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Our Amazing Team


Tim Hayward
Years in Industry: 25 years
Designations: CPA, CA
Cat or Dog: Dog
Sports Team: CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers, NFL Minnesota Vikings
Food: Steak
Drink: Red Wine
Movie: Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Music: Jack Johnson
Vacation: Hawaii
Season: Spring


Cheryl Baldwin
Years in Industry: 36 years
Designations: CPB, QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor Advanced Certified, Human Resource Management, University of Manitoba
Cat or Dog: Cat
Sports Team: Winnipeg Jets
Food: Popcorn and Thai Food
Drink: Iced Tea
TV Shows: NCIS
Vacation: Bonaire with the family
Season: Spring


Kim Westervelt
Years in Industry: 35 years
Designations: CPB, Payroll Management Certificate, Certified Advanced QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor
Cat or Dog: Neither but if I had to choose, dog
Sports Team: Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Food: Chocolate
Drink: Coffee
Movie: Apollo 13
TV Show: Big Bang Theory
Book: Anything by Nicholas Sparks
Music: Classic Rock
Vacation: South Korea
Season: Fall


Callie McRae
Years in Industry: 5 years
Designations: QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor Advanced Certified, Dext Prepare Certified, Business Accounting Diploma
Cat or Dog: Dog
Food: Sushi
Drink: Ice cold water
TV Show: Downton Abbey
Music: Classic rock
Vacation: Cuba
Season: Fall


Saad Ladhani
Years in Industry: 3 years
Designations: QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor, BSc in Economics
Cat or Dog: Dog
Sports Team: Manchester United, Oilers, Blue Jays, Raptors
Food: Mandi
Drink: Coffee!
Movie/TV Shows: Peaky Blinders
Music: House, Afrobeats, Hip Hop
Vacation: The Mountains or the Beach
Season: Summer


Moleen Mukanhairi
Years in Industry: 14 years
Designations: CPB, QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor Advanced Certified, Hubdoc Certified, Dext Prepare Certified
Cat or Dog: Dog
Sports Team: Chelsea F.C
Food: Braaied boerewors
Drink: Spar-letta Cherry Plum
Movie/TV Shows: True crime documentaries
Music: Afrobeats
Vacation: Mauritius
Season: Fall


Delilah Black
Years in Industry: 4 years
Designations: QuickBooks Online Advanced ProAdvisor
Cat or Dog: Both
Sports Team: Cincinnati Bengals
Food: Italian! Pizza and Pasta
Drink: Dr. Pepper
Movie: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Music: Anything from the 60's
Vacation: Disneyland
Season: Fall

Danielle Gadoury
Years in Industry: 35 + years
Designations: CPB, dext, sage 50
- Cat or Dog: Neither - prefer vacations
- Sports Team: Kansas city chiefs
- Food: French Macarons
- Drink: Pina Colada
- Movie: Hidden figures
- Music: Gospel r&b
- Vacation: Punta Cana
- Season: Summer

Jessica Brunski

Ryan Swartzentruber
Years in Industry: 11
Designations: PCP
Cat or Dog: Dog
Sports Team: Winnipeg Jets
Food: Pasta
Drink: Dr Pepper
Movie: Casino Royale
Music: Rock
Vacation: Golf trip
Season: Summer


Crystal Dobbyn
Years in Industry: 39 years
Designations: QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor Advanced Certified, QBD Certified, Dext Prepare Certified, Hubdoc Certified, CAPPA Certification, Program/analyst Diploma
Cat or Dog: Cat
Sports Team: Blue Jays
Food: Greek Salad
Drink: Club Soda
Movie/TV Shows: NCIS
Music: Country
Vacation: Barbados
Season: Fall


Jennifer Shapcott
Years in Industry: 18 years
Designations: CPB, QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor Advanced Certified, QBD Certified, Dext Prepare Certified
Cat or Dog: Dog
Sports Team: Flames and Oilers
Food: Mexican
Drink: Lemonade
Movie/TV Shows: Titanic and The Princess Bride
Music: Show tunes
Vacation: Any cruise
Season: Winter


