Western Area Life Sciences Leader
KPMG, LLP

Paulette has been with KPMG for 19 years and a partner since 2001. She is a graduate of KPMG’s exclusive Lead Partner Academy, a member of the 2008 KPMG Partner Council, and is also an accredited International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) reviewing partner. Paulette has over 16 years of experience in the life sciences industry, where she has served biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies providing accurate and timely financial reporting to investors and the SEC. Her experience includes Initial Public Offerings, business combinations, analysis of complex collaboration arrangements for revenue and cost capitalization implications. Her client base includes start-ups, small and middle market privately held companies, as well as serving as the audit partner for U.S. and International publicly held corporations. Paulette is the author of several thought leadership publications and is a contributing author to the biotechnology volume of KPMG’s global risk and disclosures handbook. Paulette is a member of the boards of directors of BayBio, the Bay Area biotechnology trade organization, and WEALTH Women - women executives advancing life sciences, technology and healthcare - and serves as a judge for the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers Award. Paulette is a summa cum laude graduate of California State University and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a California CPA.