About Dan

Why hire Dan Cote?

Dan is an Experienced Cash Flow Manager and Strategist known for taking a direct approach to problem solving, keeping his clients in the ‘black’ and cleaning up dysfunctional accounting systems.

What are you hiring: Experience, Integrity, Opinion, Brutal Honesty.

Dan brings over 30 years of experience in cash flow management, accounting and financial analysis to the table working with small and medium-sized businesses within Washington State. Throughout his experience he has worked with CEOs, Executives and Owners of many companies within more than a dozen industries, including high tech, construction, retail, and aerospace.

Each client Dan approaches reveals a unique financial stress whereby Dan works to locate, solve and offer a strategy to reduce stress and get his clients back into the ‘black’ and/or keep them there!

One of the qualities that Dan is infamous for is sharing a straight-forward opinion with his clients. This quality stems from Dan having worked with numerous financially stressed businesses and owning his own business as a general contractor for over 12 years, where projecting and monitoring job costs and general operating expenses were crucial to his long-term success.

In his spare time Dan enjoys visiting Austria and other European countries for skiing, relaxing and enjoying fine foreign foods and wine. He also enjoys fishing locally and far up in Alaska for salmon, halibut and other sport fish, collecting and enjoying extraordinary wine with friends and family, and restoring 1960′s classic cars.

View Dan’s resume here on LinkedIn

Professional Affiliations

Seattle Executives Association
President, Associates Group

Recent Achievements:
Coordinated, planned and executed professional development program designed to assist members with their professionals skills such as elevator pitches, sales slogans and tagline, and overall communication.

QuickBooks Pro Advisor & Instructor
Commissioned by Bellevue Community College, Cascadia Commnity College and Everett Community College.

Accomplishments: Helped over 200 students and business owners capitalize on their financial understanding and well being. Assisted over two dozen people in saving over $5,000 to $20,000 in expenses.

Master Builders Association of King & Snohomish Counties
50d Spike Award Winner