Brillect goes beyond traditional staffing services. We provide exceptional talent + expert strategy to help our clients and consultants succeed.

About Brillect

As finance and accounting professionals with decades of experience between us, we bring a unique “we’ve been in your shoes” perspective with a deep background in both the corporate and consulting world. That’s precisely why we go beyond traditional placement services to provide a combination of exceptional talent + expert strategy to help our clients and consultants succeed.

We created Brillect with one goal in mind – to help you do more. For our clients, that may mean placing a technical expert to help navigate a complex, high-stakes project or adding short-term bench strength to a team that needs deep subject matter expertise. For our consultants, that means offering flexible and rewarding career opportunities that allow them to do more of the work they love in a way that fits their life and career goals.

About Brillect

As finance, accounting, and HR professionals with decades of experience between us, we bring a unique “we’ve been in your shoes” perspective with a deep background in both the corporate and consulting world. That’s precisely why we go beyond traditional staffing services to provide a combination of exceptional talent + expert strategy to help our clients and consultants succeed.

We created Brillect with one goal in mind – to help our clients and consultants do more. For our clients, that may mean placing a technical expert to help navigate a complex, high-stakes project or adding short-term bench strength to a team that needs deep subject matter expertise. For our consultants, that means offering flexible and rewarding career opportunities that allow them to do more of the work they love in a way that fits their life and career goals.

Founding Team

We are so excited to bring a fresh approach to connecting high-performing accounting, finance, HR and project management talent with fulfilling work. We formed enduring friendships working together at multiple companies, and ultimately, realized our shared passion for helping people enjoy challenging careers that allow them to do more of what they love at work and at home. We thrive as problem solvers, partnership forgers and opportunity creators, and we love helping our clients and consultants succeed.

Director of Client & Talent Management Greta Menozzi
Co-founder

Erica Eggers

Co-founder

Kelly Weight

Co-founder

Kristine Boedigheimer

Co-founder

Erica Eggers

As co-founder of Brillect, Erica thrives on creating win-win opportunities by connecting brilliant talent with fulfilling career opportunities. Grounded by her commitment to helping people, she’s found the perfect union in matching consultants with roles that bring joy back into their work – and more flexibility in their lives – while helping clients tap into the right talent to advance their goals.

A seasoned finance and accounting executive, Erica pulls from a deep well of experience to guide her clients and consultants. She holds a B.A. in Accounting from Minnesota State University – Moorhead and is a CPA. Her tenure spans from a Big Four firm to global Fortune 500’s to a consultancy, serving in a variety of roles for PricewaterhouseCoopers, Target Corporation, Lawson Software, Best Buy and Salo.

 

Co-founder

Kelly Weight

Kelly loves getting to know people, hearing what brings them joy and helping them succeed – at work and at home. She believes work should be energizing, challenging and a community you can’t wait to join every day. From helping her clients solve complex problems to working with consultants to advance their career goals while finding balance at home, Kelly is committed to helping others be their best.

After earning a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Kelly started her career in public accounting at Arthur Andersen and spent many years in compliance, project management and audit roles before making the leap to providing consulting and contract services. After her most recent position as an Account Executive at Microsoft, she co-founded Brillect to create a place where people can thrive in their careers and personal lives.

Co-founder

Kristine Boedigheimer

As a working mom of two daughters, Kristine has always had the desire to “do it all.” Believing there had to be a better way to work, Kristine co-founded Brillect to bring a new approach to balancing work + life. Kristine is proud to connect high-performing professionals desiring flexibility with finance and accounting leaders looking to partner with experienced, results-oriented talent.

Kristine brings a unique on-the-ground, been in your shoes credibility to her role as a trusted advisor to clients and consultants. She holds a BSB in Accounting and MBA with an emphasis in Finance from the Carlson School of Management, where she currently serves on the Alumni Board, and is also a CPA (inactive). She began her career in audit at Arthur Andersen and Deloitte and spent 18 years in progressively senior roles in Accounting, FP&A, and Treasury at Target Corporation.

