About Amplify Advisors
At Amplify, we know you want to be a business leader who feels restored and confident to make sound decisions for success. In order to do that, you need support to regain control and position your business for opportunity and growth.
This is why we founded Amplify.
From its humble beginnings, Amplify’s founders believed that there was a better way to receive professional services. At Amplify, we call this better way, our client experience. Our client experience is relationship-centric. The foundation is our values. The experience that our clients get is represented by our name. We want to amplify. We are focused on growth, scale, strategy, and leadership.
At Amplify, we know that building a successful business is a team effort. We are leading experts in the fields of finance and accounting. But most importantly, we are real people. We believe in the strength of our communities and we continuously aim to amplify the communities we live in by volunteering in sports and causes we believe in. We are ready to help — confidentially and without judgement.
Our focus at Amplify (our ‘North Star’) is Client Experience. We prioritize it first.
Enhancing Communities.
Amplify Opportunities.
Cultivate Connections.
We build our values based on years of working in professional services at Big Four firms and working in various industries as Finance Leaders:
- Collaboration
- Courage
- Candor
- Care
- Curiosity
We knew the blind spots that would not fit well with our dedication to Client Experience. We knew that the opposing values were common for CPAs and that we needed to be deliberate in building a culture that would support our epic team.
And it is an epic team. We are proud of the amazing people that work with us as Finance Leaders and in our Consulting, Recruiting and Tech services. We know that the client experience is what attracts and retains them and that they share our values.
Jesse Ferguson, CPA, CA
Co-Founder
Chief Executive Officer | Tech – Executive Leader
Non-Amplify Roles: hockey coach, EOA member, EOA board director, UNB Hockey co-chair, IoT committee member, husband, dad of 2
Hobbies & Interests: golf, family skiing, travel, podcasts & reading
Amanda Fisher
Chief Operating Officer
Non-Amplify Roles: wife, mom of 2 and dog mom of 2, FFCA school board director, South Bow River Softball board member
Hobbies & Interests: playing and coaching softball, camping, hiking, gardening, reading, podcasts, personal development, travel, quality time with friends and family
David Skabar
Chief Growth Officer
Non-Amplify Roles: Father of 3, Husband of 1, Baseball coach of many
Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, coffee, wine, skiing, golfing, travel, and travelling to go cooking/skiing/golfing and drink coffee/wine
Lyndsey Hoff
Candidate Manager, Recruiting Services
Non-Amplify Roles: cat mom, singer/songwriter, shampoo dealer, and Aunty
Hobbies & Interests: volunteering on Connect Church Worship Team , volunteering at Happy Cat Sanctuary, volunteering VP, Board of RESET, live music, gardening
Adam Snelling
Growth Consultant
Non-Amplify Roles: Husband, Father, Fundraiser
Hobbies & Interests: Wine Sommelier, Sake Sommelier, Beer Cicerone
Dwayne Keir
Growth Consultant
Non-Amplify Roles: father, husband, sports coach
Hobbies & Interests: hockey, baseball, hiking, cooking, photography, geography
Ian Folinsbee, CPA, CMA
Finance Leader | Accounting Services Manager
Non-Amplify Roles: Treasurer at Foundation for Addiction and Mental Health, Committee member on the “Nomination Committee” for the CPA Achievement Awards
Hobbies & Interests: mountain biking, yoga
Danny Chiarastella, CPA, CA
Finance Leader | Consultant
Non-Amplify Roles: husband, dad of two daughters, CanLearn Society board chair, and FEI Canada Sponsorship chair
Hobbies & Interests: hiking, biking, gardening, cooking
Ken Teuling, CPA, CMA
Finance Leader | Consultant
Non-Amplify Roles: father of one, dog owner, husband
Hobbies & Interests: biking, hiking snowshoeing, skiing, camping
Brenda Yackle, CPA, CMA
Finance Leader | Consultant
Non-Amplify Roles: wife, FEI board member, friend
Hobbies & Interests: slow-pitch, pickleball, reading, and family
Drew Englot
Accountant
Non-Amplify Roles: husband, uncle, volunteer
