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Charlotte Cilley, Business Development Advisor
Charlotte Cilley, SBDC Business Development Advisor
Charlotte Cilley joins the Small Business Development Center as an Advisor in the WCSU and SCSU offices. Ms. Cilley brings to her position a strong business background gained in her 20+ years experience in premier public and private firms.
She earned a combined undergraduate and graduate degree in Accounting at Pace University, and then began her career as a tax accountant with Price Waterhouse focusing on tax research, planning and reporting. During that time she obtained her license as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in New York.
Ms. Cilley later worked with GE Capital for nine years, where her primary focus was on process analysis and improvement – redesigning and/or improving tax and accounting processes to better meet customer requirements and improve the integrity and efficiency of federal, state and local tax reporting, accounting and analysis. She was also responsible for managing a $16 million departmental budget.
While there, she completed Master Black Belt Training as part of GE's Six Sigma program. She became an internal consultant developing her skills as a group facilitator and personal coach, a role that proved to be highly rewarding personally. After several years in ‘retirement,’ she volunteered with SCORE as a small business counselor consulting with many businesses of various sizes in various stages of development. Ms. Cilley looks forward to broadening her consulting and coaching experience with SBDC.