Our Team

Our people are what truly set us apart. We have a best-in-the-business team that keeps our office running like clockwork, creating a seamless experience for our clients and consultants. Meet the faces behind Brillect.

Client Solutions
Greta Menozzi - Director of Client & Talent Management at Brillect
Director of Client & Talent Management

Greta Menozzi

Jonathon Daniel - Client Solutions Director at Brillect
Client Solutions Director

Jon Daniel

Meg O'Hara Client Solutions Director Brillect
Client Solutions Director

Meg O’Hara

Client Solutions Director

Cathy McComb

Melodie Carlson, Client Solutions Director at Minneapolis Finance Accounting & HR Consulting Firm
Managing Director

Melodie Carlson

Erica Kartak - Client Solutions Principal, Brillect
Client Solutions Principal

Erica Kartak

Andrea Winiecki, Client Solutions Director — Brillect
Client Solutions Director

Andrea Winiecki

Director of Client & Talent Management

Greta Menozzi

Greta is one of the best relationship builders in the business. She’s also a highly accomplished accounting professional, serving in senior management roles at Redpath, CLA, Best Buy and Deloitte where she earned a reputation for cultivating strong relationships, problem solving and delivering innovative results. An extrovert by nature, you’ll quickly see that Greta loves people! It comes as no surprise that her passion is connecting people with the work they love to do – a perfect fit for Brillect.

Greta is a leading force behind client management and our industry-leading professional development program, helping our consultants chart the best path forward to meet their professional goals, keep their skills fresh and find joy in going to work every day.

Client Solutions Director

Jon Daniel

As a seasoned industry professional with 15+ years of public accounting, consulting, and private industry experience, Jon’s roles have encompassed both sides of the fence, as a consultant and as a client of consulting finance & accounting services. This multi-faceted background is key to his role as Client Solutions Director at Brillect, providing him a unique understanding of how to successfully bring teams together to drive results that deliver a win-win for all involved. Drawing upon his experience, Jon ensures each client’s roadmap to success is paved with the right team to succeed, collaborating with clients to define their goals and developing the strategy needed to reach those goals.

Passionate about connections, Jon strives to lead people and projects with integrity, believing that doing what is right, versus what is easy, is always the best path to success.

Client Solutions Director

Meg O’Hara

Meg O’Hara is the consummate finance professional, bringing more than 20 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, systems implementation and change management at companies including Optum, Target and Lifetouch. She’s a networker extraordinaire, top-notch troubleshooter, and a 360-degree collaborator who knows how to build effective teams.

As Client Solutions Director, Meg works hand-in-hand with our clients to quickly identify what needs to get done and connect them with the right person to do it. Her charismatic, outgoing personality make her an expert relationship builder with both clients and consultants, and trust us, once you’re introduced, you’ll feel like you’ve known her for years.

Client Solutions Director

Cathy McComb

Cathy McComb fits into her role as Client Solutions Manager like a puzzle piece, combining her passion for accounting with her love for meeting new people and building relationships.

As a CPA with 15 years of experience in public accounting and small business back-office support, Cathy has a deep understanding and perspective of what it takes to get the job done for her clients. She’s able to quickly jump in and add value, bring fresh insight, and chart the best path forward based on each client’s unique needs. She enjoys the challenge of finding the right person for the right role with the right strategy for her clients – not just filling the seat. And, as an extrovert who loves meeting new people, Cathy thrives in her client-facing role where she can talk shop and build long-lasting connections.

Managing Director

Melodie Carlson

Melodie Carlson has enjoyed an impressive 25-year career that spans Fortune 500 and mid-sized companies across a variety of industries. A self-professed extrovert and an embracer of challenges, she loves meeting new people, problem-solving, and fostering connections. As the Managing Director of Brillect’s finance and accounting client service team, Melodie sees her role as the perfect fit, enabling her to do all the things she loves most.

