CWDL hires Susan Volpe and Dustin Pfluger
CWDL – a San Diego-based boutique advisory, assurance, and tax firm – has hired Susan Volpe as director of accounting and consulting and Dustin Pfluger as a partner in the mortgage banking practice. Volpe is based in Boston, while Pfluger is based in Austin.
Founded in 2014, CWDL focuses on clients in the education and mortgage banking industries. The firm offers services in audit & assurance, accounting, fraud & forensics, tax, and business advisory. CWDL has 15 employees on LinkedIn, with offices in San Diego, Scottsdale, and Austin.
Volpe brings more than 25 years of accounting and human resources experience to the firm. For the last 19 years, Volpe ran her own accounting and consulting services firm – JAV Services LLC. The boutique firm offered accounting, controller, advisory, and part-time CFO services.
Volpe previously was corporate CFO/HR manager at Mortgage Equity Partners, corporate controller/HR manager at Timberline Enterprises, and controller at AdvanSource Biomaterials. She holds a BS in accounting from Bentley University.
Pfluger brings 16 years of public accounting experience to CWDL, with 11 years focused on the mortgage industry. He joins from BKM Sowan Horan LLP, a Texas-based public accounting firm, where he spent four years as a partner. Before that, he spent six years at Richey May & Co, a national accounting firm, where he was latterly director of business development and a senior audit manager.
Earlier in his career, Pfluger was an audit senior associate at PwC and an auditor at Maxwell Locke & Ritter. He holds a BS and MS in accounting from Trinity University and is a certified public accountant.
“As a company that prides itself on outstanding client service and personalized assistance, we couldn’t have found two better leaders than Susan and Dustin to uphold our high standards of excellence,” said Mark Wilson, managing partner of CWDL. “Both made immediate contributions to our team and their investment in our clients’ success has bolstered our capabilities across the board. We’re thrilled to add two seasoned professionals with their skillsets and levels of expertise.”
