At the College of Business at Pacific University, we are continually pushing boundaries in education – exploring new approaches to teaching, different kinds of content creation, and new models of active learning in our classrooms. As a smaller operation, we offer many more intimate opportunities for students to meet and thrive. We have manageable class sizes, our professors are dynamic and we have numerous outside speakers and class projects; this creates a distinctive hands-on education in a wonderful campus setting.

Northwest Surgical Specialists has been around since 2008. Our doctors are devoted and dedicated to patients and always find ways to treat our patients with the best quality care.

Led cross-functional collaboration with business operators through the budgeting and forecasting cycle for an $80M multisite business division with seven locations and four business segments. Analyzed monthly financials, profit margins, and additional growth capital options. Notable Contributions: • Created a break-even model that allowed management to visualize and troubleshoot corrective action for several variables, including revenue, headcount requirements, labor efficiency, T&E, and absorption.

Columbia River Pilots is a maritime company based out of 13225 N Lombard St, Portland, Oregon, United States.

Albina Fuel is an oil & energy company based out of P.O. Box 768, Vancouver, Washington, United States.

Accounting and Administration Management: • Supervise all accounting operations for firm, including Billing, A/R, A/P, GL and Job Cost • Prepare and publish timely month end, quarterly and year end closings/statements • Produce monthly/quarterly/annual payroll and sales tax reporting for OR, WA, CA, NV, ID and MT • Set up and direct payroll operations for over 100 employees • Prepare union reports for unions throughout OR, WA, CA, NV, ID and MT • Provide cash management, including overseeing reconciliation of banking activity • Compile/prepare for union/tax audit inquiries and resolve any other formal financial inquiries • Publish detailed accounting procedures for all areas of accounting for training and reference Past Projects and Accomplishments: • Created virtual/cloud reporting for service technicians; saving numerous overhead hours by eliminating need to submit physical copies to home office • Automated union setup in payroll system to efficiently process payroll and accurately report union benefits and state taxes • Programmed reports in job cost system to automatically calculate customer billings by customer type; previous billings were manually calculated • Set up job cost reports for Project Managers using phasing/cost codes to track their jobs' progress weekly • Streamlined vendor payment processes; ensuring that all applicable discounts were taken in a timely manner

Portland French Bakery is a food production company based out of 6840 N Marine Dr, Portland, Oregon, United States.

Waterways is a small, full-service engineering, land surveying and environmental consulting firm focused on planning, assessment, and restoration of surface water environments. We have offices in Santa Cruz, California and Portland, Oregon, serving clients throughout California, Oregon, Washington, and Nevada. We serve private companies and individuals, local, state, and federal agencies, special districts, and non-profits. We pride ourselves in our creativity, responsiveness and dedication to completing quality work on schedule and on budget.

LSW Architects is a firm dedicated to building active, inspired communities through innovative design solutions and ideas. Founded in Vancouver, Washington 1955, our extensive experience covers new construction, renovation, feasibility studies, and master planning for private and public projects in the educational, recreational, multi-family housing, and office sectors.

TEAM Construction was established in Vancouver, Washington in 1991. We are a commercial General Contractor that specializes in all aspects of construction. TEAM Construction has received significant recognition for our work within the construction industry. We have received numerous Excellence-in-Construction awards on a local, regional and national basis. We are a multiple recipient of Platinum Level safety awards from Associated Builders and Contractors. We are the recipient of dozens of Top Project Awards for the Vancouver Business Journal and multiple Community Pride awards from the City of Vancouver. TEAM Construction and its managers have extensive experience with projects consisting of concrete tilt, concrete masonry, structural steel, wood frame and pre-engineered metal building systems. We have experience with public and private sector projects including office buildings, industrial parks, retail establishments, religious facilities, schools, apartment complexes and many other unique projects. We also have a small works department which handles tenant improvements and renovation and repair work for commercial clients.

Lacamas Laboratories manufactures and delivers high quality products at the best price possible, on time every time. Our product list includes pharmaceutical intermediates such as Diboc (di-tert-butyl dicarbonate) as well as fine chemicals to customers outside the pharma industry. Lacamas Laboratories products are made at our plant located in Portland, Oregon on a scale that suits your needs. We can produce anything from quantities as small as 15 kgs needed for early clinical trials, to the many tons required for a full commercial launch. Lacamas Laboratories commitment to quality production standards is evident in all our production processes and laboratory procedures, from raw material procurement and testing, to the development and implementation of production and laboratory standard operating procedures, to final product testing.

The M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust seeks to enrich the quality of life in the Pacific Northwest by providing grants and enrichment programs to nonprofit organizations that seek to strengthen the region's educational, spiritual, and cultural base in creative and sustainable ways.