With a deep well of C-suite experience and previous roles within retail, public accounting and financial institution sectors, Melodie shines in her ability to “walk the talk,” helping her team guide clients to real-world solutions that best advance their goals. This, paired with her passion for coaching and mentoring, are the forces that drive her commitment to making a difference each day.

Client Solutions Principal

Erica Kartak

As a 15-year veteran of the accounting and audit industries, Erica enjoys applying her seasoned experience to connect with clients and help them advance their goals. Her former roles in audit and compliance at Arthur Andersen and Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Worldwide, Inc. helps foster trust and respect with clients who appreciate her ability to speak from personal experience.

Erica sees herself as a “brand ambassador” for Brillect, sharing the company’s story and values-driven culture with clients, consultants and her expansive network of industry peers around the United States. She thrives on creating connections, building community and doing the right thing for clients and consultants.

Client Solutions Director

Andrea Winiecki

Andrea is an accomplished finance professional who prides herself on being a strategic partner, one who guides business partners toward fiscally responsible decisions to create the most value while also achieving the team’s goals. While the majority of her career has been spent in FP&A, her true love is cultivating relationships and helping clients solve problems – a perfect fit for her role as a Client Solutions Director at Brillect.

As a natural dot connector with a knack for seeing the big picture, Andrea builds a strong rapport with clients by going beneath the surface to learn about their business, culture and personal style. She’s a trusted thought leader who delivers talent solutions that not only fill gaps in capacity or skillsets, but enables teams to focus on work they love with the balance they need. She loves a good brainstorm and proposing new solutions – even when they’re unsolicited!

Talent Acquisition
Anne Harris - Talent Solutions Director
Talent Solutions Director

Anne Harris

Sr. Talent Acquisition Manager

Sheryl Caspers

Darcy Herrig - Talent Acquisitions Director - Brillect
Talent Acquisition Director

Darcy Herrig

Carrie King, Talent Coordinator
Talent Coordinator

Carrie King

Talent Solutions Director

Anne Harris

With a 15+ year career in financial planning and analysis, Anne Harris draws on a wide breadth of experience and strong analytical background to help deliver successful outcomes for Brillect’s clients and consultants. As Talent Solutions Director, Anne taps into her passion for bringing out the best in people by matching consultants with engaging careers. She thrives on helping professionals discover what excites them about going to work every day and harnessing that energy to help clients succeed.

Anne takes a highly personalized approach to match consultants with opportunities that check all the boxes, never forcing square pegs into round holes when there’s not a fit.  She believes the secret to a winning client/consultant partnership is creating opportunities that allow people to do what they love best.

Sr. Talent Acquisition Manager

Sheryl Caspers

After working in a variety of talent acquisition and HR roles at Target, Cargill and staffing agencies, Sheryl Caspers was drawn to Brillect by the energizing culture, the inherent variety of consulting work, and the opportunity to carve out a best-in-class recruiting experience to grow Brillect’s pool of consulting professionals.

In her role as Sr. Talent Acquisition Manager, Sheryl prides herself on being a great listener and loves that Brillect practices what we preach when it comes to uncovering what candidates truly want from their careers. She forms a true partnership with candidates, digging in and matching them with career opportunities that bring joy and balance to their work day.

Talent Acquisition Director

Darcy Herrig

Darcy Herrig isn’t just our Talent Acquisition Director, she’s a professional matchmaker responsible for keeping our fine-tuned machine humming. Always on the lookout for rising talent, Darcy doesn’t believe in ‘one size fits all.’ Instead, she connects promising individuals on the search for a new path with our Talent Solutions and Client Management Directors while helping identify the best opportunities for success between client and individual.

