Paula Waggoner Aguilar is a successful senior finance executive with 20+ years of experience. She has worked for entrepreneurs and in independent exploration, production, midstream master limited partnerships, integrated energy, natural resources, and oil field service companies. She has significant experience working with senior executive leaders and entrepreneurs, executive boards, private equity, external stakeholders, and investment committees. Likewise, she has an impressive track record helping entrepreneurs and public companies with corporate finance fundamentals, helping grow their businesses, optimizing operations and processes, leveraging and integrating technology, tackling tough problems, and building and coaching strong finance and accounting leaders and departments.
I'll never forget the frantic call to Paula in late 2014. I was struggling to figure out cash flow, balance sheets, and well you know, numbers. I'm no CFO, and when I was a leader at Shell, and later at BP, I had some fancy finance executives who helped me manage my books. But when you're on your own, it can be scary to rough it alone with Excel.
Paula calmed me down and explained I just needed a plan. You see as late as February of 2015, while I was spending loads of cash to build this platform, I was still trying to figure out my operating plan. Paula spent time with me on the phone, online late at night, texting me things I should do, and sending me things to help me navigate. Her knowledge of finance, numbers and beans astounds me.
Paula also volunteered (okay she was encouraged/nudged) to help us test our webinar software in January. She gave an awesome presentation on the market, amidst several technology issues. Again, the calm in the storm, Paula showed up with a smile and rolled with the punches.
I have been able to count on Paula, not just for my finances, but as a reminder of the kind of people who make Pink Petro a special community. She serves her clients and relationships with the utmost respect and integrity.
Thanks Paula for all of your support, your financial expertise, and more importantly your friendship. I am lucky to have you as a sister in the Wild West.
Catch Paula's awesome piece that ran in the Rigzone's Career Guide at OTC.
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