Charlie Velasquez

Who is Charlie Velasquez?

Charlie has worked in finance for over 14 years, beginning

his career at accounting firm, KPMG. He has served in

a variety of positions in vastly different industries,

moving up the ladder from Senior Auditor at KPMG, to

Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at American

Medical Response, to Corporate Controller at Smith and

Hawken.

At American Medical Response he was responsible for

all financial analysis functions while overseeing a

$400 million revenue generating division. And, at Smith

and Hawken, he played an instrumental role in helping

prepare the company to go IPO while also preparing them

for their first big five audit.

At Tidal, Charlie is responsible for leading the accounting

and finance operations teams as well as human resources

and contract services. As a member of the management

team he developed strategic and operational concepts

for finance, human resources and sales.