Darcy is the ultimate go-getter, both professionally and personally, something clearly evidenced by her 4:30 wake-up call to swim laps in the pool every morning and her impressive professional background. After majoring in accounting at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Darcy went on to earn a Certified Internal Audit designation. This valuable certification contributed to her successes while working in accounting, finance and audit in a variety of industries. However, her true passion, much to our good fortune, is helping people transform their careers by connecting them with consulting opportunities that infuse new levels of energy and job satisfaction.

Talent Coordinator

Carrie King

As Talent Coordinator at Brillect, Carrie King enjoys making a difference in people’s lives as she guides them through the onboarding process to becoming a consultant with Brillect. With a passion for helping others, she finds many parallels between her background in education and her role at Brillect and taps into this experience to aid consultants in their journey.

Compassionate, detail-oriented and always willing to help, Carrie finds joy in helping individuals join the culture of flexibility, positivity and professional development at Brillect, ensuring a positive experience for all.

Human Resources
Maura Howard, HR Practice Leader
HR Practice Leader

Maura Howard

Danielle Theirl, HR Practice Leader
HR Practice Leader

Danielle Theirl

Christina Tibesar, Senior Account Executive
Senior Client Solutions Director

Christina Tibesar

HR Practice Leader

Maura Howard

If you’re standing in line at Starbucks next to Maura Howard, you’re likely to leave with a new friend – not just a cup of coffee.  A people person to her core, Maura is a high-energy, natural-born connector who loves meeting new people and helping them uncover their “why” in work + life.

Maura began her career in staffing 25 years ago and was instantly hooked by the industry’s fast pace. Focusing most of her time on building a strong pipeline of HR talent, she’s helped countless professionals find opportunities while cultivating relationships that have spanned decades.

Maura is thrilled to co-lead the new HR consulting practice at Brillect. She shares the company’s core value of “Do the Right Thing – Always” and commitment to put people before profits. Honored that HR professionals are putting their career goals in her hands, she’s making it her mission to help people find the right fit, treat them well and discover their purpose at work.

HR Practice Leader

Danielle Theirl

If you had to pick words to describe Danielle Theirl, passionate and purpose-driven would rise to the top of the list. Her love for the field of HR is infectious, and it’s no surprise she’s found her calling helping HR professionals find purpose at work. 

Danielle practiced HR in the software and tech industries for more than a decade, giving her a unique lens into the value HR can bring to an organization. Her hands-on HR experience and enterprising drive made her a natural fit for HR staffing sales, and she’s excited to apply her experience building an HR consulting practice to Brillect.

In alignment with Brillect’s people-first values, Danielle’s approach is care-filled and thoughtful, and she thrives on fostering long-term relationships with both clients and consultants while helping them carve a path with intention. 

Senior Client Solutions Director

Christina Tibesar

Christina Tibesar loves building businesses from the ground up and a quick glance at her resume confirms that driving business growth is not only her passion, but her sweet spot. A business development dynamo, Christina has been in the staffing industry for nearly 20 years with a stellar reputation for prospecting new business and earning the trust of her clients.

The ultimate go-getter, she leaves no stone unturned when it comes to fostering relationships and opening doors to new opportunities. Christina thrives on bringing together clients and consultants, determined to find that perfect pairing between the client’s needs and the consultant’s goals. As a self-described connector and mentor, Christina loves taking what she knows and sharing it with others to help people and companies grow.

Principal Advisory Services
Tina Arend, Principal Consultant — Brillect
Principal Advisor

Tina Arend

Principal Advisor

Mollie Mikl

Annalee Lutgen, Principal Advisor — Brillect
Principal Advisor

Annalee Lutgen

Bhavin Trivedi, Principal Advisor — Brillect
Principal Advisor

Bhavin Trivedi

Stacey Lovell, HR Principal Advisor — Brillect
HR Principal Advisor

Stacey Lovell

Erika Larmon, Principal Advisor — Brillect
Principal Advisor

Erika Larmon

Principal Advisor

Tina Arend

Tina Arend is a seasoned finance executive with more than 30 years of experience with companies ranging from small non-profits to publicly traded multi-billion-dollar corporations. As a Principal Consultant with Brillect, she brings her broad depth of experience as a former CFO, VP of Finance, Controller, Auditor and other finance leadership roles to bear for our clients.

