
Joe Howell
Founder and Community Moderator (retired)
Joe has served as CFO of three public companies—eMusic.com (NASDAQ: EMUS), Merix Corporation (NASDAQ: MERX), and Borland Software (NASDAQ: BORL)—and as CFO of several pre-public companies. As CFO, he led multiple public offerings, private placements, M&A transactions, and the IPO for eMusic.com.
Joe was Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Co-founder of Workiva—the leading cloud-based solution provider for SEC and business reporting.
Joe founded the SEC Professionals Group in 2008 and the SOX & Internal Controls Professionals Group in 2015. He is a CPA (inactive) and an alum of Arthur Andersen & Co. Joe earned a BA from the University of Michigan and an MS in Accounting from Eastern Michigan University.