Hobbies & Interests: hockey, golf, football, baseball, travelling, concerts & festivals
Ryan Mercier, CPA, CA
Finance Leader
Non-Amplify Roles: dad, BBQ enthusiast
Hobbies & Interests: baseball, BBQ, family
Xavier Shorter, CPA, CGMA, CA
Finance Leader
Non-Amplify Roles: Dad, track coach
Hobbies & Interests: Track & Field, Baseball, Cars, Dogs, Family
Haley Kemmer, CPA
Finance Leader
Non-Amplify Roles:Partner, cat mom, sister, auntie
Hobbies & Interests: Reading, Traveling, Cats, Taylor Swift, Coffee
Anum Adnan
Accountant
Non-Amplify Roles: wife, friend
Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, baking, hiking and travel
Jeff Lindskog, CFA, MBA
Finance Leader
Non-Amplify Roles: finance instructor, artistic swimming board member
Hobbies & Interests: Outdoor adventures with family, running, biking, skiing
Kevin Klimuk, CA
Finance Leader
Non-Amplify Roles: Spouse, Father and Friend
Hobbies & Interests: cook, foodie and family
Paul Edpalina
AmplifyTech Consultant
Non-Amplify Roles: spouse, solution seeker
Hobbies & Interests: playing basketball, reading online novels and manga
Erika Foo, CPA
AmpliyTech Consultant
Non-Amplify Roles: friend, IU fan
Hobbies & Interests: K-drama, variety shows, museums/ theme parks
Our Values
Collaboration
We value collaboration rooted in humility and trust. Our team knows it’s okay not to be the expert on everything—we lean on each other’s strengths, share experience, and listen as much as we contribute.
Courage
We value the courage to say what needs to be said—even when it’s obvious and uncomfortable. Our team addresses the real issues with candor and care, because avoiding the truth helps no one.
Candor
We value candor that’s clear, direct, and grounded in care. Our team communicates with honesty and respect—challenging directly while supporting personally—because truth delivered with empathy builds trust, drives alignment, and strengthens relationships.
Care
We show up with genuine commitment—because our advice only works when we’re truly invested. We care deeply about our clients’ success, taking ownership of outcomes, acting with integrity, and delivering with purpose. For us, caring isn’t optional—it’s the foundation of trust, impact, and lasting relationships.
Curiosity
Curiosity with a Growth Mindset is the glue that binds our core values together.
Curiosity is our catalyst for growth. We challenge assumptions, seek fresh perspectives, and explore every angle to unlock new opportunities—for our clients, our team, and our community. We approach curiosity with a Growth Mindset—believing that learning, effort, and adaptability matter more than being right, and that there’s always room to grow.
Professionals who are skilled accountants and have held top performing jobs might not fit with Amplify. CPAs that think they communicate and that “the ball is in their court”. CPAs who spend all of their time behind a spreadsheet and don’t ask questions about operations. CPAs that prioritize their own deadlines over people. CPAs that are passive-aggressive or obnoxious devil advocates. CPAs who believe they are the “smartest guy in the room”. CPAs that haven’t read a book on strategy, business leadership, or scaling a business. These people can make great teammates on other teams, but they won’t love working with Amplify.
CPAs are prone to all kinds of stereotypes and many are well deserved. For our epic team, most of us trained as auditors and CAs so we know how our peer group ends up coming across as policing, cost-focused devil advocates. We know CPAs in the industry are hard-working and work on lean teams. We have been Finance Leaders that have felt stretched and we’ve seen the impact that had on our ability to be strategic or develop relationships. We don’t let that happen to us anymore. While compliance, costs, and numbers all matter to us, that’s not how we differentiate. Rather, through our values, we want to help business leaders feel restored, confident, and ready to make sound decisions for success. We want to help business leaders regain control and position for opportunity and growth. Growth focused and relationship-centric CPAs with a dedication to our client experience is what attracts and retains this epic team.
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