Initially drawn to Brillect’s focus on taking care of people, she loves building on their shared high standards, impeccable levels of client service and consultative approach. An extrovert at heart, she enjoys bridging connections for Brillect with her extensive network of finance professionals to help fuel further growth with clients and continue to develop Brillect’s pipeline of high-quality talent.

Principal Advisor

Mollie Mikl

With extensive experience in corporate finance, strategy and operations, Mollie Mikl has held a broad range of roles across UnitedHealth Group, most recently as Senior Director of Finance for a global division. She’s an exceptional process improvement resource and is highly regarded for her ability to synthesize complex data, zero in on the most critical elements and present it in an actionable, visually compelling way to C-Suite executives.

Leveraging her reputation as a calm-under-pressure pinch hitter who loves to get in, “figure it out” and deliver a home run, Mollie is a natural relationship builder who finds joy in helping clients advance their objectives by deploying the right combination of strategy and talent.

Principal Advisor

Annalee Lutgen

Leader. Strategist. Disciplined. Mentor. These are just some of the words colleagues use to describe Annalee Lutgen. Throughout her career, she has led large-scale transformations, including domestic and international business establishment and growth, procuring financing through public company raises and bank funding, and divestitures and restructuring. Her clients lean heavily on her expertise in technical accounting and controls, financial process implementation, governance and risk mitigation. She also has extensive experience with mergers and acquisitions, including the recent sale of a public company and the conversion of that company from public to private.

Drawn to Brillect by a shared belief that people are the most important drivers of business results, Annalee enjoys connecting with Brillect colleagues to strategize, learn from one another and advance clients’ goals as a team.  A goal-setter by nature, she loves a challenge and is disciplined about achieving results that benefit all.

Principal Advisor

Bhavin Trivedi

As a Principal Advisor with Brillect, Bhavin leverages his highly seasoned skillset, experience and professional toolkit to address a broad set of client challenges, from strategic solutions to tactical fixes. He’s fueled by a passion for delivering tangible results and bringing a fresh perspective to deliver value for his clients.

Known for his analytical and problem-solving mindset, Bhavin approaches his clients’ business challenges as a complex puzzle waiting to be solved. He draws on his three decades of professional experience working across a wide variety of industries and functions, earning a reputation as a jack-of-many trades in finance. His clients appreciate his ability to quickly identify key issues, develop tangible solutions and implement improvements. 

HR Principal Advisor

Stacey Lovell

Stacey Lovell is an experienced Digital Solutions Advisor with more than 20 years of progressive digital strategy experience to solve today’s biggest talent and HR challenges. An expert in leading roadmap and implementation strategies, Stacey focuses on the employee experience, applying customized digital capabilities to help companies navigate fast-changing business conditions.

As a Principal Advisor at Brillect, Stacey helps transform HR organizations into strategic, data-driven partners. She enjoys helping clients optimize digital capabilities to maintain a competitive edge, improve retention and engagement, generate efficiencies and simplify work processes.

Principal Advisor

Erika Larmon

When Erika Larmon’s clients step out of their comfort zone, it’s her cue to step right in. As a highly analytical and versatile accounting and audit pro, Erika eagerly embraces new and challenging situations where she can apply her deep expertise to get the job done and quickly put her clients at ease. While her sweet spot lies in the audit, process improvement and risk management world, she brings her wide range of experiences as a doer and a leader to bear for clients, fitting in like a hand in a glove.

As a Principal Advisor with Brillect, Erika enjoys merging the best of her independent consulting practice with Brillect’s talented pool of consultants to best serve her clients. She loves continuing her beloved role as a consultant while developing new skills, tapping into a deep bench of high-caliber finance, accounting, and HR professionals, and expanding her experience.

