ProCFO provides outstanding service to our clients because of our dedication to the three underlying principles of professionalism, responsiveness and quality.
James Jans, CPA
James is your genuinely friendly and highly experienced chief financial strategist and owner of ProCFO. He has been a CPA for eighteen years and counting. After finishing his MBA at the University of Washington, he began his career in Boise, Idaho working at Deloitte & Touche, Idaho Power Company, and IDACORP Energy. When IDACORP exited the energy trading industry, James decided it was time to become his own boss.
Thinking back on a case study he completed in college about Accenture’s outsourcing of BP Amoco’s financial department, he immediately felt that community businesses had an even higher need for the same financial services. Because business owners need to focus on what they do best, James knew he could give them the perfect solution and act as their complete financial team, and thus ProCFO was born.
Since 2007, James and his team have been serving clients through ProCFO with personalized accounting and complete financial outsourcing. ProCFO’s services have assisted numerous businesses and individuals achieve their goals.
James is a devoted family man who is kept on his toes with his children's school and sports activities. He also loves skiing and a bit of globe-trotting (when it’s not tax season, of course).
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT / EDUCATION
CPA accreditation 1996
University of Washington Master of Business Administration 2003
Boise State University Master of Science in Taxation 2000
Iowa State University Bachelor of Business Administration Accounting 1993
Aaron Weiland, CPA
Aaron joined the ProCFO team in December 2017. Aaron was raised on a dairy farm in South Dakota. He took his work ethic from the farm to school and ultimately back to work. He received a Degree of Professional Accountancy from Augustana University, and latter followed it up with Juris Doctorate at the University of South Dakota. Aaron’s recent experience focused on corporate taxes, working as a Tax Manager for JELD-WEN, one of the largest world-wide window and door manufacturers which recently went public after being privately held for fifty years. Aaron also has a significant background in real-estate development and management entities, working with several of the local resorts as well as multi-state hotel and apartment management companies. Over the past sixteen years which Aaron has been a CPA, he has been an active advisor and counsellor on many business ventures and transactions. Aaron is always eager to assist in new ventures, and derives much professional satisfaction in assisting clients with these new ventures with sound tax guidance.
When not in the office, Aaron balances his time by spending it outdoors. He enjoys most of the local out-door activities which the Bend area has to offer. You may meet him on a hiking trail, out enjoying a nice mountain bike ride, or up in the mountains skiing or kayaking on one of our beautiful lakes.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT / EDUCATION
CPA licensed in South Dakota 2001, Oregon 2008
University of South Dakota Juris Doctorate 2003
Augustana University Degree of Professional Accountancy 2000
Augustana University Bachelor of Science: Accounting 1999
Darby Warmenhoven
Office Manager/Staff Bookkeeper
Darby joined the ProCFO team in January 2014. Focused respectively on office management, Darby has over 10 years of experience in bookkeeping and management. While Darby holds key roles here at ProCFO she uses her motivational and leadership skills to support many aspects of ProCFO. Prior to joining the ProCFO team, Darby's experience includes the travel industry with Alaska Airlines, as an orthodontic technician in Seattle, and as an ophthalmology technician here in the Central Oregon area. In addition to working here at ProCFO, Darby worked for the Bend FC Timbers as their administrator and bookkeeper for 7 years. Managing two careers can be challenging which demonstrates Darby's unyielding and faithful work ethic. Subsequent to her occupational responsibilities, Darby's first commitment is to her family. She and her husband were married for 21 years until he passed in December 2014 due to brain cancer. Together they have a son, Eli, who is living in San Diego and working as an Accountant for Thermo Fisher and a daughter, Sierra, who recently graduated from U of O and is working as an Executive Specialist for NeighborImpact.
Fun Facts:
Born and raised: Montana
Music in your Ipod: Today's Christian Hits
Favorite places you have traveled: Hawaii and Switzerland
Favorite TV Shows: Survivor, The Bachelor, & Amazing Race
Favorite Movies: Anything with romance and action films
Favorite Food: Mexican
Favorite Drink: Starbucks
Favorite Animal: My Bichon- Shihtzus......
Larry Murphy
Income Tax Preparer/Staff Accountant
Larry is a proven tax preparer and leader for our ProCFO team. He received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting at the University of Oregon in 2004. At ProCFO Larry is responsible for conducting and preparing individual tax returns for our clients. He served five years in the United States Air Force. In 1991 Larry was deployed to Operation Desert Storm and uses his skills in communication to define success for our ProCFO team. Likewise, he uses his meticulous and disciplined proficiency to assist in our accounting department. When Larry isn't figuring numbers, you can also find him as a Protective Security Officer for the Department of Homeland Security throughout the state of Oregon. Prior to coming aboard to ProCFO, Larry worked as a staff accountant in Eugene, Oregon and as a Corrections Deputy here in Deschutes County. Aside from his professional responsibilities, Larry likes to have a good time with his friends and annual softball league. Larry shares his life and adventures with his wife, daughter and their dog named Aspen.
Fun Facts:
Born: Minneapolis, MN
Raised in: Newport, Oregon
Favorite Food: "I have not yet met a food I didn't like."
Favorite Snack: Cheetos
Favorite Book: On The Road by Jack Kerouac
Favorite Movies: Casablanca, Bull Durham, Road House, & Shawshank Redemption
Favorite Saying: "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all:"
Favorite Places Traveled: Hawaii, Guam, Mexico, England & Diego Garcia
What is on your Ipod: Rock, Country, Big Band, Hip Hop, Dubsted, - everything!
Favorite animal: Dog
Michael Casale
Income Tax Preparer/Staff Accountant
Michael has focused his career on providing entrepreneurs with tailored financial consulting so they can make intelligent business decisions to thereby have a bigger impact on the world and create generational wealth. After growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina and graduating from Washington University in St. Louis, he began his career at Grant Thornton in Vancouver, Canada where he became a Chartered Professional Accountant and then shortly thereafter obtained his U.S. CPA accreditation from the State of California. With over 18 years of experience working in the finance sector including commercial banking, public accounting and being a CFO for various companies, Michael has become keenly aware of what it takes for an organization to become highly successful and profitable and most importantly what mistakes to avoid in order to weather any economy or any global situation. Having also been involved in raising investment capital for multiple ventures as a CFO for both technology companies as well as for a multi-national naturopathic company, Michael brings this experience to each of his clients to prepare them for their next level of growth and to empower them to obtain their goals both in business and in their life through their business.
Michael is very passionate about self-development and has a tendency to simultaneously buy both the Kindle version and the physical copy of every book he purchases on Amazon so he can get through at least two books per month. When not at work or reading in his garden, Michael and his wife are either cooking at home, planning their next road trip or playing with their three cocker spaniels.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT / EDUCATION
CPA (USA) accreditation 2012
CPA (Canada) accreditation 2010
Washington University in Saint Louis - Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Accounting and Finance 2004