Karen (Northup) Watts

Current

CEO at Corefino, Inc.

Past

Board of Director at Childrens Hospice and Pallative Care Coalition
Board of Director at Earth Class Mail
CFO at Scout Media, Inc.

CFO at Scout.com
VP of Finance at GlobalCenter

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Education

Arizona State University

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500+ connections

Industry

Accounting

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Karen (Northup) Watts’s Summary

Karen Northup has served in executive roles at a variety of successful venture-backed technology companies. In addition to founding and serving as CEO of Corefino, Karen sits on the Board of Directors of Document Command.

Before founding her company, Corefino, Karen held CFO positions with Scout Media, Equitex, Telesuite, Rivals.com and Telocity (now directv). Karen has also held management and executive roles in a variety of companies, including GlobalCenter (now Global Crossing) and PWC. Karen currently serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations.

Karen (Northup) Watts’s Specialties:

CPA, CMA

Karen (Northup) Watts’s Experience

CEO

Corefino, Inc.

(Privately Held; Accounting industry)

March 2002 — Present (7 years 5 months)

Corefino is the ‘Future of 21st Century Accounting’ -- a completely outsourced solution for replacing the aging on-premise approach to performing routine financials. Corefino offers a turnkey people/place/platform combination of outsourced accounting experts, outsourced technology and its Triple-C (Connect-Correct-Comply) Best Practices/ workflow framework. By removing the on-site technology and headcount headaches from mid-market CFO’s and Controllers, Corefino helps them to become ‘strategic accelerators’ capable of more meaningful business impact.

Corefino operates on a variety of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based platforms via monthly subscriptions, and has formed strategic partnerships including ADP, EASi and Intaact. Corefino has vertical market expertise in digital home services, electronic gaming, health services, municipal government, regional corporate offices, alternate energy and clean technology focused companies. Corefino services include reconciliation, GAAP-based financials, plus others that facilitate monthly/quarterly/annual closes, IPO and merger preparation, etc. The company was founded in 2004, the Triple-C platform was completed in 2006, and the company received capitalization in 2008 to challenge the mid-market ERP leaders. Corefino, recognized as a candidate for InformationWeek's 2009 ‘Top 50’ Start-Ups, is based in Sunnyvale, CA. For more information on the company, please see www.corefino.com.
Board of Director

Childrens Hospice and Pallative Care Coalition

(Philanthropy industry)

September 2001 — July 2008 (6 years 11 months)

Children’s Hospices & Palliative Care Coalition is a social movement led by children’s hospitals, hospices, home health and grassroots agencies, and individuals to improve care for children with life-threatening conditions and their families.
Board of Director

Earth Class Mail

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

February 2007 — November 2007 (10 months)
CFO

Scout Media, Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Accounting industry)

January 2000 — September 2005 (5 years 9 months)
CFO

Scout.com

(Accounting industry)

2002 — 2003 (1 year)
VP of Finance

GlobalCenter

(Accounting industry)

1996 — 1998 (2 years)