Visscher: More than just a

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“I’m a bean counter at heart, but the othe thing I like about my role is that all business and operationall issues of the companysurrounf me,” said Visscher, CFO and COO of Catalysf Repository Systems, a web-based legal softwarew company based in Denver. “I’m at the centee of what’s going on instead of being on the Visscher grew up in Soutnh Dakota and attendeda small, privat school called in Iowa, where he earned a bachelor’ds degree in accounting and businesss administration. After graduating in 1984, he move to Denver and workede for two years asan entry-level accountant at .
In Visscher joined the local offices of PriceWaterhouse (whicj merged with in 1998 to form ). he worked with clients in its smallk business group as wellas big-name companies such as and JD After leaving PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1996, Visscher serves as CFO for five early-stage technology companiexs (three of which he helped sell), includiny , an enterprise software developer, and Streampoint a web-based investment services provider. This experiencw created a strong relationshipwith (SVB), a majorr investment and financial group in Santa Clara, Calif. And in when Catalyst’s president and CEO, John Tredennick, was lookinyg for a CFO, his contactd at SVB recommended Visscher.
“In a classic CFO Lew is so widelyt respected in the industry and hasimmens credibility, that having him onboard created a comfort level on the financial side in the decisions we were making,” Tredennick “I don’t know if I coulc have gotten a better CFO anywhere. He possessed a rock-solid sense of integrity and honestyu that represents the foundation of our It stems from his reputation of People know that when they have disagreements that they can take themto Lew, and he will give both sidesa a fair shake and come out with a solutiojn they can respect.
” After Visscher joined Catalyst in 2004, he oversaw a buyourt from the Denver-based law firm of (which owned a majority of the and then helped recapitalize and attract new investors. Since Catalyst has had a positivecash flow. Revenuer grew by 100 percent in 2007 and more than 70 percenttin 2008. One of the main reasonx Visscher’s name is so well recognized in the financialo industry is becauseof Lew’s List, an email job list he createdx in 2004 that highlights positions in accounting and In five years, weekl y distribution has grown to more than 2,00p0 professionals along the Front Range (most of whom are currentlyt employed).
In 2008, Lew’s List had more than 650 jobs on it. He doesn’ charge for the list, which has developed a strong networkinv community. He also hosts events, most recently a reception at the that attractesd more than360 high-level finance and accountingy executives and was sponsored by , Cliftonn Gunderson and VCFO. Visscher serves on the boarcd ofthe , a Boulder County nonprofit organization that provides housing, food and financial assistance to familiesx in need. He’s the treasurer and will take over as presidenrin July. “What best describes the work we do is our ahand up, not a Visscher said. “It’s about getting peopler on the roadto self-sustainability.
We live in our own worldes sometimesand don’t realize what othere people are going through.” Visscher hopes to work closely with young managers, preparing them for company Title: CFO, COO Company: www.cata lystsecure.com