I think you’ve all figured out by now that I love what I do and when it comes to Finance, I absolutely believe “Finance is Fun”. That’s my mantra in the office, and while I may get a bit of grief over it, I enjoy the challenges that it brings every week. But alas, it all can’t be about Finance…or can it? Part of the career development over the last few years has been to develop my professional network. Both from the perspective of how I can continue to develop my own skill set, but how I can find opportunities to work with others and possibly help them with their own projects or professional challenges. I’ve been fortunate to meet some great individuals and I’ve decided, based on some recent discussions, to open up this forum to guest commentary.  One of the individuals I wanted to introduce to this forum is Ken Tudhope, who is the Founder & Principal of Project Pro Search, LLC in Irvine, California.

            I’ve known Ken for about 3-years now and have to say that his enthusiasm is infectious. Ken founded Project Pro Search after leaving a large specialized staffing firm in order to provide excellent long-term service to clients in Southern California.  By using his expansive network of contacts in Orange County and his unique set of talents and industry experiences, he is offering the customized service and value which proved difficult to achieve in a large bureaucracy. While I won’t hold it against him, Ken attended both the University of Washington & the UCLA Anderson School of Business (Fight On! Trojans!!!). Through his firm, Ken also founded the OC|CFO Network, which is a bi-weekly meeting for CFO’s in the Orange County area.

            Ken will be providing guest commentary regarding the Networking and Recruiting Challenges that face today’s Finance executives. Ken is passionate about these topics and I look forward to the insights that he’ll be providing.

Thanks for reading . . . .

Jeffrey Ishmael