Dave Macdonald

Consultant, Entrepreneur, Environmentalist, Finance professional, Parent

I am a Chartered Professional Accountant based on Vancouver Island, Canada. I'm the dad of twin sons born in 2014 and spouse of a wonderful woman. In 1999, I entered university determined to become an expert in behavioural genetics and find definitive connections between nature and schizophrenia. By 2003, I was a math student leaning towards accounting as a profession. As an accountant and operations person, I worked in healthcare from 2011 to 2017 where my mission was to bring together accounting, operations, and optimal patient care. Now as a public practice accountant and business coach, I am able to practice one of my life dreams of working with people to clear barriers in their lives and businesses.

using any and all of my tools to make the world around me better, while constantly adjusting my own vision to not lose sight of all there is to appreciate.

There are barriers preventing us from reaching our maximum potentials at virtually every turn. Confidence, mental health, physical ability, money, circumstance, housing, hunger, desire... all indicators of how likely we are to get where we want to go in life. I believe that everyone can reach a level beyond where they are today if they truly want to go there, but that we can all also find at least one element joy in where we are today to embrace or build upon.

Accounting, Business, Finance, Healthcare Operations, Management Consulting, Startups

I was addicted to TED videos for much of my 20s. In my early 30s, I attended my first TEDx event, TEDxVancouver in 2009, and was blown away by the intellect, creativity, and diversity of attendees. It was an experience I've yet to ever repeat in my life, but one that left a longing for more.