CFO RESTART - Key Persons
I love working at CFO ReStart. Wendy is a wonderful...
I am a dedicated and experienced accountant who can juggle...
Job Titles:
- Controller
- Controller for Hire
Laena Yi is the Fractional Controller for CFORestart. With almost...
Wendy Biava, CPA, CFE, CGFM, SHRM-SCP, is a serial entrepreneur who knows small business.
Biava graduated with honors from the University of Maryland, Global Campus, with a B.S. in Accounting with an Emphasis in Business and Management. Biava founded Papagjika & Associates, a CPA firm, in 1999. She sold it 10 years later to run her two software companies - Mobomo and Altum.
With her partners, she grew Mobomo from $700K to $21M (2011-2022) and Altum from $300K to $14M (2000-2016). She sold her Altum interest in 2016; she is still active as an investor with Mobomo and serves on its board. Biava also owned a small commercial real estate venture that she sold in early 2021.
Awards: Biava has been recognized as a seasoned professional and been the recipient of many awards including a coveted Smart CEO Magazine Executive Management Award. This program recognizes the leadership and accomplishments of the region's management all-stars - CFOs, CIOs/CTOs and COOs that uphold the highest ethics, lead collaboratively and creatively, and enhance and support the organization's mission. Biava was also recognized as a winner of SmartCEO Magazine's Smart CFO Award. Her fellow finalists selected her as the "Valedictorian" Smart CFO, top of her class.
Wendy Biava founded CFO ReStart, LLC to help start ups and established business owners to maximum shareholder value and profit by simplifying accounting operations, instituting best practices and process, incorporating strategy, focus and budgets, solving complex accounting challenges and building growth opportunities.