Poonam Sharma
Years in Industry: 5 years
Designations: CPB, QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor Advanced Certified, Xero Advisor Certified, Hubdoc Certified
Cat or Dog: Dog
Sports Team: Indian Cricket Team
Food: Indian
Drink: Masala Chai
Movie/TV Shows: The others
Music: Sufi
Vacation: Switzerland
Season: Autumn

Alex Hansa
Years in Industry: 7 years
Designations: QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor Advanced Certified
Cat or Dog: Dog
Sports Team: Sri Lankan Cricket Team
Food: Rice and Curry
Drink: Coffee
Movie: Razz
Music: Sinhala Music
Vacation: Sri Lanka
Season: Summer


Mildred Torla


Elizabeth Hamm
Years in Industry: 10+ years supporting clients, with balncd since 2025
Designations: CPB Technician Level, QBO Pro Advisor
Cat or Dog: Both
Sports Team: Go Winnipeg!
Food: Seafood
Drink: Coffee
Movie: Too many to name!
Music: Acoustic Folk
Vacation: Camping
Season: Fall


Cheryl Tauber
Years in Industry: 30 years
Designations: QBO Advanced, Dext Advanced, BA
Cat or Dog: Two cats. Gizmo and Cloe
Sports Team: Vancouver Canucks
Food: Pasta
Drink: Coffee or tea
Movie: Sandlot
Music: 80’s
Vacation: Kitsilano Vancouver
Season: Winter – Love the snow

Ashaya Doobay
Years in Industry: 3 years
Cat or Dog: Cat
Sports Team: Manchester United
Food: SushiDrink: Iced Tea
Movie/TV Shows: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Music: Alternative R&B
Vacation: Hawaii
Season: Summer


Brittany Chimuk
Years in Industry: New to the Bookkeeping Industry, Stared March 2026
Designations: Honours Bachelor of Commerce, QBO ProAdvisor Advanced Certification, Dext Certified Expert
Cat or Dog: Cat
Sports Team: Winnipeg Jets
Food: Fruit! Or Italian!
Drink: Water
Movie/TV Show: Love True Crime Documentaries/Shows
Music: Country
Vacation: Mountains or the Lake!
Season: Fall

Keith Vermeulen
Years in Industry: 9 months
Designations: QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor Advanced, Dext Prepare Certified
Cat or Dog: Dog
Sports team: Baltimore Ravens
Food: Barbeque
Drink: Coffee
Movie/TV Shows: Aynthing Sci-Fi
Music: Alternative Rock
Vacation: Hawaii
Season: Spring

Heather Vermeulen
Years in Industry: 8 months
Cat or Dog: Cat
Food: Nachos
Drink: Iced Oat Caramel Latte
Movie/TV Shows: Scream
Music: Alternative
Vacation: Pacific Northwest
Season: Autumn


Mia DiNardo
Years in Industry: 5 years
Designations: Bachelors of Business Administration with a
Cat or Dog: Dog
Sports Team: Montreal Canadiens
Food: Homemade gnocchi
Drink: Coffee
Movie/TV Show: The Pitt
Music: R&B/Indie
Vacation: All-inclusive resort
Season: Fall


Sophie Chammartin
Years in Industry: 10 months
Designations: Business administration - accounting diploma, Quickbooks Online ProAdvisor Advanced Certified, Dext Certified
Cat or Dog: Dog
Food: Sushi
Drink: Coffee
Movie/TV Shows: Little Women
Music: Country
Vacation: Somewhere hot
Season: Summer


Karen Tavolieri
Cat or Dog: Dog
Sports Team: Nascar
Food: Cookie Dough
Drink: Margarita
Movie: Grease
Music: Country
Vacation: Camping
Season: Summer

Kaylee Huminuk
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