Operations
Kate Ferrian, VP of Operations
Vice President of Operations

Kate Ferrian

Gena Ritter - Controller - Brillect
Controller

Gena Ritter

Peggy Scherer - Office Manager - Brillect
Office Manager

Peggy Scherer

Business Operations Associate

Sam Mathiowetz

Heather Lund, Director of Training & Development
Director of Training & Development

Heather Lund

Vice President of Operations

Kate Ferrian

While some love the limelight, Kate Ferrian’s passion lies behind the scenes. Armed with an impressive professional background that includes building several departments from the ground up, her extensive experience and love for details, organization and problem-solving align beautifully with her role as VP of Operations at Brillect.

Drawn to Brillect’s values-based mission, Kate is committed to building the right infrastructure to support our expanding team. She enjoys the multi-faceted approach to discovering untapped process efficiencies and building the relationships to support them. Comparing Operations to the gears in a watch, Kate looks forward to building a well-oiled system that sets up our people for professional success.

Controller

Gena Ritter

With an aptitude for managing the operational side of a business, Gena comes to Brillect as an accomplished professional in the finance and accounting industry. Tapping into her expansive experience, her goal as Controller is to implement processes and build relationships that ensure a smoother experience for everyone involved.

With a laser-like focus for details and a team-first mentality, Gena is the first to jump in where needed, always focused on making improvements for a successful future.  Thrilled to be part of a dynamic team and thoroughly invested in the values behind Brillect, her mission is creating a blueprint for growth that extends across our team, our clients and our consultants.

Office Manager

Peggy Scherer

As office manager at Brillect, Peggy holds the important role of onboarding our talented consultants, supporting our co-founders, and ensuring our busy office runs like clockwork. Unofficially, we call her our resident Mama Bear, the person you can always turn to and the “glue” that holds our office together.

Peggy has served in a variety of administrative roles throughout her career, earning her a reputation for being organized, analytical and customer-focused. She finds joy in helping people and loves supporting the growth of Brillect through actions that build community and foster connections.

Business Operations Associate

Sam Mathiowetz

As a Business Operations Associate at Brillect, Sam Mathiowetz serves in a lead accounting role with responsibility for bookkeeping, financial reporting and contract administration. With a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Accounting from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management, Sam knows her stuff. She also has an extensive background in accounting and tax formed while working for Volunteers of America, Walser Automotive Group and Caliber Accounting.

Around the office, Sam is known as a quiet, but mighty force who keeps the accounting function running smoothly and precisely with her thoughtful, detail-oriented, and insightful management style.  Sam appreciates the comfortable, welcoming, and authentic culture at Brillect where everyone makes you feel right at home starting on day one. 

Director of Training & Development

Heather Lund

If there is one common thread throughout Heather Lund’s 20-year career in the staffing and recruiting industry, it is her passion for helping people develop their full potential. As an expert in training, coaching and leadership development, she enjoys helping people at all levels do their job more effectively and efficiently so they can achieve their goals.

In her role as Director of Training & Development, Heather creates onboarding, training, and leadership development programs to support our talented client solutions team. She guides professionals through all stages of their careers from onboarding to achieving success with clients and growing their business.

Problem solvers. Opportunity creators. Partnership forgers. Connect with us to learn how we can help.

Our North Star

At Brillect, our values are our North Star, and you’ll see it in the way we work. They act as our guidepost, keeping us focused on the end goal of helping our clients and customers succeed.

Our Core Values

Take Care of People

We work with your best interest in mind. When you succeed, we do too.

Go the Extra Mile

We’re highly focused on your end goal and along the way, we’ll be reliable, creative, and communicative.

Connected for Life

We’re a true partner every step of the way, staying invested in your success. We are here for you for all stages of your career- whether you’re a client or consultant.

Do the Right Thing, Always

We will work hard to find the right solutions to benefit our clients, consultants and everyone involved.

Brillect is proud to be certified as a woman-owned business by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council