About The Presenters:

Shelley Ricketts, Cloud Accounting Manager, KWB

Shelley completed her NAIT Accelerated Accounting Certification in 2001 and is also a Certified Quickbooks ProAdvisor (QBO Advanced Certification and QB Desktop Certification).

Along with many years of public accounting experience, Shelley was a self-employed contractor providing bookkeeping services and software training for 20 years and gained invaluable experience and exposure to a wide range of industries. She knows what it means to be a business owner and to be passionate about what you do.

Shelley has been with KWB for a long time! Starting out as a contractor in January 2011, she took a leap of faith and joined the team full time in October 2018 as their newly appointed Cloud Accounting Manager.  She wears a lot of hats in this role but her favourite space is finding and supporting cloud based solutions for business owners that make their lives easier! 

Shelley has two wonderful, witty sons who take pleasure in the fact they get to call her ‘shorty’.  She also has the cutest little Frenchie named “Mango” who excels at being a couch potato as well as providing endless entertainment in the midst of Zoom meetings. 

Outside of work, Shelley loves to spend time camping, hiking and just getting out into nature.  She also is passionate about horses (she owns 3!) and enjoys trail riding and getting out into the mountains when she can. 

Richard Ouellette, Partner, KWB

Richard graduated from the University of Lethbridge in 2003 with a Bachelor of Management degree. He articled and worked at a few national accounting firms and then obtained his Chartered Accountant (now Chartered Professional Accountant) designation in January of 2006. He joined KWB in November 2007. 

Richard has been working with small and medium size businesses for approximately 20 years, and as a business owner himself, he understands the needs and pain points of small business owners. He’s thrilled to help our clients operate and grow their businesses efficiently while working together strategically to achieve their goals.  

On his personal time, Richard enjoys traveling, playing music (he’s  a drummer), golfing, biking, working out, and spending time with friends and family.