Debbie Patterson
Chief Financial Officer
Debbie has over 25 years of senior financial management experience with Fortune 500 companies and start-up businesses.
Prior to joining Business Only Broadband, Debbie was the Chief Financial Officer of Officite, Workspace and Code Red which she joined at their inception. As the CFO of these companies she was responsible for establishing and managing all the day-to-day accounting, finance and tax functions, human resources, legal issues and sales administration. In addition she assisted the owners in strategic planning. In May of 2001, Workspace and Code Red were acquired by Boise Cascade/Office Max. She was instrumental in the negotiation and the sale to Boise and in the subsequent transition where she maintained her current senior level responsibilities. Her final contribution at BoiseWorkspace was to implement an internal accounting unit that would support the growing $80 million dollar contract furniture division.
Prior to Workspace, Debbie was the Controller and Tax Manager of NFC Leasing, a computer sales and leasing company. NFC was acquired by Chrysler Financial in 1987. Debbie was promoted to Vice President of Finance and Administration of Chrysler Systems Leasing in 1989. She began her career in 1980 in the auditing and tax departments of Coopers & Lybrand.
Debbie has a BS in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame, a Masters of Science in Taxation from DePaul University, and is a CPA.