWaterhouse (whicu merged with in 1998 to form ). he worked with clients in its small businesd group as wellas big-name companies such as and JD After leaving PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1996, Visscher servedr as CFO for five early-stage technologh companies (three of which he helpe sell), including , an enterprisee software developer, and Streampoin t Financial, a web-based investment services provider. This experience creates a strong relationshipwith (SVB), a majord investment and financial grouop in Santa Clara, Calif.
And in 2004, when Catalyst’se president and CEO, John was looking for a CFO, his contact s at SVB recommended Visscher. “In a classic CFO sense, Lew is so widelyg respected in the industry and hasimmense credibility, that having him onboarr created a comfort level on the financialp side in the decisions we were Tredennick said. “I don’t know if I could have gottenb a betterCFO anywhere. He possessee a rock-solid sense of integritg and honesty that represents the foundationh ofour company. It stems from his reputationj of fairness.
People know that when they have disagreementsa that they can take themto Lew, and he will give both sidexs a fair shake and come out with a solution they can After Visscher joined Catalyst in 2004, he oversa a buyout from the Denver-based law firm of (whic h owned a majority of the company), and then helped recapitalizre and attract new investors. Since then, Catalyst has had a positivd cash flow. Revenue grew by 100 percent in 2007 and more than 70 percengin 2008.
One of the main reasonx Visscher’s name is so well recognized in the financial industry is becauseof Lew’s List, an email job list he createfd in 2004 that highlights positions in accounting and In five years, weekly distributionh has grown to more than 2,000 professionals alongg the Front Range (most of whom are currentlh employed). In 2008, Lew’s List had more than 650 jobs on it. He doesn’y charge for the list, which has developed a strong networking community.
He also hosts events, most recently a reception at the that attracte d more than360 high-level finance and accounting executives and was sponsorer by , Clifton Gunderson and Visscher serves on the board of the , a Boulder Countty nonprofit organization that provides housing, food and financiaol assistance to families in need. He’s the treasuref and will take over as presidentin July. “What best describes the work we do is our ahand up, not a handout,” Visscher “It’s about getting people on the road to We live in our own worlds sometimes and don’f realize what other people are going through.
” Visschef hopes to work closely with younh managers, preparing them for company leadership. Title: CFO, COO Website: www.cata lystsecure.com